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How Shilpa Shah is creating a legacy – and a brighter future
Dental Sky explains how Shilpa Shah balances compassionate care with environmental sustainability to shape a bright future for dentistry. Shilpa…
Dentistry
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Overcoming fear of pain with nervous patients
Dental Sky explains how Dr Andrew Fennell is transforming the dental experience for nervous patients with a fear of pain.…
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Dental news you’ve missed this week
Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… Dentists call for…
Dentistry
Lion becomes first animal to have dental surgery using NHS-developed anaesthesia
A male lion has become the world’s first animal to undergo dental surgery using an anaesthesia device developed by clinicians…
Dentistry
State-of-the-art orthograde endodontic treatment
Richard Mounce and Brett Gilbert provide the clinical, foundational and sequential stages of an orthograde endodontic procedure. Significant advances in…
Endodontics
Fit-testing vs fit-checking: improving protection against COVID-19
Fit-testing is necessary for better protection against COVID-19 for those susceptible to ill-fitting masks, a study suggests. The research found…
Dentistry
The humble LA cartridge
In a working day, dentists pick up a syringe containing a local anaesthetic cartridge possibly dozens of times, yet how…
Dentistry
New guidance issued on patient consent for anaesthesia
The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI) has issued new guidance on patient consent for anaesthesia. The…
Implant dentistry
Male patients require less anaesthesia, study shows
Male patients require a lower dosage of sedative than female patients, according to an article published in Anesthesia Progress. In a…
Implant dentistry
Lying awake under general anaesthetic
The RCoA and AAGBI carried out a study on awareness during general anaesthesia that has identified risk factors and consequences…
Dentistry