COVID-19

Commercial tenancies during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ivath Khan explores the implications of the pandemic on landlords and tenants of business properties. Before the pandemic, most business…

Dentistry

CDO Sara Hurley – ‘prioritise patients with suspected mouth cancer’

The majority of dental treatments now carried out are tooth saving, it has been confirmed. In her latest update to…

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… ‘Utterly wrongheaded’ –…

Dentistry

COVID-19 – almost one quarter of UK no longer brush teeth twice a day

Almost one fifth of the UK have resorted to at-home dental treatments following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. This…

Oral health

It’s air sterilisation – not ventilation – that will counter COVID’s airborne spread

Keith Wyatt, managing director of UV Clean Light, explains why we need to concentrate on sterilising the air in dental…

Dentistry

COVID-19 pandemic ‘turbocharged’ access crisis in dentistry, says MP

A Member of Parliament says the access crisis in dentistry was ‘turbocharged’ by the COVID-19 pandemic.  MP Judith Cummins yesterday…

Dentistry

Mind the gap – how the pandemic revealed growing inequalities in dental decay

The pandemic has only highlighted the wide disparity between rich and poor in the UK, says Ben Atkins. Oral health…

Oral health

How has the COVID-19 pandemic increased bruxism rates?

Lockdown stress and anxiety upped rates of jaw clenching and teeth grinding, new findings reveal.  In addition, women were found…

Dentistry

The impact of COVID-19 on sustainability in dentistry

A year on from the Extinction Rebellion protests in London, and following a COVID-19 pandemic, Alkisti Vousvouni discusses sustainability issues…

Dentistry

‘Utterly wrongheaded’ – NHS dental charges to increase by 5% before Christmas

NHS dental charges in England will increase by 5% just before Christmas, it has been announced.  After it was postponed…

Dentistry

Dentists encouraged to apply for roles in COVID-19 vaccination programme

Dental professionals are being called upon to sign up as part of the national effort to vaccinate against COVID-19. As…

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… Mouthwash can kill…

Dentistry

A question of trust

Sarah Hoggins describes how moving her patients to Denplan has changed her life in practice. Chester-born dentist Sarah Hoggins graduated…

Dentistry

How COVID-19 testing could improve research into oral care interventions

Professor Martin Addy and Professor Robert Newcombe discuss how research into the impact of oral care interventions could be incorporated…

Oral health

100 seconds with…Victoria Sampson

Victoria Sampson discusses how she found her new passion in research during the COVID-19 lockdown and explains her strangest experience…

Dentistry

Adapting to virtual training during a pandemic

Jo Banks looks at how Denplan Academy is adapting to virtual training, continuing to deliver team training and networking in…

Dentistry

COVID contracts – PPE sources with political connections given priority, says watchdog

PPE suggestions from MPs, government officials and ministers’ offices were ‘fast tracked’ for contracts, it has been revealed.  The cross-government…

Dentistry

Making the most of every patient visit

As current NHS dental standard operating procedures advocate that dental treatments should be completed in one visit wherever possible, Kasia…

Dentistry

Celebrating hardworking dental laboratories

Dentistry Online wants to highlight the incredible hard work dental laboratories are doing up and down the country. Unfortunately this…

Laboratory