COVID-19

Which parts of ‘normal’ are worth returning to?

Catherine Gough explores how to choose the areas of our lives we would like to return back to normal as…

Young Dentist

Is there a link between COVID-19 and oral hygiene?

Professor Martin Addy and Dr Victoria Sampson look at the connection between good oral hygiene practices and COVID-19.  A recent…

Oral health

Secrets to success with Bill Dorfman

Today Jana Denzel speaks to Bill Dorfman about his journey in dentistry, how to overcome challenges and his advice to…

Dentistry

Embracing diversity

CODE explains how principals can help create a culture of diversity, equality and inclusion within dental practices. As businesses, we…

Dentistry

Leicester dentists told ‘use clinical judgement’ on new lockdown measures

NHS England is telling dental practices across Leicester to use their clinical judgement as to whether they can remain open.…

Dentistry

10 steps back to practice after COVID-19 – PPE

Neel Kothari explores the different options of PPE available to practices and the dental team as they look to reopen.…

Dentistry

A healthy word – returning to practice

As Anna Middleton makes her return to practice, she explains how the practice and dental team made the transition as…

Oral health

CQC to discuss registration repayment options

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) will discuss repayment options if practices are struggling to pay their registration fees, a meeting…

Dentistry

10 steps back to practice after COVID-19 – patient workflow

Kris Leeson and Rob Lewis describe the patient workflow through their practice and explain how to keep patients and the…

Dentistry

Life in practice after lockdown – Manrina Rhode

Manrina describes how the workflow in her practice has changed since going back and what new procedures they have introduced.…

Aesthetic dentistry

Three in five dentists feel COVID-19 pandemic increased their stress and anxiety

Almost 70% of dental professionals feel they are experiencing higher stress and anxiety levels as a result of the pandemic.…

Dentistry

Dentists unable to continue wearing a respirator mask in the long term

Four in five dentists cannot tolerate wearing an FFP2 or FFP3 respirator mask on a long-term basis, research reveals.  This…

Dentistry

Dental news you’ve missed this week

Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… ‘The hardest week…

Dentistry

NHS England dental practices told to assess vulnerable staff within four weeks

Dental practices, hospitals and other NHS employers have been told to finish the assessments for at-risk staff within four weeks…

Dentistry

DenScreen – patient screening and COVID-19 testing for dental practices

DenScreen is a systematic screening system, allowing clinicians to individually and accurately assess each patient’s COVID-19 risk. Professor David Denning…

Dentistry

How prepared is dentistry for a second COVID-19 wave?

Seb Evans explores the possibility of a second COVID-19 wave and the impact this will have on dentistry. In an…

Dentistry

Dental team changes – coming back after lockdown

Raha Sepehrara considers the difficult decisions some members of the dental team are making and how business owners should deal…

Private Practice

‘The hardest week so far’: one dentist’s experience of getting back to practice

A dentist has spoken out about what it has been like resuming face-to-face care. He says better communications would help…

Dentistry

The straight and narrow – orthodontics after COVID-19

In her first monthly column for Dentistry Online, Emma Laing explains how the COVID-19 lockdown will change orthodontics for the…

Orthodontics