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Volunteering beyond the clinic: dental care in Luxor

Chinwe Akuonu shares her experience of volunteering to deliver dental care to underserved communities in Luxor, Egypt. Earlier this month,…

Dentistry

Pledged 700,000 extra appointments expanded to non-urgent cases

The 700,000 additional dental appointments promised by the government will now apply to a broader scope of cases, following criticism…

Dentistry

Dentists: is it time to increase your fees?

Stuart Ker offers reassurance to those feeling hesitant about increasing their patient fees in the dental practice. Conversations around price…

Finance & accounting

The business skills dentists aren’t taught

Peter McKenzie discusses the key business skills that are not taught in dental school but are essential when moving from…

NHS to Private

Successes and setbacks: adopting digital dentistry in the lab

Kristina Vaitelyte discusses the main challenges faced by dental technicians and dentists when adopting digital dentistry. Dentistry is a team…

Laboratory

Seven in 10 elite athletes have periodontal disease

Elite athletes have significantly worse dental health than their peers, a study has found – with 70% presenting with periodontal…

Dentistry

Amalgam ban: is the risk to practices bigger than the risk to patients?

With amalgam set to be banned globally from 2034, Kev Patel considers the potential impact on UK dentistry – is…

Dentistry

Protecting patient data: cybersecurity in dentistry

Join Jack Cooke on 26 February at 7pm as he discusses cybersecurity and protecting patient data in dentistry. This webinar…

Business

Overcoming failure: how to turn setbacks into growth

Eboni-Rose Williams explores how failure can become a powerful catalyst for growth in dental technology. Failure. It is such a…

Laboratory

From biomimetic science to clinical practice: peptides in regenerative dentistry and medicine

Join Victoria Sampson on 25 February at 7pm as she discusses peptides in regenerative dentistry and medicine from biomimetic science…

Dentistry

Optimising your Google Business Profile is more important than ever

David Nelkin shares nine steps to optimising your Google Business Profile to become the leading practice in your area. Local…

Business

Financial dentophobia has caused one in four Brits to delay treatment

One quarter of Brits have delayed dentist visits due to fear of the cost of treatment, known as financial dentophobia.…

Dentistry

Stop flying blind: lessons from six months of Dentalmonitoring in NHS orthodontics

Join Maria McNally on 24 February at 7pm as she discusses lessons learned from six months of Dentalmonitoring in NHS…

Orthodontics

How to help patients maintain oral health during Ramadan

Sakina Syed discusses the potential oral health impacts of fasting during Ramadan and how dental professionals can help their patients…

Dentistry

Cost of NHS tooth extractions up by five million pounds

Decay-related tooth extractions cost the NHS £51.2 million in the 2024/5 financial year, up from £45.8 million the previous year, according…

Dentistry

How is dental therapy utilised differently around the world?

Cat Edney considers examples from Africa, Oceania and Canada to determine how global approaches to dental therapy differ from the…

Columnists

Moving from the NHS to private practice – the thorny issue of charging for children

If you’re moving from the NHS to private practice, how to charge for children’s oral healthcare can be a sensitive…

NHS to Private

From rejection to recognition at the Private Dentistry Awards

Riaz Sharif shares how he overcame rejection and a difficult start in life as an east London orphan to win…

Private Practice

Malocclusions associated with tooth loss risk

Malocclusions such as anterior crossbite have been linked with a greater risk of tooth loss in a new study. A…

Dentistry