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Applying psychology and health to dentistry

The sixth annual conference of the Association for Researchers in Psychology and Health (ARPH) is set to take place over…

Oral health

The dentistry awards season

Congratulations to dentists and practices that enter awards and put themselves out there, Alun Rees says. The awards season seems to…

Blog

Dental patients visiting A&E cost the NHS £18 million a year

Dental patients visiting A&E for free dental treatment could be costing the NHS £18 million, a new study has shown. Patients…

Dentistry

The Telegraph letter won’t lead to beneficial changes in NHS dentistry

Ministers admitting to NHS dentistry faults won’t create changes that benefit patients and dentists, Michael Watson says. I do not…

Blog

Carl E Misch: 1947-2017

Professor Carl E Misch passed away on 4 January 2017, aged 69, after a courageous battle with cancer.  The man…

Implant dentistry

New digital tax scheme will cause ‘severe headache’ for dentists

HMRC’s new Making Tax Digital (MTD) scheme will present ‘a severe headache’ for the majority of dentists and be yet…

Dentistry

End the endo planning nightmare

Charlie Nicholas offers an elegant solution to troublesome treatment planning for endodontic cases. Working as a GDP can be a…

Endodontics

BDA accuses Northern Ireland government of backtracking on contract

The BDA has accused the Northern Ireland government of backtracking on an agreement to modernise contracts for community dentists. After seven…

Dentistry

Care home residents should be helped to brush their teeth twice a day, says NICE

A draft quality standard to improve oral health in care homes and hospitals has been published today (6 January 2017)…

Oral health

Children consume half their recommended sugar intake at breakfast

Children consume half their daily recommended sugar intake before they start school, Public Health England has claimed. On average children…

Oral health

New guidance issued on patient consent for anaesthesia

The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI) has issued new guidance on patient consent for anaesthesia. The…

Implant dentistry

Top tips for the ortho-dentist

Thomas Sealey offers his top tips for GDPs building an ortho-dentist practice with complete and invisible tooth alignment solutions. The…

Orthodontics

Royal College of Surgeons aims to combat ‘cake culture’

The Faculty of Dental Surgery has said eating cake and biscuits at work is fuelling poor oral health and obesity. Professor…

Oral health

Watch the highlights from the S4S Dental Laboratory open day here

S4S Dental Laboratory host the grand opening of its new lab, welcoming along its good friend, Dr Milad Shadrooh, to cut…

Dentistry

Is the Daily Telegraph letter really supporting the profession?

We should be supporting the work NHS dentists do, not making wild suggestions like those published recently in the Daily Telegraph, Michael…

Blog

NHS dentistry ‘catastrophically failing the public’

NHS dentistry is ‘catastrophically failing the public’, a letter published in The Telegraph has claimed. The letter, co-written by five specialists…

Dentistry

An award-winning dental and laboratory refurbishment team at your service

Find out why Hague Dental Supplies are FMC’s Customer Service Provider of the Year 2016 for the second year in a…

Laboratory

A decade in Dentale

Dentale training clinics are celebrating a decade since being established in 2007. The training clinics offer a wider portfolio for…

Implant dentistry

Sugar tax could reduce cases of tooth decay by 270,000

The sugar tax could help reduce tooth decay by around 270,000 cases every year, a new study has shown. The…

Oral health