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Dental Industry Awards 2024 – the winners!

FMC is delighted to present the 2024 Dental Industry Award winners and highly commended – congratulations to all who made it.…

Dentistry

Kevin Lewis: the successes and failures of 2024

Tempus fugit: Kevin Lewis offers his seasonal retrospective on the year’s successes and failures, arrivals and departures, events and non-events.…

Columnists

Males more likely to not have dentist than females, stats show

Just over half of adults report having an NHS dentist in the last month – with one third having private…

Dentistry

How to be fulfilled outside NHS dentistry

Creative director Les Jones speaks to regional support manager Donna Hall and Jane Mead, finance director at dental group Elegant…

Private Practice

How to spread festive cheer in your practice this Christmas

Lucie Simic shares simple ways to show gratitude, spread joy and make your team feel valued during the festive season. Christmas…

Business

Avoiding Christmas party HR disasters

Sarah Buxton explains how to protect yourself from being on the wrong side of ‘merry’ this Christmas. Christmas parties are…

Dentistry

NHS to private: overcoming fear

Choosing to move from NHS to private dentistry can be an extremely scary prospect – Practice Plan shares the journey…

NHS to Private

Building confidence and avoiding comparison

‘You will inevitably feel under pressure’: Umair Afzal discusses how to manage low confidence and comparison at the start of…

Columnists

North of England Dentistry Show 2025 – lecture theatre reveal

The North of England Dentistry Show returns to Manchester for 2025 – discover the exciting line-up of lecture theatres and…

Clinical Dentistry

News you’ve missed this week – 7 December 2024

It’s been a busy week in the world of dental news. Missed the headlines? Here’s what’s happened over the past…

Dentistry

Prime minister’s ‘plan for change’ excludes dentistry

Dental experts have criticised prime minister Keir Starmer’s ‘plan for change’, which did not mention the government’s pledges for dentistry.…

Dentistry

How to build a lab business that thrives

Justin Leigh discusses the importance of having a business development plan for your lab and the key steps to making…

Business

Eleven essential KPIs every dentist should monitor 

Ads Thanki explores the 11 different key performance indicators (KPIs) he monitors to keep his practice in good health. Maintaining…

Business

Ban on junk food ads to include crumpets and porridge

Children will no longer view TV adverts for junk food products as a new law set out this week confirms…

Health & research

Charging for treatment in dentistry: an unspoken anxiety?

Jawad Abbas explains why anxieties might not just be felt by patients, but dental clinicians themselves, and offers tips for…

Patient management

Restorative solutions for the severe tooth wear case

Join Dominic Hassall on Wednesday 11 December at 7pm as he discusses restorative solutions for the severe tooth wear case.…

Dentistry

GDC makes remote hearings permanent  

The General Dental Council (GDC) has confirmed its move for dental professional hearings to be held online is to be…

Dentistry

Three in four dentists do not enjoy NHS work, survey says

Almost three quarters of NHS dentists and 65% of dental nurses said they do not enjoy working in the NHS.…

NHS in crisis

Pärla’s founders on crowdfunding – ‘be behind something amazing’

Oral care brand Pärla has launched a round of crowdfunding – we heard from Pärla’s founders and an investor on…

Dentistry