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Media coverage of flossing debate ‘highly misleading’, says European Federation of Periodontology

The European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) believes that recent media coverage on the efficacy or otherwise of flossing has been…

Oral health

Chewing sugarfree gum could help oral hygiene maintenance

Chewing sugarfree gum after eating or drinking is a valuable tool that can help support oral hygiene when patients don’t have…

Oral Health Features

GDC launches new scheme to encourage local resolution

The General Dental Council (GDC) has introduced a new process of dealing with complaints, encouraging local resolution. Following a pilot…

Dentistry

Chief dental officer reveals plans for Smile4life

Sara Hurley, chief dental officer for NHS England, announced plans for the Smile4life programme at the recent Health and Care…

Oral health

Profession calls for more positive messages about NHS dentistry

NHS dentistry should be conveyed more positively in the national press, according to the latest NHS Confidence Monitor survey results. Dental professionals…

Dentistry

The importance of loupes

Kajal Shah says loupes can help improve poor posture. Loupes in dentistry help to provide enhanced visibility and thus accuracy…

Young Dentist

The changing face of dentistry

The future of dentistry will move responsibility away from the associates to the contract holders, Michael Watson says. Last week NHS…

Dentistry

Capturing a snapshot of the dental profession

The FGDP(UK) is hoping to capture a current snapshot of the dental profession this October, as it undertakes an ambitious initiative…

Dentistry

Dishonest dentists and dental care professionals treated too harshly

Dishonest dentists and dental care professionals are being too harshly treated by regulators, a new report has claimed. The report, Dishonest…

Dentistry

Pop-up events to explore the oral cavity

Running from 19 September until 30 November, Mouthy: into the orifice will be exploring the oral cavity with pop-up events and installations from Science…

Oral health

Aesthetic Dentistry Awards 2017 open for entries

The Aesthetic Dentistry Awards 2017 are now open for entries! Created to recognise excellence in the delivery of aesthetic dentistry…

Aesthetic dentistry

CCR Expo to unite surgical and non-surgical communities

CCR Expo – the UK’s largest medical aesthetic exhibition – is coming to London Olympia over 6-7 October. Supported by…

Aesthetic dentistry

The role of dental hygienists and therapists

Michaela O’Neill, president of the British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy (BSDHT) asks are hygienists and therapists playing a…

Private Features

Cost of compliance rockets 1086% in the last 10 years

The cost of compliance has jumped by a huge 1086% over the past decade, according to the latest research from…

Dentistry

Calculating ROI just got a whole lot easier

If you think measuring return on investment sounds too much like hard work, Guy Meyers, head of customer success and…

Software of Excellence

Over £150,000 awarded in grants to help improve oral health

The Faculty of Dental Surgery has awarded more than £150,000 in grants for dental care professionals to undertake research. Some…

Oral health

More get up and go

Align Technology is hailing unprecedented early interest in its just-launched aesthetic teeth straightening product designed specifically for general dentists Since…

Orthodontics

Efficiently risk assessing children

Shivana Anand and Rebecca Northover highlight the signs that better classify caries risk in paediatric patients. Risk assessing paediatric patients…

Dentistry

Be on the square

Mark Skimming, owner and principal of the award-winning practice Dentistry On the Square tells us about constantly evolving and developing…

Private Features