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Care homes not providing sufficient oral health support

A new Healthwatch report has found that some care homes are providing insufficient support to access dentists. In the report…

Risks with referrals

Alison Large, dento-legal adviser at the DDU, advises on reducing the risks associated with the patient referral process. The making…

The top 10 lies in dentistry

Alun Rees lists some of the top lies that are told around dentistry. The top 10 lies that (some) patients…

Your thoughts on patient membership plans and plan providers

For your chance to win a three year CPD package worth £335 from FMC, plus £100 worth of John Lewis…

Put your name on it!

Simon Reynolds asks Keith Hayes how he successfully built his private dental offering through practice-branded membership. After 25 years as…

Private Practice

Wales creating 10,000 new NHS dental places

The Welsh Government is creating 10,000 new NHS dental places in some of the most deprived areas of Wales. It…

Are associates employees or self-employed?

For the second Dental Politics: The Big Debate, leaders in the profession got together to discuss associates’ employment status. Seb…

Trust – hard to build, easy to lose

Deborah Bell discusses the importance of building trust with patients and suppliers The number one ingredient when building strong and…

Private Practice

Wet milling in your practice

This compact four-axis milling unit from Amann Girrbach’s Ceramill DNA Generation, extends in-house fabrication of conventional laboratory indications to include the…

Private Practice

Clawbacks costing Welsh NHS dentistry £6.6 million

Clawbacks cost NHS dentists in Wales £6.6 million in 2016, according to figures from the British Dental Association (BDA). The Welsh…

Cosmetic dentistry book for patients becomes best seller

A book designed to help patients understand the various facets of dental care – particularly cosmetic dentistry – has become…

Aesthetic dentistry

Learn all about Dentale training clinics

Learn about the Dentale training clinics in this introductory video. For more information visit www.dentaletraining.co.uk, email coursebookings@dentale.co.uk or call 0845 0176 263.

Implant dentistry

NHS accused of wasting money

If Professor Tim Briggs took a closer look at NHS dentistry what would he find, Michael Watson questions. A report…

Free patient education video – watch preview

Successful dentists agree that educating your patients is an integral part of case acceptance and successful treatment. Implant Direct’s video helps…

Implant dentistry

So you’ve been on one dental implant course, should you do another?

Just because you’ve done an implant course previously and it hasn’t worked out, doesn’t mean implant dentistry isn’t for you,…

Implant dentistry

What does the Biohorizons and Camlog partnership mean to UK dentists?

https://youtu.be/u0ldPyVFGa0 The Biohorizons and Camlog distributorship bring together two systems that complement each other perfectly and offer even more to…

Implant dentistry

Giovanni Pernice to return to Strictly with a new smile

Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer, Giovanni Pernice, is on track to complete orthodontic treatment with clear aligner therapy in time for the 15th series…

Unhealthy gums increase chances of cancer in older women

Unhealthy gums could be putting older women at a higher risk of developing cancer, a new study has found. The…

DTA Members raise funds for Dentaid

The Dental Technologists Association (DTA) annually supports a charity chosen by its members, and in 2016 worked with and supported…