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Help your patients with Stoptober

Stoptober – Public Health England’s (PHE) 28 day mass quit smoking campaign – will be launching again in October. PHE…

Dentistry

The why and how of restorative dentistry

UCL Eastman Dental Institute introduces some of the courses it will be running over the next few months. In the…

Dentistry

More teeth removed from children attending special schools

Children attending special schools are more likely to have teeth removed, new research shows – despite having less decay. Pupils…

Dentistry

Take the dentistry fees survey!

 Have you taken dentistry.co.uk’s fees survey yet? In partnership with Practice Plan, dentistry.co.uk brings you the fees survey 2015, designed…

Dentistry

Teeth straightening for psycho-social reasons?

Over 85% of people have their teeth straightened for psycho-social reasons A survey of orthodontic specialists and their clinical staff…

Orthodontics

Brighton Implant Clinic opens new dental lab in Worthing’s Guildbourne Centre

Brighton Implant Clinic is celebrating the opening of a new laboratory in Worthing’s Guildbourne Centre, enhancing the clinics ability to…

Dentistry

Buying website traffic

Paul Green looks at why it makes good business sense to buy website traffic. There is a new website traffic…

Dentistry

Quick placing of implants helps patients with osteoporosis

A study has found placing implants immediately after extracting teeth in patients with osteoporosis can produce good results. The study,…

Implant dentistry

Are nurse-led clinics the future?

Laura Horton asks if working with an expanded duties dental nurse could help your practice Due to scope of practice,…

Dentistry

How to improve your treatment uptake

Suki Singh, regional support manager at Practice Plan, talks treatment uptake and how to increase it. A common discussion that…

Dentistry

Dentsply Sirona created after companies merge

Dentsply International and Sirona Dental Systems have announced that both companies are merging to form Dentsply Sirona. The new company…

Dentistry

New associates: are your earnings safeguarded?

Jon Drysdale offers advice on income protection. I have in recent weeks been contacted by a number of dentists starting…

Dentistry

BDA slams labour law reform proposals

The British Dental Association (BDA) has strongly criticised sweeping labour law reforms proposed by the Government. The Government is planning…

Dentistry

Eight ways to build a sales culture

Ernie Wright shares eight simple things you can do to improve selling opportunities at your practice. One of the key…

Dentistry

Michael Watson calls for a ‘rubber windmill’ exercise to test the prototype contracts

Is it time for another ‘rubber windmill’ exercise, this time to test the prototype contracts to destruction, Michael Watson asks.…

Dentistry

Trophy hunters

The British media should be held to account for their role in eroding the dental profession’s reputation, says Kevin Lewis.…

Dentistry

Seven-day NHS debate

A seven-day-a-week NHS should not be introduced just to help people with ‘busy lives’, a senior Conservative MP told ministers.…

Dentistry

Sign up now for infection prevention and control week

A national dental infection prevention and control week (IP&C) is taking place from Monday, 12 October 2015 and aims to…

Dentistry

How to avoid big marketing mistakes

Les Jones, marketing director at Practice Plan, talks marketing mistakes and how you can avoid them. For most dental practices,…

Dentistry