Dental Nursing

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

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

Dentistry

Tackling stress and shortages in dental nursing

Give me a break! Gemma Forsythe discusses the many pressures of dental nursing, such as the inability to take breaks,…

Columnists

Half of dental nurses say mental health has worsened since pandemic

More than half of dental nurses – and two in five dental hygienists and dental therapists – say their mental…

Dental Nursing

From dental nurse to client experience manager: finding your strengths

Gemma Forsythe chats to Chloe Phillips about her journey from trainee dental nurse to client experience manager, and the importance…

Dental Nursing

The Dental Nurse Diary – ‘run the day, or the day runs you’

Dentistry.co.uk hears from Gemma Forsythe about the importance of organisation and note taking for dental nurses and how her new…

Dental Nursing

Let’s talk dental therapy

Following Rishi Sunak’s proposal to increase training places for dental therapists, Gemma Forsythe talks to Lauren Long about her experience…

Dental Nursing

Dental nursing recruitment crisis – first cohort completes new apprenticeship

A brand new oral health practitioner apprenticeship has seen its first cohort receive their qualifications. This first-of-its-kind programme was designed…

Dental Nursing

Nursing Matters – why are dental nurses leaving the profession?

This month, Gemma Forsythe discusses the dental nursing recruitment crisis and her advice for both practice owners and dental nurses…

Columnists

Nursing Matters – Hayley O’Neill on saving dental nursing

This month, Gemma Forsythe chats to Hayley O’Neill about the problems facing the dental nursing career and why she wants…

Columnists

How to attract and retain dental nurses

As part of our new Future of Dentistry campaign, head dental nurse Hayley O’Neill shares her top tips for retaining…

Future of Dentistry

Nursing matters – caring for stroke survivors

To mark Stroke Awareness Month this May, Gemma Forsythe explains how dental professionals can adapt the patient experience for stroke…

Dental Nursing

Dental nursing isn’t dying, it’s progressing

In response to ‘sexist’ comments about recruitment struggles in dental nursing, Preetee Hylton highlights why it is essential that employers…

Dental Nursing

How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 22 April 2023

It’s been a busy week for dental news. Missed it? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… There isn’t…

Dentistry

There isn’t a dental nurse shortage, and here’s why…

‘Practices should be looking at their dental nurses as an investment, not a cost for the practice’: dental nurse Rebecca…

Dental Nursing

How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 15 April 2023

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

Dentistry

My experience as a trans man in dentistry – and how it can be more inclusive


Dental hygiene student Ben Marriott opens up about his own experience as a trans man in dentistry and how some…

Dentistry

Why I’m unsurprised we’re in a dental nursing recruitment crisis

We hear from a London-based practice owner about the realities of trying to recruit dental nurses and what they think…

Dental Nursing

Tricks and Tips from a TCO – transitioning from dental nurse to TCO

In her latest article, Tracie Barnett considers why becoming a treatment coordinator could be a good step for dental nurses. …

Dental Nursing

How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 25 February 2023

Missed out on last week’s dental news? Here’s what happened over the past seven days… Dentists in hospitals to join…

Dentistry