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Concerns grow in Peterborough over availability of NHS dental appointments

Peterborough councillors voice growing concerns over the shortage of NHS dentists accepting new patients. NHS England can only name two practices currently…

Dentistry

Gathering the tools for a practice sale

Struggling to sell your practice? Sarah Bradbury runs through the process, including the story of one seller who didn’t let…

Dentistry

Signposting to nowhere

UK dentists get a very early lesson in the kind of autonomy (or more accurately, the lack of it) that…

Blog

A perfect stepping stone from 2D to 3D imaging

As 3D dental imaging technology continues to improve, making it possible to get accurate diagnosis-improving images at ever lower doses,…

Dentistry

Are you going through life, or are you growing through life?

Mahmood Mawjee explains how the problems we experience in practice and life can help us grow. Each and every person…

Blog

What you’ve missed this week

Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… Sugary drinks and…

Dentistry

‘Inadequate’ oral health action leaving 3.5 billion with poor dental health worldwide, experts say

‘Inadequate’ oral health response is leaving 3.5 billion people with poor oral care, dental experts are claiming. A series in The Lancet is…

Dentistry

Financial incentives could help smokers quit and save NHS billions

New evidence suggests that paying people to quit smoking could save the NHS billions of pounds The findings, published by the Cochrane…

Dentistry

Align Technology launches Invisalign pop-up in London

This Wednesday saw the launch of Align Technology’s first Invisalign Connect pop up at London’s Westfield shopping centre. The attractive, interactive pop up shop is located…

Orthodontics

Dentists hopeful for future but perceived lack of funds biggest obstacle to growth

Dentists in the UK are, in the main, positive about their business prospects over the coming 12 months, but standing…

Private Practice

Average value of dental practices slowly rising

The average value of dental practices is slowly recovering, according to the latest quarterly goodwill figures from NASDAL. Dental practice valuations…

Dentistry

Under-16s to be banned from buying energy drinks

Children will be banned from purchasing energy drinks under new plans from Health Secretary Matt Hancock. Some drinks contain five times…

Oral health

‘I grew my patient numbers by 60%’

Lesley Morgan-Barlow, practice manager at Synergy Dental & Implant Centre, discusses the impact of having a practice-branded membership plan from…

Private Practice

Bupa Dental Care acquires 13 new practices

  Bupa Dental Care has acquired 13 new practices across the UK and Republic of Ireland, taking the business’ national…

Dentistry

Mechanical endodontic files – essential for root canal treatment

Kreena Patel looks at the instrumentation and techniques making endodontics more practical, predictable and cost-effective in daily practice. As an…

Endodontics

Glasgow HQ move for Scottish dental group

The Clyde Munro Dental Group has moved to showpiece headquarters in Glasgow city centre to accommodate ambitious expansion plans The move…

Dentistry

Managing patient expectations

As patients asking dental professionals for specific treatment protocols rises, Derek Hamilton explores how to balance patient expectations with best…

Dentistry

Tackling high sugar content in baby food

A nutritional survey of baby food on sale in Europe has shown that a high proportion of products contain high sugar levels…

Dentistry

Sugary drinks and fruit drinks linked to increased cancer risk

Drinking 100ml of sugary drinks every day could increase cancer risks by 18%, a recent study shows. A French study looked…

Oral health