COVID-19

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… Tony Kilcoyne discusses…

Dentistry

Seller’s guide to selling a dental practice: part 1

If you have to do a deal, you’ll get a worse deal, says Ross Martin, in the first part of…

Private Practice

Half of all smokers are stress smoking more since COVID-19

Almost one third of smokers are smoking more since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, new research shows.  And 65%…

Oral health

Building patient confidence in attending dental practices

Dentistry Online speaks to Jon Workman, area general manager for Great Britain and Ireland GSK Consumer Healthcare, about dentistry after…

Oral health

COVID-19 and DIY dentistry

Hawa Azhar discusses the impact the pandemic has had on DIY dentistry and explains how a dual approach to patient…

Dentistry

NHS dental teams in Wales to receive bonus payment

The Welsh government has confirmed that NHS dental teams will receive a bonus payment in response to the pandemic. Vaughan…

Dentistry

COVID-19 – pandemic led to spike in dental-related redundancy queries

Redundancy and absence queries were among the top five reasons for dental professionals requesting advice and guidance. This is according…

Dentistry

One year on: the changing landscape of dentistry

Zoe Close talks to Eddie Crouch about how COVID-19 has changed the profession, what the short- and long-term impacts will…

Dentistry

Oral health messages – are they reaching our patients?

Catherine Rutland points out that patients may not see oral health messages and might need reminding of the changes practices…

Dentistry

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… GDC’s acting ‘unlawfully’…

Dentistry

COVID-19 – dental school installs isolation pods to improve clinical work

Isolation pods have been installed for dental students in a bid to aid practical learning in the face of COVID-19. …

Dentistry

COVID-19 – NHS dentistry in Wales operating at one fifth of pre-pandemic levels

New estimates reveal that NHS dentistry in Wales is operating at just over one fifth of pre-pandemic levels. As a…

Dentistry

COVID vaccination effort is the shot in the arm we all need

Eddie Scher reflects on his career, and his experience as a part-time volunteer against COVID-19.  At the time of writing,…

Implant dentistry

Dentistry’s Boom Time – Gina Vega

Gina Vega explains how communication with your patients is vital to take advantage of a possible boom time in dentistry.…

Private Practice

Dentistry podcast – Neel Kothari on NHS dental targets

Neel Kothari offers his take on the latest NHS dental targets and the impact he thinks it will have. In the…

Dentistry

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… NHS dental targets…

Dentistry

Diabetes – the silent killer

Someone is diagnosed with diabetes every three minutes. Dental professionals have an important part to play in that diagnosis and…

Private Practice

Free PPE for NHS services in England extended until 2022

The provision of free COVID-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) has been extended until 2022. The Department of Health and Social…

Dentistry

The Dental Lab Expert – your team and communication in times of crisis

In the first of a new series, Ashley Byrne gives us an insight into how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting…

Laboratory