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IAS Academy officially launched

The IAS Academy (Intelligent Alignment Systems) officially launched in March, during an elegant evening at the BDA offices in London…

Orthodontics

Revolutionising dentistry

Morag Powell explains how her team of four hygienists and therapists changed their practice’s approach to dentistry. Morag Powell is…

Oral health

DCPs and dentists encouraged to register for online account with the GDC

Dental care professionals (DCPs) and dentists are being encouraged to sign up for an EGDC account. EGDC is the General…

Dentistry

Dental professionals must ensure patients are aware of risks

Dental professionals must ensure patients are aware of material risks and of any alternative treatments when obtaining consent. The warnings…

Dentistry

Teenagers accessing e-cigarettes for experimentation

Teenagers are accessing e-cigarettes for experimentation according to a new study by BMC Public Health. The study has called for…

Oral health

Final year advice for dental students

Dr Kajal Shah gives her top tips for final year dental students 1. Make a list List all the key…

Young Dentist

Keeping things critically clear

You may well have seen the adverts for a new medical drama on Sky 1 HD called Critical. This is…

Dentistry

Denplan launches partnership scheme

Denplan has launched a new dental partnership funding programme that will see the company enter a partnership with individual dental…

Dentistry

The art of dentures

Hussein Hassanali describes replacing edentulous spaces with removable prostheses. Replacing edentulous spaces with removable prostheses sounds a simple concept. Your…

Young Dentist

Private dentistry is ‘here to stay’

Recently there has been some more positive news about private dentistry. First the National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants and…

Private Practice

Dentists’ income up over 20% due to cosmetic dentistry

Dentists’ income has risen by more than a fifth since 2010, according to the LDF. It puts the rise down to…

Aesthetic dentistry

Sarah Wollaston criticises GDC’s defence of higher fees

Sarah Wollaston, who led an inquiry into the under-fire General Dental Council (GDC), has criticised its defence of much-higher fees. And…

Dentistry

Practice Plan and the Dentistry Show join forces

Practice Plan and the Dentistry Show are once again teaming up to bring The Business Skills Workshop Theatre back to…

Dentistry

Department of Health names prototype practices for NHS contract

The Department of Health has announced 62 pilot practices will become prototype practices for the NHS contract in England. These prototypes contain…

Dentistry

BDA says number of graduates waiting for training places ‘not acceptable’

The BDA has said the number of UK dental graduates still waiting for an allocation of training places is ‘not acceptable’.…

Young Dentist

Plymouth University scoops national award

Plymouth University has won a national newspaper award for its social enterprise bringing dental treatment and education into the community. The…

Young Dentist

Private dental practice profits creep ahead of NHS

Private dental practice profits have crept ahead of NHS net profits for the first time in almost a decade. These…

Dentistry

Sunderland College launches new dental nursing course

Sunderland College has launched a new dental course in dental nursing to ease the regional skills shortage within this sector.…

Young Dentist

Free patient information leaflets

The Association of Dental Implantology (ADI), the registered charity dedicated to educating the industry and patients about dental implants and…

Dentistry