British Dental Association

Oral health in Scotland reveals ‘stark and persistent inequalities’

Just over two thirds of 11-year-old children in the tenth most deprived areas of Scotland were found to be decay…

Dentistry Scotland

Why hasn’t NHS dental reform happened yet?

Dental student Amirali Ziaebrahimi explores why delaying meaningful reform risks pushing NHS dentistry to the breaking point. We’ve all seen the…

NHS in crisis

‘More sugary than Coca-Cola’: dentists call for baby food action

Dentists have urged the government to confront the ‘grotesque levels of sugar’ in baby food following ‘damning’ research into the…

Oral health

‘Dental care is healthcare’: man who nearly died after struggling to find dentist speaks out

‘Dental care is healthcare’ – these are the words of a man who almost lost his life to sepsis after struggling to…

Dentistry

Funding stalls for NHS dentistry, dental leaders warn

Following a ‘damning’ report into NHS funding, dental leaders have urged the government to ‘put its money where its mouth…

Dentistry

Up to 96% of practices are not accepting new NHS adult patients

Up to 96% of dental practices in England are unable to take on new adult NHS patients, suggest findings from…

Dentistry

Pay uplift for NHS dentists welcomed amidst further push for contract reform

The above-inflation 6% pay uplift for high street NHS dentists confirmed today has been welcomed by the profession amidst continued…

NHS in crisis

Government exploring ‘non-van solutions’ after promising mobile clinics

The government is looking into ‘non-van solutions’ to the dental access crisis despite pledging a fleet of mobile clinics in…

Dentistry

NHS dental recovery plan could be unreliable, government admits

The government gave ‘evasive and inaccurate answers’ regarding NHS dentistry at today’s Health and Social Care Committee hearing, the profession…

Dentistry

How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 11 November 2023

It’s been a busy week for dental news. Missed it? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… Mouth cancer…

Dentistry

How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 2 September 2023

It’s been a busy week for dental news. Missed it? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… Hospital dental…

Dentistry

Unmet need for NHS dentistry ‘hits record high’

More than six million adults failed to get an NHS dental appointment in the last two years, statistics suggest. The…

Dentistry

Rishi Sunak answers question on dentistry in first PMQs

  In his first PMQs as Prime Minister of the UK, Rishi Sunak faced questions on the future of NHS…

Dentistry

Calls for Liz Truss and senior colleagues to take urgent action on NHS dentistry

The future of NHS dentistry lays in the hands of Downing Street, the Treasury and the Department of Health.  This…

Dentistry

Ministers to make it simpler for overseas dentists to work in the NHS

Government ministers will introduce legislation to make it easier for overseas dentists and nurses to work in the UK. According…

Dentistry

‘Deeds, not words’ – Rishi Sunak pledges to fix NHS dental crisis

  Conservative leadership candidate Rishi Sunak says he will ‘restore’ NHS dentistry if he becomes the next British Prime Minister.  But…

Dentistry

Dentists respond to soaring oral cancer rates

Cancer Research UK has revealed that rates of mouth (oral) cancer have jumped by 68% in the UK over the…

Oral health