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Artist or entrepreneur – choosing the right business pathway

Are you an artist, an entrepreneur, or a bit of both? Simon Chard discusses how to choose the right pathway…

Private Practice

Affan Saghir on the ‘special moment’ of winning Young Dentist

Affan Saghir discusses what it takes to be a good dentist, the importance of having values, and how to retain…

Young Dentist

Comfortable patient, comfortable clinician

Join Anna Middleton on Tuesday 5 September at 7pm as she discusses the barriers that patients and clinicians face.  The…

Dentistry

NHS to launch programme to transform diabetes care

Tens of thousands of people living with early onset type 2 diabetes in England will receive more intensive and targeted…

Health & research

The benefits of a rejuvenating retreat

This month, Rhona Eskander discusses her yearly ritual of escaping to a fasting sanctuary – could a rejuvenating retreat improve…

Columnists

Everyone’s a winner: hiring an associate CDT

Craig Broughton explains the many benefits of hiring an associate clinical dental technician (CDT) for the practice, the patients, and…

Laboratory

NHS Dentistry Select Committee Report – no time to waste

‘They are in for a rude awakening’ – Nigel Jones shares his thoughts on the NHS Dentistry Select Committee Report. As…

NHS to Private

Walking the walk for mouth cancer awareness

The Mouth Cancer Foundation’s annual 10km awareness walk returns this September – learn how you can get involved. The Mouth…

Oral health

Dismantling the stigma of aesthetic treatments

The power of choice: Sheila Nguyen, Ahmed El Muntstar and Sallie Berkerey dive into the topic of women’s experiences with…

Aesthetic dentistry

Your guide to the Irish Dentistry Show

The Irish Dentistry Show returns to Dublin on 9 September – and this year’s show is larger than ever before!…

Dentistry

Kevin Lewis – an exercise in recycling

Kevin Lewis discovers that, in NHS dentistry, new ideas and new solutions appear to be in very short supply. The…

Columnists

How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 26 August 2023

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

Dentistry

Register for Align’s Growing Smiles Masterclass 2023

Learn more about how to optimise Invisalign treatment for children and teen patients at Align’s Growing Smiles Masterclass 2023. Join…

Orthodontics

Labs, technicians and CDTs: enter the 2023 Dentistry Awards now!

Calling all lab owners, dental technicians and CDTs: the entry deadline for the 2023 Dentistry Awards is fast approaching. Returning…

Laboratory

BDA hospital trainee members vote to strike

The British Dental Association (BDA) has revealed that hospital dental trainees across 15 NHS trusts have voted to strike against…

Dentistry

E-cigarettes highly likely to lead to teen tobacco smoking

A new survey has shown that adolescent vape users are at a greater risk of smoking cigarettes as teenagers.  In…

Dentistry

Teeth capable of preserving antibodies for centuries, study finds

A new study has found that teeth could preserve antibodies for hundreds of years, allowing scientists to better understand the…

Dentistry

How practice team members can maintain their mental fitness

Les Jones talks to Fiona Ellwood and Laura Hannon about mental wellness and how it can be maintained within the…

Dentistry

GDC calls for DCPs to meet CPD deadline

With more than 2,000 yet to do so, the General Dental Council (GDC) has called for dental care professionals (DCPs)…

Dentistry