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The benefits of speed increasers – more hygienic and safer

BA International explains how its speed increasers could help reduce aerosol spatter in dental practices. With infection control becoming a…

Dentistry

‘Take big leaps’ – Megan Fairhall discusses launching a social media profile

During the Smile Revolution podcast on 2 June, Megan Fairhall encourages her peers to give it a go and take…

Oral health

HSE issue safety warning against face mask

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is urging dentists to avoid using a particular face mask over fears it does…

Dentistry

Clinical Skills Day – habit change for improved oral health outcomes

The inaugural Clinical Skills Day today is your opportunity to see Professor Tim Newton discuss changing habits for improved oral…

Oral health

‘Simply unsustainable’: dentists in Wales warn of industry crisis

A dentist has warned ‘a tidal wave of dental disease’ is about to crash in Wales following calls for the…

Dentistry

90 seconds during lockdown with…Hussein Hassanali

Hussein Hassanali explains why the lockdown has caused him to wake up to the sound of an owl at 3…

Young Dentist

Clinical Skills Day – practical and clinical tips in managing anxious dental patients

The inaugural Clinical Skills Day on Friday 12 June is your opportunity to see Mike Gow talk about managing anxious…

Dentistry

Stepping back into the unknown

Kelly Games discusses some things to consider as practices start to reopen and recall the dental team back to the…

Dentistry

Overweight or obese individuals made up 78% of confirmed COVID-19 cases

People who were overweight or obese made up 78% of confirmed COVID-19 infections – prompting calls for the food industry…

Dentistry

3shape launches first online digital dentistry Global Symposium

3shape introduces its mammoth 24h Global Symposium, completely free for dental professionals to attend. A 24-hour marathon of webinars for…

Private Practice

Lack of funding leaves 51% of Scottish dental practices vulnerable after lockdown

More than half (57%) of practices say they would consider remaining closed after COVID-19 if a more viable SDR funding…

Dentistry

Wuhan healthcare workers with correct PPE did not contract COVID-19, study finds

Frontline healthcare workers in Wuhan who were appropriately protected did not contract COVID-19, new research has revealed. In a study…

Dentistry

Three in five of UK public support calls to extend sugar tax

It has been revealed that the majority (61%) of the UK support the extension of the current sugar tax to…

Dentistry

90 seconds during lockdown with…Zara Shirvani

CPD, webinars and taking up baking – Zara Shirvani tells us what she’s been up to during the COVID-19 lockdown.…

Oral health

Becoming a UDC – a practice manager’s experience

Practice manager Lauren Davis speaks to {my}dentist about working in a UDC and where she sees dentistry heading in the…

Dentistry

One dentist’s experience setting up a dental clinic in Kashmir

Dr Thanaa Abdullah talks about her experience helping to create a dental department at a hospital in Kashmir. Since qualifying…

Dentistry

Public attitudes on returning to dentistry post COVID-19 – the practice

As dental teams start to open their doors for face-to-face treatment, Michael Heffernan discusses what practices need to do to…

Dentistry

Thermal imaging puts dentists in the picture as they get back to practice

Andrew Roberts introduces an innovative new way of checking patients for COVID-19 symptoms before they enter the practice. The green…

Dentistry

The hygienist’s blog – a great initiative, here to stay

With lockdown keeping patients away, Claire Berry introduces the innovative virtual online oral health clinic from the BSDHT and Oral-B.…

Oral health