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‘Grotesque display of priorities’ – NHS dental charge increase will hit hard

NHS dental charge prices have been hiked amidst growing concerns over the impact on the public. Charges in England will…

Dentistry

Aesthetic Dentistry Expert – the ‘dark side’ of crowns

With the issue of Turkey Teeth being a hot topic at the moment, Manrina Rhode discusses the complications of dental…

Dentistry

Kerrie’s continual quest for improvement

Here we meet one of the people behind the Practice Plan brand – change and service improvement manager, Kerrie Hibbert…

Dentistry

The Dental Lab Expert: addressing resistance to health and safety

With health and safety considered an annoyance for many, Ashley Byrne provides a dental technician’s view on why it’s an…

Laboratory

Dentistry Scotland Show: lecture theatre overview

With the 2023 Dentistry Scotland Show on the horizon, find out what each lecture theatre will have in store this…

Dentistry Scotland

How dentistry can work together to understand oral health of refugee children

Dr Katharine Julia Hurry considers how we can work together to understand the dental needs of asylum-seeking and refugee children…

Health & research

Dentists are in a position of strength

Dentists are in a position of strength, says Nigel Jones, and dentistry has never had more potential to be rewarding.…

NHS to Private

Dentistry and parenthood – ‘listen to your body and your mind’

Robiha Nazir talks about the challenges of taking on parenthood while juggling a career in dentistry and offers her top…

Dentistry

Contemporary Hygienist – the additional skills you need that they don’t tell you about

This month Claire Berry and Faye Donald discuss the additional and unexpected skills you may find you need to be…

Oral health

The Secret Dentist: does the pressure ever stop?

This month the Secret Dentist discusses how to protect your sanity from daily pressure and the key to a happy…

Dentistry

How much attention have you paid to the dental news this week? – 25 March 2023

Missed out on last week’s dental news? Here’s what happened over the past seven days… Parliamentary inquiry into the state…

Dentistry

Almost one quarter of five year olds in England experienced dental decay last year

The dental profession is calling for urgent change after a new study reveals there has been no improvement in decay…

Oral health

Total Orthodontics – the curse of the black triangle

‘The curse of the black triangle cannot be ignored’: Richard Jones, a specialist orthodontist at Total Orthodontics, part of Bupa…

Orthodontics

How does Ramadan impact oral health?

As the holy month of Ramadan starts for Muslims around the world, Sakina Syed explains how fasting can impact oral…

Health & research

A Dental Student’s Guide to… extraction of primary teeth

Hannah Hook breaks down the guidance around the extraction of primary teeth, including balancing and compensating extractions, and how to…

Young Dentist

‘Some children have never seen a toothbrush’ – concern increases over children’s oral health

A dentist who volunteers in schools has said that some children in Norfolk ‘have never seen a toothbrush’. Stuart McCance…

Health & research

Digital implant dentistry – simplifying the multi-disciplinary case

Join Dr Sinead McEnhill on Tuesday 28 March at 7pm as she discusses digital implant dentistry: simplifying the multi-disciplinary case.…

Implant dentistry

‘My priority in life was my career’: balancing work with motherhood

Deepa Bharakhda discusses deciding to start a family alongside her career, the challenges of juggling her family and work life,…

Laboratory

Kevin Lewis – woke-up call

Kevin Lewis is excited to discover that he has a pronoun and a noun, and heads off in search of…

Dentistry