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Make the most from your dentistry awards and reboot your love for dentistry

If you’re struggling to work out how to make the most out of winning a dental award, or you’re wondering…

Dentistry

Moments of truth

Building a successful dental practice means embracing ‘moments of truth’, Alun Rees says. I have just completed a year as an area…

Blog

How to change your dental practice name, without losing patients

Shaz Memon gives his four steps to changing the branding of your dental practice. There is so much more to choosing…

Private Practice

FGDP inaugurates new vice deans

Abhi Pal and Roshni Karia are the new vice deans of the Faculty of General Dental Practice (FGDP(UK)) Abhi has represented…

Dentistry

Young women who smoke at higher risk of major heart attack

While smoking increases the likelihood of heart attack in both men and women of all ages, it has a much…

Dentistry

Alcohol sales drop after introduction of minimum unit pricing

The volume of alcohol sold in Scotland has fallen to its lowest levels since 1994, analysis shows. Scotland became the…

Oral health

NHS negativity is thwarting potential in dentistry

NHS dentistry might make some feel despondent, but don’t let it ruin your passion, says Nigel Jones. I have to…

Blog

Care homes aren’t giving residents oral health care needed

The Care Quality Commission says care homes aren’t doing enough to ensure residents get the oral health care they need.…

Oral health

Developing private treatment

Az Hyder explains how partnering with Dentex will help the development of Burgess & Hyder’s 12 practices, and how growing…

Private Practice

Read the small print

John Makin advises that it helps to have a clear picture of the types of products on offer when choosing…

Blog

Dentists vote for a minimum UDA value

Dentists unanimously call for a minimum UDA value of £25 at the Local Dental Committees’ (LDC) annual conference. Welsh colleagues…

Dentistry

Healthcare regulators encourage reflective practice

Healthcare regulators have joined forces to highlight the benefits of reflective practice among professionals in the healthcare sector. A joint…

Dentistry

New guidelines for denture adhesives launched

The Oral Health Foundation has published a new set of global science-based guidelines for denture adhesives The new recommendations have…

Dentistry

Dave Cottam elected new chair of the GDPC

Dave Cottam is the new chair of the General Dental Practice Committee (GDPC) at the British Dental Association (BDA). He…

Dentistry

New Yeson UK autoclave steriliser range set to disrupt the market

Yeson UK has launched a game-changing range of high-pressure steam sterilisation autoclaves at prices as yet unseen in the dental…

Dentistry

The elephant in the room

Kevin Lewis addresses a situation brought to light at the recent British Dental Conference and Dentistry Show involving purchasing new,…

Blog

Portsmouth – access to NHS dentistry

Michael Watson gives his thoughts on the lack of NHS dentistry in Portsmouth. Stephen Morgan MP for Portsmouth South has…

Blog

Important trade notice

WHW announces some changes in its Plas-Dent partnership. WHW is built on loyalty and support of not only its customers…

Laboratory

Last chance to fill in dentistry survey

There are just a few weeks left for NHS and private dentists to complete the Dentistry Confidence Monitor survey. Dentists…

Dentistry