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Aberdeen dental students now eligible for financial support in Scotland

Aberdeen dental students will now be eligible to apply for the bursary support made available in Scotland. Earlier this month,…

Dentistry

Dentistry Question Time – last chance to submit your questions

Is there anything you want to know about the future of NHS dentistry? This is your last chance to submit…

Dentistry

The gummy smile dilemma – an often-untreated condition

Dr Stuart Frost illustrates an innovative treatment for an often-untreated condition. Gummy smile patients have always presented orthodontists with a…

Orthodontics

Collaboration, consultation, co-operation and communication

Gary Chapman explains the ‘family’ ethos of Portman Dental Care focusing on cooperation and communication. Today in the ever-growing corporate…

Private Practice

CDO Sara Hurley issues technical warning over FFP3 face mask

Chief dental officer Sara Hurley has urged dental teams to read an alert relating to FFP3 masks.  A new central…

Dentistry

90 seconds with…Soha Rashid

In this week’s 90 seconds with, we speak to Soha Rashid about what she got up to during lockdown and…

Aesthetic dentistry

Last chance to register for full arch reconstruction webinar

It’s your last chance to register for Paul Swanson and Jonathan Dean as they discuss full arch reconstruction tonight at…

Implant dentistry

Dentistry Question Time – a chance to ask your questions on dentistry’s most pressing issues

The last 12 months has thrown a lot into question, including the future of NHS dentistry. Dentistry Question Time will…

Dentistry

Discrimination in Dentistry – Alina Grossman

In our series Discrimination in Dentistry, Alina Grossman opens up about her own experience of sexual harassment and why a…

Dentistry

Two thirds of countries are not allowing dentists to administer the COVID-19 vaccine

Two thirds of the world’s countries are not allowing dentists to administer COVID-19 vaccines, it has been revealed.  Data also…

Dentistry

Remote consultations – half of dentists report difficulty obtaining patient consent

Dental professionals think it is harder to gain consent when they do not see the patient face to face.  More…

Dentistry

Uber ruling – what does it mean for dentistry?

Alan Suggett explores how the latest ruling on Uber drivers might impact the employment status of dental associates. A Supreme…

Dentistry

The straight and narrow – at last some positivity

With lockdown slowly lifting, the days getting longer and patients heading back to dental practices, Emma Laing feels there’s reason…

Orthodontics

Target practice – Kevin Lewis discusses dental politics

Ready, aim, fire…Kevin Lewis turns his attention to the politics of dentistry, and why they seem way off the mark.…

Dentistry

‘Dental nurses need recognition’ – the difference between NHS and private work

Claire Frisby talks about her 25 years in dental nursing and how her private work compared to that in the…

Dental Nursing

How will easing lockdown affect dentistry?

Seb Evans explores what changes during each stage of easing lockdown and how this might impact dentistry. On Monday Boris…

Dentistry

Dentistry Question Time – ‘dentistry must be given far more attention’

Our brand new venture, Dentistry Question Time, kicks off next week – and you get to ask the questions. Dentistry…

Dentistry

Discrimination in dentistry – Kevin O’Brien

In our Discrimination in Dentistry series, Professor Kevin O’Brien discusses why it is imperative for the future of dentistry that…

Dentistry

Prosthodontips – canine guidance or group function?

In this month’s Prosthodontips, Josh Sharpling and Zohaib Ali cover the thorny subject of occlusion and whether to restore by…

Dentistry