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Prime Minister challenged over lack of NHS dentists

The Prime Minister has been challenged over the lack of NHS dentists in Bradford South at Prime Minister’s Questions recently. Judith…

Dentistry

GDC wants to know your thoughts on its fitness to practise process

The GDC is asking for the professions thoughts on plans to modernise its fitness to practise process. The General Dental…

Dentistry

DEPPA – the innovative patient assessment tool

DEPPA (Denplan Previser Patient Assessment) is the UK’s only independently validated dental quality assurance programme. It features an easy to…

Private Practice

Katie Hopkins ‘terrified’ of Karren Brady’s teeth

Karren Brady CBE is the latest public figure to be blasted by outspoken Katie Hopkins. Hopkins, a previous The Apprentice candidate, believes…

Celebrity News

Is your dental plan working as hard as it can?

Louise Beddow explains how she introduces or revitalises a dental plan in the practices she visits. The practices I work…

Private Practice

Sugar tax – a contrary view

The introduction of a sugar tax was discussed in Parliament recently, Michael Watson reports on the contrary view put forward…

Dentistry

Is it time for Bill Moyes to step down from the GDC?

Seb Evans says, with everything that’s happened at the GDC, enough is enough, Bill Moyes should step down. I must admit…

Dentistry

The lightbulb moment

Neil Harris explains how the Dawson Academy helped him to have his lightbulb moment. Throughout dental school we were taught…

Aesthetic dentistry

Young dentists can see Richard Field at Dentistry 16: Stars of Dentistry

Grab your chance to see Richard Field at the prestigious Stars of Dentistry, this June in London. The one-day event…

Young Dentist

Reaping the rewards of hard work

Award-winning cosmetic and restorative dentist Oliver Harman, a founding member of the BACD explains how a strong work ethic, continuing…

Private Features

GDC rejects Lord Hunt’s call for board to resign

Bill Moyes responds to Lord Hunt’s calls for the boards’ resignation, after the GDC was discussed in the House of Lords.…

Dentistry

GDC sets out its plans for the next three years

The General Dental Council, regulator for the dental profession, has launched its plan for the next three years. Titled Patients, Professionals, Partners…

Dentistry

Award winners ‘wow’ judges at Premier Symposium

Dental Protection and Schülke honoured Dental Student of the Year and Dental Practice of the Year at the Premier Symposium. The…

Dentistry Features

The whole board at the GDC should resign

Bill Moyes and the GDC should be held to account by the profession in an annual meeting, Michael Watson says.…

Dentistry

Why question it?

Sheila Scott talks membership plans and their powerful health benefit to patients. I can’t understand why every private practice doesn’t…

Dentistry Features

Have your say on working in the NHS

Are you happy working within the NHS? If you are a practice manager with something to say, Practice Plan wants…

Dentistry

Rylan Clark-Neal: ‘My biggest mistake was my teeth’

Rylan Clark-Neal has admitted that he regrets his famous dental work. The Celebrity Big Brother: Bit on the Side presenter,…

Celebrity News

A sugar tax should be for our oral health, not for our waistlines

Seb Evans discusses the confusing reasons why a sugar tax may be introduced, and clarifies the real reason we should be taxing…

Dentistry

The value of exit interviews

Learn from lost staff, says Linda Miles, and discover the information they can provide which will help with future recruitment…

Private Features