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Kevin rides again

The ever-growing legislation involved within dentistry is creating a crisis within the profession, Kevin Lewis believes. No, not this Kevin…

Dentistry

Children’s decay a ‘postcode lottery’

Children’s tooth decay is a ‘postcode lottery’, a new report has found, and therapists are calling for a health summit…

Oral health

Dental Protection’s Horizons Roadshow

Dental Protection ran a show around the UK advising the dental team how to reduce the risk of a claim…

Dentistry

Brighton and Hove launches voluntary sugar tax

Brighton and Hove has launched a voluntary sugar tax, becoming the first British city to do so. The council has…

Dentistry

See the entire A-Dec and Belmont range under one roof

Hague’s Dental Practice Design Centre, near Gatwick features the entire A-dec and Belmont Range of dental chairs, 12 modern and…

Private Practice

The future of facial aesthetics

A new survey of dentists and GPs has shown that 90% have considered offering facial aesthetic treatments. The reason many…

Aesthetic dentistry

The Dentistry Scotland Awards 2015 finalists

The Dentistry Scotland Awards is rapidly approaching. Here we announce the finalists of the 2015 awards. Best New Practice 8 to…

Dentistry

The inverse care law

Those that most need dental care are least likely to receive it, Michael Watson believes. My attention was recently drawn…

Dentistry

Be responsive with your website

Krishan Joshi, CEO of Dental Focus, sheds light on some of the recent changes that effect website ranking. In the…

Dentistry

Olly Murs visits the dentist for the first time in 15 years

Olly Murs has finally visited the dentist…for the first time in 15 years. The singer and The X Factor co-presenter…

Celebrity News

NHS England needs to fund preventive programmes

Michael Watson reviews some of the talks held at the BADT in Birmingham. Last week I visited the British Association of…

Dentistry

Vienna calling

Alignment is on the programme! The European Aligner Society, which was formally launched at the International Orthodontic Congress in late…

Orthodontics

Dental fees – how does your practice measure up?

How do your practice’s fees for consultations and treatments measure up against others in your region? In partnership with Practice Plan,…

Dentistry

Shortlist for Private Dentistry 2015 awards announced!

The finalists of the Private Dentistry Awards 2015 have just been announced! We would like to say congratulations to all…

Private Practice

Record and track everything you need to run your dental practice

Chiral Systems introduces its Chiral software, to give you everything you need to run your practice at your fingertips. Chiral…

Private Practice

Allan Thom to be President of WFO

For the first time in the 20-year history of the World Federation of Orthodontists, a UK orthodontist has become its…

Orthodontics

More than two-thirds of patients with mouth cancer test positive for HPV

More than two-thirds of patients with mouth cancer who had a human papilloma virus (HPV) test gave a positive result,…

Dentistry

IOC brings smiles to London

The transformative power of orthodontics and the contribution of some of the highest achieving orthodontists in the world were celebrated…

Orthodontics

Danger, orthodontics!

Orthodontist Rob Slater has been invited by Denplan to deliver a series of masterclasses on orthodontic controversies. The head of…

Orthodontics