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Plan for success

When dental principals are planning their exit from the business they have spent many years of their lives building up,…

Dentistry

Bad breath is the biggest turn-off a new survey has found

Bad breath (41%) came on top of a poll looking for the UK’s biggest turn-offs when looking for a new partner.…

Oral health

Choosing the right CPD

It’s now been over a year and a half since the General Dental Council (GDC) published its new guidance on continuing…

Dentistry

A new perspective

Technology doesn’t have to be intimidating – here, Toks Oyegunle zooms in on how to implement technological systems into your…

Private Practice

BDA claims trade union reform will undermine healthcare professionals

The British Dental Association (BDA) has criticised government plans it believes will undermine bargaining powers for healthcare professionals. The Government has…

Dentistry

How to turn guests into members

Many practice marketing campaigns focus on attracting an influx of patients into the business, and the success of a campaign…

Private Practice

Natural plant chemical, trans-chalcone, could help fight tooth decay, study shows

Oral care products containing trans-chalcone, which stops bacteria harming teeth, could help prevent decay, a study suggests. The natural product acts against…

Oral health

Do more with less

Etching, bonding, filling in one step: possible with Constic, DMG’s new self-etching, self-adhesive flowable composite. This video shows how it…

Aesthetic dentistry

New guidelines coming for dentistry

New national guidelines will be published within weeks to iron out inconsistencies in a wide range of dental treatments. The…

Implant dentistry

Financial stability and so much more

Lead clinician and owner of The Smile Rooms, Catherine Tannahill, established her practice in 2007 and from the outset she…

Private Practice

DPAS brings Business Bites to Dentistry 15

As Gold Sponsors of this year’s Dentistry 15, DPAS Dental Plans is looking forward to welcoming dentists to Twickenham and…

Dentistry

Veneer cementing with added value

A complete composite-based system designed especially for highly-aesthetic cementing of ceramic or composite veneers. Superb shade precision and removal of…

Aesthetic dentistry

The Queen’s Speech

It was said of King Charles II that he ‘never said a foolish thing, nor ever did a wise one’.…

Dentistry

The Implant Hub goes straight to the centre of dental business

The Implant Hub is a new online resource designed to help implant dentists grow their practices. The new website (www.theimplanthub.com) will support the…

Implant dentistry

General Dental Council’s response to the Queen’s Speech

The General Dental Council (GDC) has expressed extreme disappointment that yet again a Bill to reform professional regulation in the…

Dentistry

What’s an orthodontist?

A third of the UK population doesn’t know what an orthodontist does The alarming results of a survey released today…

Orthodontics

Plymouth dental school top in England

The Guardian university league table has placed Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry top in England overall and top in…

Young Dentist

Pointless treatments

‘Patients (are) sometimes being offered treatments that have only minor benefit.’ We hear that doctors have been told to stop…

Dentistry

Top tips on financial lending to grow and improve your dental practice

Simon Walker, head of commercial sales at Wesleyan Bank, looks at what dental practices can do to make it easier to obtain a…

Dentistry