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Falsified Medicine’s Directive: stamping out the fakes

John Finey explores the recently implemented Falsified Medicine’s Directive Delegated Regulations (FMD DR) by talking with the BDIA and Septodont…

Health is the main reason smokers want to quit their habit

Health is the main reason Brits give up smoking, a study from the Oral Health Foundation has shown. Around 66%…

When it’s time to move on

Perhaps it’s time to walk a mile in associates’ shoes, Alun Rees suggests. My father left school at 16 and,…

Introducing new Colgate Total

Colgate announces the launch of its next generation Colgate Total toothpaste – reinvented with dual-zinc and arginine for whole mouth health.* Twenty…

Free implant training videos – risk based aesthetic implant assessment by Dominic Hassall

Visit dominic-hassall-training.co.uk/dentistry-implant to sign up for the free training.

Implant dentistry

Patients put off visiting the dentist due to time constraints

More than 4.5 million people in the UK are put off seeing the dentist due to time constraints. Bupa research found…

Private Practice

Smokers 40% less likely to survive cancer 10 years after diagnosis

Smoking cigarettes could stop the ability of the body to fight cancer, research from the University of Leeds shows. Smokers…

Facial aesthetics and professional indemnity

Harry Singh explores the brave new world of facial aesthetics and professional indemnity. We live in a consumer-driven world, and…

Aesthetic dentistry

‘First of its kind’ cone beam CT scanner installed at University Hospitals of Leicester

Leicester Royal Infirmary has installed a CBCT scanner with metal artefact reduction and the latest advances in radiographer assistance. The Carestream…

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… More than 1…

Prevention is better than cure

Kath Eastwood explains why dentists should practice what they preach when it comes to prevention and look after their posture…

Five reasons to attend the launch of #Whiteology

Not sure what #Whiteology is? Optident has listed five reasons why you should attend the UK launch to find out…

Aesthetic dentistry

Brace advertising enforcement notice – what dentists need to know

Shaz Memon explains why it might be worth revisiting what your practice says about teeth-straightening. Dentists beware – your website…

EMS introduces its newest GBT guiding light

EMS is delighted to announce that its newest guided biofilm therapy (GBT) ambassador is London-based multi-award-winning dental hygienist, Anna Middleton,…

Why NHS dentistry is bad medicine

Dominic O’Hooley gives us his opinion on responsibility… I have contemplated the three core principles of Bevans’s big idea for an NHS.…

US scientists to test light therapy as relief from oral side effects of cancer treatment

Researchers from the US will be investigating light therapy to treat the painful oral side effects resulting from cancer treatments…

International implant event to be held in Madrid

The Nobel Biocare Global Symposium in Madrid aims to open a new chapter in implant dentistry this summer At the upcoming…

Only two weeks to go until the Dublin Dentistry Show

It’s only two weeks until the Dublin Dentistry Show touches down for the first time at Croke Park Stadium. The…

Creating financial freedom

Come along to FTA’s evening seminar to learn more about how you can put in place effective succession plans for the…