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Focused children respond best to nitrous oxide

Children who are better able to focus on a task respond more successfully to nitrous oxide at the dentist. That’s according…

Five ways to improve efficiency

Mike Hesketh, principal dentist at The Exeter Dental Centre offers some tips to grow your practice and improve efficiency If…

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Challenges and opportunities

Simon Hughes considers the impact of NHS contract reform on dental practice prices, in his business bites column. Much has…

Are you boosting your patients’ emotional bank accounts?

Janice Charlton discusses an interesting way to analyse the patient journey. The well-known trainer and author of 7 Habits of…

Special invitation for dental care professionals working with children

The British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD) is inviting dental nurses, hygienists and therapists working with children to submit abstracts…

Turning a corner

Kevin Lewis takes a closer looks at the GDC’s Shifting the balance: a better, fairer system of dental regulation. As…

Online antibiotic prescriptions ‘indefensible’

Online antibiotic prescriptions are indefensible without seeing dental patients first, the British Dental Association (BDA) has said. The statement was made after…

Dental students work with veterans to improve oral health awareness

Dental students from Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry have worked with veterans’ Community Interest Company Active Plus, to help…

New appointments at Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry

Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry has appointed three new members to its undergraduate programme. One of the appointments, Zoe…

Alison Lockyer elected head of BDA’s EEDT Working Group

Alison Lockyer has been elected chair of the BDA’s Education, Ethics and the Dental Team (EEDT) Working Group. The election was…

Fewer regulators – better regulation?

Michael Watson questions whether joining all nine health regulators into one super regulator would be good for dentistry. If we…

NHS contract reform: are you ready?

We explain everything we currently know about the potential new NHS dental contract. Six months ago, 100 dental practices were…

Demand for facial aesthetics on the rise despite fall in surgical procedures

The number of British citizens undergoing cosmetic surgery fell in 2016 to the lowest number in a decade, while non-surgical cosmetic…

Aesthetic dentistry

How bulimia affects oral health

Ahead of Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Professor Andrew Eder is highlighting the effects of bulimia on oral health, most specifically…

Welsh Assembly backs ban on sugary drinks from schools

Welsh Assembly Members have backed the call from the British Dental Association (BDA) Wales to ban sugary drinks from schools.…

New clarity over orthodontic legal and ethical issues

Orthodontic dentists asked to carry out limited aspects of orthodontic treatment have received new clarity over their legal and ethical position.…

Dummies’ guide to… Google part one – pay-per-click

Confused about what Google Adwords can offer you? Chris Baker provides the answer. Like it or not, Google is increasingly…

TV Licensing urges dentists to stay on the right side of the law

TV Licensing is reminding dental practices they need a TV Licence if patients watch live television while waiting for their…

New award launched for dental hygiene and therapy graduates

Newly-qualified dental hygiene and therapy graduates are being called on to enter a new national award. The British Society of…