NHS

COVID-19 – most dentists unable to provide ‘full service’ this year

Three quarters of dentists report they will not provide a full service this year or do not know when they…

Dentistry

COVID-19: calls for sustainable solution to PPE within dentistry

Experts are calling for a sustainable solution to PPE in dentistry as the profession responds to the COVID-19 crisis. In…

Dentistry

NHS dental practices to get free PPE under new government plan

Dental practices will have access to free PPE as part of the UK government’s new second wave strategy.  In its…

Dentistry

Dental teams should receive priority access to COVID-19 vaccine

Health and social care workers should be granted priority access to a COVID-19 vaccine when available in the UK. This…

Dentistry

Supporting dental colleagues with long-haul COVID symptoms

Rumana Husein explains what it was like to catch COVID, dealing with the long-tail and how she set up a…

Oral health

CDO Sara Hurley speaks out after change in COVID-19 alert level

The chief dental officer for England, Sara Hurley, has reconfirmed the profession’s position after the government raises the UK COVID-19…

Dentistry

NHS dentists excluded from free flu vaccine scheme

NHS dentists will not be included in this winter’s free flu vaccine scheme, it has been revealed.  Last week, leading…

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… What do local…

Dentistry

‘More important than ever’: dental teams urged to get flu jab in face of COVID-19

Top healthcare clinicians are calling on all NHS frontline workers – including dentists – to get their annual flu jab…

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… ‘Severe lack of…

Dentistry

Dental information during pandemic ‘inconsistent and confusing’, says health watchdog

The dental information provided by some dental services during the pandemic was ‘inconsistent and confusing’, a health watchdog reports. This…

Dentistry

NHS receives 250,000 clear face masks to support people with hearing loss

A quarter of a million clear face masks will be delivered to NHS workers to help those suffering with hearing…

Dentistry

Government releases new guidance on long-term health effects of COVID-19

The UK government has issued new guidance on the long-term health impact of coronavirus. Released yesterday (7th September), it states…

Dentistry

Reorganisation of UK health protection could worsen inequalities, experts warn

Dental associations have banded together with other healthcare groups to voice concerns over the reorganisation of health protection. The British…

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… Female representation in…

Dentistry

Fewer patients receiving NHS dental treatment in the UK

Fewer patients are receiving treatment in NHS dental practices, according to newly-released statistics. Data shows dental teams carried out 38.4…

Dentistry

Three quarters of female NHS workers report emotional stress during pandemic

One in five female NHS employees said they did not have access to the necessary PPE during the pandemic. This…

Dentistry

What does the new NHS infection prevention guidance mean for dentistry?

New infection control guidance has been issued for healthcare settings in the UK, including dental practices.  In the latest information…

Dentistry

Almost 180 operations every day to extract children’s decaying teeth

New NHS figures show there were 44,685 extractions of multiple teeth in under-18s in England during 2018/19. This equates to…

Dentistry