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Which awards scheme is right for you?

Struggling to work out what award is right for you? This guide will help you. Have you been swept up…

Dentistry

Action on Sugar calls for 20% sugar tax on all confectionary

Action on Sugar is calling for a 20% sugar tax on all confectionary and a ban on confectionary price promotions. The calls have…

Oral health

Dentistry’s Information Centre – a free resource for your patients

Dentistry’s Information Centre will help to take the mystery out of dentistry for your patients. Are you looking for a…

Dentistry

The importance of a vision statement

Seema Sharma shares her experience of her MBA and how it changed the way she approaches business development Like many…

Private Practice

Dentistry’s Top 50 has returned – make sure you cast your vote

Voting opens today for you to have your say on who you think is the most influential person in the…

Dentistry

The master of simplicity

Walter Devoto explains the Styleitaliano philosophy: beauty created by simplicity, backed by science What makes Italian aesthetic dentistry some of…

Aesthetic dentistry

BOS welcomes new website with ortho information for patients

A new website for patients called Orthodontic Sense is welcomed by the British Orthodontic Society (BOS) Orthodontic Sense has been…

Orthodontics

What should the BDA’s GDPC be fighting for?

After the latest re-elections for the BDA’s GDPC, Michael Watson looks at what it should be campaigning for this year. First of all,…

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Biohorizons prepares for clinical evidence debate

The Great Clinical Paper Debate is Biohorizons’ latest symposium, coming soon after its highly successful Magic ‘i’ Symposium in October…

Implant dentistry

Fresh concerns over the number of Teesside dental practices moving from NHS to private

The number of Teesside dentists moving from NHS dentistry to private has raised new concerns in the media. Queensway Dental…

Dentistry

Cost one of the main reasons elderly don’t visit the dentist

Cost, physical inability, poor general health and anxiety are the main reasons elderly people don’t visit the dentist. New research,…

Oral health

Performer list woes

Dental practice owners are suffering because the NHS and Capita can’t issue performer numbers, Jeff Sherer says. The unfortunate demise of…

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Dental practice valuations rise while actual deals fall

Practice valuations have continued to rise while actual deals have started to fall, new figures from NASDAL show. The latest…

Dentistry

Henrik Overgaard-Nielsen re-elected as chair of the GDPC

Henrik Overgaard-Nielsen has been re-elected as chair of the General Dental Practice Committee (GDPC) at the BDA. Dave Cottam has…

Dentistry

Survey preliminary results show consistency

Preliminary results from our survey of endodontics are showing some consistent results. For example, under the question ‘what topics, article…

Endodontics

Collaborative progression

Closer communication and relationships between technicians and dentists can have all round benefits, says Phil Silver Today’s well-informed dental patients…

Laboratory

Bony and soft tissue techniques in aesthetic and implant dentistry

Prep introduces its upcoming course on bony and soft tissue techniques in aesthetic and implant dentistry. For more information visit…

Implant dentistry

Give patients notice of plans to go private

Dental practices looking to move from NHS to private treatments are being advised to warn patients of their plans. The…

Dentistry

The fajita effect

Many dental practices are forgetting that the customer is king (or queen), Les Jones says. If you’ve ever ordered fajitas…

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