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Selling your dental practice?

Selling your dental practice will almost certainly be a challenge. You’re unlikely to have a lot of experience, so you…

Healthy drinks should be default options on kids’ menus, foundation claims

The Oral Health Foundation is calling on restaurants to offer healthy drinks as the default option on children’s menus. California recently…

Sadiq Khan pledges to improve children’s oral health in London

The London Mayor has pledged to improve children’s oral health in the capital with the London Health Inequalities Strategy. The…

Left to right conversion of an A-dec chair

The radius-style delivery systems, cuspidor, and assistant’s instrumentation quickly and easily rotate around the A-dec 300, A-dec 400 and A-dec…

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Support Alzheimer’s Society with J&S Davis at Dental Showcase

In recognition of the association between poor dental health and Alzheimer’s disease, J&S Davis and LM Dental hope to raise…

Dentally saves you time with treatment planning

Dentally has now introduced treatment plan templates, providing a way of charting multiple treatments for a patient with just a…

Private Practice

Rodericks Dental – busting the corporate myth

This is a time of immense change for the dental profession but, for forward-thinking practices, there are still many opportunities…

Need help with your practice’s social media?

Social media is fast becoming one of the most important marketing tools, if you are not using it as part…

Disillusionment sets in early for young dentists

Older members of the dental profession should do more to protect young graduates entering dentistry, Michael Watson says. Last week…

Confidence in endodontic expertise

Why using premium endodontic files matters and why they are an important option for patient safety, value for money and…

Rise in the number of unhappy dentists planning to leave the NHS

The number of dentists that don’t see themselves within the NHS in five years time has increased by 16%. That’s…

Dentist runs an ironman in under 16 hours

On Sunday, 15 July, I completed the Ironman Triathlon in a time of 15 hours, 29 minutes and one second. I have…

FGDP(UK) publishes new Standards in Dentistry

The Faculty of General Dental Practice (FGDP(UK)) has published its second edition of Standards in Dentistry. Its publication aims to sets the standards…

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… Below-inflation pay rise…

Associations join forces to call for reform of the DDRB

The BDA and the BMA have joined to call for reform of the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration (DDRB).…

Going paperless

Kim Done explains the process of moving from paper- to a computer-run practice and how Ismile helped. As a practice…

Dentists make the most of running at Simplyhealth’s Great North Run

The Simplyhealth Great North Run welcomed over 43,000 runners to complete the 13.1-mile course. Famous athletes, celebrities, and members of the public…

Is dentistry still a good profession to work in?

Nigel Jones explains why dentistry is still a good career and what his concerns are for the profession at the…

New periodontal disease classification on BDA roadshow’s agenda

To learn all about the new classification of periodontal and peri-implant diseases and conditions, all you need to do…

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