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Do you know how much sugar is in your Easter egg?

Some Easter eggs contain 10 times the recommended daily sugar intake for children, a new study has shown. Dental experts are…

Dentistry

Dentistry Fees Survey results – examination rates

Dentistry.co.uk reveals the national and regional average fees for private routine examinations and hygienist hourly rates, in the Dentistry Fees…

Dentistry

The emperor’s new clothes

It’s only the government that benefits from the current structure of the NHS dental contracts, says Kevin Lewis. Sometimes I…

Dentistry

New guide highlights the effects hidden sugars have on our oral health

Public Health England has launched the Eatwell Guide to highlight the dangerous effects hidden sugars can have on our oral…

Oral health

Campaign launched to help cut sugar consumption

Practice Plan is using social media to promote the importance of reducing sugar in our diets. Using the hashtag #PPSweetFreedom, Practice…

Oral health

Transforming an ‘old-fashioned’ practice

Aine Marshall explains how the ‘impressive’ Ismile software transformed her practice. Seb Evans (SE): Why did you choose Ismile? Aine…

Dentistry Features

Discussing the future of dentistry

Zoe Close, Richard Scarborough and Jane Lelean reflect on Mick Armstrong’s views on the future of UK dentistry. In the…

Dentistry Features

Helping sensitivity sufferers

This year GSK Consumer Healthcare will be exhibiting at the Dentistry Show on stand G40 showcasing leading oral care brands,…

Private Practice

Improving patients’ denture experience

By 2050, 22% of the global population will be aged over 60. This increase in the elderly population may present…

Oral health

‘Implants are great but we still need dentures’

By 2050, 22% of the global population will be aged over 60. This increase in the elderly population may present…

Private Practice

Join the lecture: the hygienist’s role in prevention

This year GSK Consumer Healthcare will be exhibiting at the Dentistry Show on stand G40 showcasing leading oral care brands,…

Products

Be prepared for the demand in dentures

By 2050, 22% of the global population will be aged over 60. This increase in the elderly population may present…

Dentistry

Visit GSK next month at the Dentistry Show

This year GSK Consumer Healthcare will be exhibiting at the Dentistry Show on stand G40 showcasing leading oral care brands,…

Products

BDA tells Welsh government ‘NHS will struggle’

The Welsh government has agreed to increase dentists’ pay by 1.1%, in line with the PRB and DDRB recommendations. The…

Dentistry

Giving patients added value

Tracy Stuart of NBS Training describes how to offer added value to improve the perception of your practice in the…

Private Features

GDP Orthodontic Skills

GDP Orthodontic Skills development day features highly engaging lectures and hands on workshops exploring the latest techniques and products in…

Orthodontics

Private practice profits grow while NHS profits remain stagnant

Average profits for private practices have jumped over the last year, while NHS profits have stagnated. The National Association of Specialist…

Dentistry

Only 27% of people use sugar-free gum as part of their oral health regime

Most people in the UK don’t regularly chew sugar-free gum as part of their oral healthcare routine. Mydentist asked 750…

Oral health

30,000 patients and counting

Shaun Smith tells Sophie Bracken the remarkable story of how he and his partner, Simon Nocton, created the UK’s largest…

Private Practice