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Thrive, not survive: vital tips and insight to help you elevate your practice and enhance your work/life balance

Join Jaswinder Gill as he gives tips to elevate your practice during a free webinar on Tuesday 7 September at…

Dentistry

A digital solution to space closure: part one

Julian Caplan explores space closures from a digital standpoint. Spacing between teeth may occur for several reasons: Protruding teeth Impacted…

Orthodontics

Welsh clean sweep at the PD awards

This month we talk to Guy Laffan about his incredible success at last year’s Private Dentistry Awards. How does it…

Private Practice

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… Northern Irish dentists…

Dentistry

Applying McDonaldisation to dentistry

Can you make a burger better than McDonald’s? You bet you can. But can you build a better burger making…

Dentistry

The digital dentist – colour in dentistry

Colour is a very important topic in dentistry. This month Alif Moosajee talks about how to get the right colour…

Aesthetic dentistry

Dentistry’s Social Stars – the profession’s top influencers

We have pulled together some of dentistry’s top influencers to celebrate their efforts in educating both the profession and the…

Dentistry

90 seconds with…Saba Qureshi

We speak to Saba Qureshi about baking sourdough bread and what the future of dentistry might look like. Saba Qureshi…

Orthodontics

Four financial considerations when thinking about leaving the NHS

Gordon McMillan, specialist dental financial adviser at Wesleyan Financial Services, shares key factors to think about to stay on solid…

NHS to Private

The Dental Lab Expert – are automation and artificial intelligence a good thing?

Ashley Byrne explains why automation and artificial intelligence are helping to improve dental labs, not taking away jobs. Automation is…

Laboratory

Northern Irish dentists call for ‘overhaul’ of GDS contract

Northern Irish dentists have written to Health Minister Robin Swann to ‘overhaul’ the General Dental Services (GDS) contract. The letter…

Dentistry

Decon Pete – legionella and the potential risks

With a rise in legionella deaths as services restart, Pete Gibbons explains how dental practices can safely reopen. In last…

Dentistry

Calling all GDPs! Are you implant ready?

Mohsin Ali and Toheed Hamid will discuss the benefits and importance of dental implants during a free webinar on Thursday…

Implant dentistry

Simon Thackeray: ‘dentists are leaving in droves and we’re heading for a core service’

Nigel Jones, Practice Plan’s head of sales, caught up with private dentist Simon Thackeray to talk about the current NHS situation,…

NHS to Private

Welsh dentists calling for the relaxation of COVID rules

BDA Wales is calling for the relaxation of COVID rules to avoid patients unnecessarily losing teeth and allow more dental…

Dentistry

The legal eagle – GDC complaints continue to fall during the pandemic

John Makin says one positive statistic during the pandemic is the ongoing fall in the number of GDC cases. The…

Dentistry

Aesthetic dentistry expert – trust and communication

Trust is essential between dentist and patient. Manrina Rhode explores what too much trust is and what is not trusting…

Aesthetic dentistry

What makes a good dentist?

Jeremy Cooper examines the key lessons to learn to thrive in the surgery and beyond. What makes a good dentist?…

Young Dentist

Last chance to register for the South West Dentistry Show

The South West Dentistry Show is taking place this Saturday at Westpoint in Exeter, make sure you register now. With…

Dentistry