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Scotland’s CDO updates profession on infection control guidance

The chief dental officer (CDO) for Scotland has updated the profession on the future of infection and prevention control in…

Dentistry Scotland

Positively potty experience – raising £10k for charity

We speak to Simon Robertson about his ‘positively potty experience’, how he came up with the idea and what he…

Dentistry

How I opened the practice of my dreams

Anisha Patel, owner of the White & Co independent group of dental practices, explains how she came to open her…

Private Practice

My journey into periodontology specialist training – what I learnt

Payvand Menhadji opens up about her journey into the world of periodontology and what she learnt along the way. If…

Young Dentist

The COVID dental graduates – what will we bring to the profession?

Kiri Paul explores the additional skills dental graduates will pick up during the COVID-19 pandemic and how this can help…

Young Dentist

More effective preventative dental measures could save billions in healthcare costs

International calls for better integration of dental and general healthcare are being made in a bid to battle gum disease.…

Dentistry

What is life like as a dentist in Singapore?

Roshan Bains speaks to Jaz Gulati about working as a dentist in Singapore and what he’s brought back to working…

Young Dentist

Minimally invasive restoration of an incisal edge defect

Sheng Fang and Feng Li present a case study illustrating how they restored an incisal edge defect with a minimally…

Dentistry

Dental profession slam government decision to use ‘unethical’ dental checks on migrants

The profession is urging the government to reconsider ‘unethical’ plans to introduce dental checks to work out the age of…

Dentistry

Worried about litigation? It’s time to fight the fear

Mahmood Mawjee talks about the stress of litigation in dentistry and how dentists can mitigate the fear and the associated…

Dentistry

NHS dental practice values plummet in last quarter

New figures reveal that NHS practice values plummeted in the last quarter as the UK experienced its third lockdown. This…

Dentistry

Dentistry Gym – prevent neck and back pain

This week, Khalil Hussein explores the links between breathing mechanics and neck and back pain in clinicians, as well as…

Dentistry

Scotland scraps plan to introduce activity targets for dental practices requiring financial support

The government in Scotland has abandoned plans to introduce activity targets to guarantee practices get financial support.  Tom Ferris, the…

Dentistry Scotland

The Dental Lab Expert – digital tooth grinding

With a growing number of splints to avoid tooth grinding, Ashley Byrne explores how dental labs can make designing the…

Laboratory

Oral healthcare experiment sent into space for dental research

Bundles of oral healthcare devices have been sent into space as part of an on-board experiment. In collaboration with the…

Oral health

Social media and dentistry – the biggest thing to happen to our profession since the invention of the radiograph

On the 13 July Nilesh Parmar will be discussing how Social Media is the biggest thing to hit Dentistry since…

Dentistry

Dentistry beyond COVID: teledentistry

Paul Abrahams considers the advantages of teledentistry, outside of the obvious health and safety benefits. In the wake of the…

Dentistry

A dental student’s guide to…luting cements

In this month’s student’s guide, Hannah Hook explores luting cements, their uses and the pros and cons to the different…

Young Dentist

Is ‘gender equality’ the new sexism?

Neel Kothari discusses gender equality in dentistry and why the dental boards should be based on competency. Recently the BDJ…

Dentistry