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Children waiting up to a year to have decayed teeth removed

Children are having to wait up to a year to have their rotten teeth removed according to Professor Nigel Hunt. Professor…

Dentistry

Rise and shine

Sharon Edwards gives her experience of finding and providing a cost-effective, tailored dental plan to her patients.  Starting a new private clinic…

Dentistry

‘Trust dentists and let them get on and do their jobs’

Michael Watson reports from the Westminster Health Forum in his latest blog. Once a year I am sent an invitation…

Dentistry

Capitation schemes – good for your business? Good for your patients?

Privilege Plan explains why capitation schemes can be valuable or risky for your practice. Capitation schemes can be valuable profit…

Dentistry

A-Dec announced as new sponsors of the Dentistry Awards

A-Dec has been announced as the new sponsors of 2015’s Dentistry Awards. The dental office furniture and equipment manufacturer now joins…

Dentistry

Sharp rise in Scottish NHS patients

The number of patients registered with NHS dentists in Scotland has risen sharply – amid growing criticism of problems in…

Dentistry

A powerful software package to help plan your treatments

I-Cat Vision is a powerful, user-friendly software package that allows you to plan treatments using the images CT Dent supply to…

Implant dentistry

The keys to a high growth orthodontic practice

Orthodontics is more popular than ever. Everyone wants a beautiful straight white smile and modern orthodontic technologies have made this…

Orthodontics

QMUL awarded £500k to research new bone graft material

QMUL researchers have been given £500k to assess the effectiveness of a bone graft material to replace missing bone in implants.…

Implant dentistry

Miley Cyrus has teeth extracted

Miley Cyrus has shared photos on her Instagram page of her recovering after getting four teeth extracted. The 22-year-old actress, singer…

Celebrity News

The new generation of self-adhesive luting

Now you can cement ceramic restorations with confidence – all thanks to DMG’s new Permacem 2.0 self-adhesive luting cement. And…

Aesthetic dentistry

The dento-legal climate is worsening, claims Rupert Hoppenbrouwers

Rupert Hoppenbrouwers has claimed the dento-legal climate is worsening with rising expectations from patients. The head of the DDU explained at…

Dentistry

Business, interrupted

If your practice had to close for a period of time, would your insurance policy be fit for purpose, asks…

Private Practice

Using a business broker

Medicruit explains why you might need to consider using a broker for your practice sale. If you needed an operation,…

Dentistry

Don’t allow a culture of fear to crush dentistry, Mick Armstrong says

Mick Armstrong believes dentists should be allowed to do their jobs without oppressive regulation and thinks the current fear culture must be addressed.…

Dentistry

Dentists may end up paying less tax

George Osborne, delivered his second budget of 2015 today. Following the promises made in the election campaign the main focus…

Dentistry

What is dental hypnosis?

Improving patient engagement and experience has become intrinsically important in all forms of medicine, and an area of which dental…

Dentistry

What do dentists do?

Michael Watson highlights how dentists’ training has changed over the years and how it may need to change in the…

Dentistry

Where’s the exit?

Gary Anders, managing director at DPAS Dental Plans, considers how to build an effective exit strategy. There comes a moment…

Dentistry