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NHS England dental practices told to assess vulnerable staff within four weeks

Dental practices, hospitals and other NHS employers have been told to finish the assessments for at-risk staff within four weeks…

Dentistry

DenScreen – patient screening and COVID-19 testing for dental practices

DenScreen is a systematic screening system, allowing clinicians to individually and accurately assess each patient’s COVID-19 risk. Professor David Denning…

Dentistry

Return to practice – advancing instrument decontamination

Dr Fiona Collins is hosting a free webinar on the key protocols in instrument decontamination and sterilisation on Thursday 2…

Dentistry

What is Avant Garde Dentistry?

What is Avant Garde Dentistry? Avant Garde is new modern-day concept. It provides a full solution for practices and dentists…

Private Practice

Is the GDC’s Scope of Practice keeping pace with dentistry?

John Makin welcomes a review of the GDC’s Scope of Practice and explains why this is so important now. DDU…

Oral health

How prepared is dentistry for a second COVID-19 wave?

Seb Evans explores the possibility of a second COVID-19 wave and the impact this will have on dentistry. In an…

Dentistry

Dental team changes – coming back after lockdown

Raha Sepehrara considers the difficult decisions some members of the dental team are making and how business owners should deal…

Private Practice

Helping you to grow

Laura McClune talks to Oral Health about a pilot for a study group for newly-qualified hygienists and therapists that she’s…

Oral health

‘The hardest week so far’: one dentist’s experience of getting back to practice

A dentist has spoken out about what it has been like resuming face-to-face care. He says better communications would help…

Dentistry

The straight and narrow – orthodontics after COVID-19

In her first monthly column for Dentistry Online, Emma Laing explains how the COVID-19 lockdown will change orthodontics for the…

Orthodontics

Avoid overheating in full PPE – how dental teams can stay cool

More PPE purchases, more breaks and more hydration – this is the advice of Public Heath England (PHE) for workplaces…

Dentistry

Dental Protection offers support if unable to wear a fit-tested mask

Dental Protection is still offering its membership and assistance if clinicians are unable to wear a fit-tested mask. After the…

Dentistry

My Castellini – with Michael Norton

Dr Michael Norton BDS FDS RCS(Ed) was the first UK dentist to install a Castellini Skema 8 Continental when it…

Private Practice

10 steps back to practice after COVID-19 – encouraging patients back

As dental practices face a ‘new normal’, Laura Horton discovers new ways to help encourage patients back to dentistry. Post…

Dentistry

Stars of Dentistry Online – Christian Coachman: Virtual lab, the future, now!

Stars of Dentistry is back! We’re publishing some of our past Stars of Dentistry lectures on Dentistry Online, completely free.…

Dentistry

Dentists rank highest for infection risk – but have no increased COVID-19 death rate

Dentists rank highest in the list of unhealthiest job roles when it comes to risk of infection, a study shows. …

Dentistry

Minimally invasive, multidisciplinary workflows

Craig Dewdney introduces a minimally invasive multidisciplinary discoloured dentition case. Today thankfully, the dentist mindset is much more focused on…

Aesthetic dentistry

Project restart – financial considerations for dentists

Michael Copeland covers some financial considerations for dental practices as project restart gets the green light. Coronavirus is having a…

Dentistry

Public supports NHS dentist protection from COVID-19 litigation

Seven in 10 believe NHS staff – including dentists – involved in treating patients during the COVID-19 pandemic should be…

Dentistry