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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… England’s CDO cuts…
Dentistry
COVID-19 – what should dental teams do after a positive test?
With confusing guidance over how to react to COVID-19, Priya Sharma clarifies how dental practices should react. The COVID-19 pandemic…
Dentistry
How patient finance is helping dentistry on the road to recovery
Eleanor Young speaks to Jay Parekh about how Medenta patient finance is helping their practice on the road to recovery.…
Orthodontics
COVID-19 magnified inequalities in primary care, says CQC report
The COVID-19 pandemic helped to highlight inequalities in health and social care, according to the Care Quality Commission (CQC). In…
Dentistry
‘Not fit for purpose’ – why change is needed to save NHS dentistry
Sarah Canavan opens up about her 25 years working as an NHS dentist and what she thinks needs to be…
Dentistry
Almost one sixth of dental professionals have COVID-19 antibodies
Dental team members who tested positive for COVID-19 are being called upon to put themselves forward in a bid to…
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… Patient with chloroform,…
Dentistry
‘No part of dentistry is immune’ – Eddie Crouch on the challenges faced by the profession
Eddie Crouch opens up about the biggest challenges facing dentistry and his plans as the new chair of the British…
Dentistry
COVID-19: missed dental appointments hits 14 million in England
The number of missed dental appointments in England has reached 14 million as a result of COVID-19. This is according…
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… Dental teams should…
Dentistry
COVID-19 – most dentists unable to provide ‘full service’ this year
Three quarters of dentists report they will not provide a full service this year or do not know when they…
Dentistry
COVID-19: calls for sustainable solution to PPE within dentistry
Experts are calling for a sustainable solution to PPE in dentistry as the profession responds to the COVID-19 crisis. In…
Dentistry
NHS dental practices to get free PPE under new government plan
Dental practices will have access to free PPE as part of the UK government’s new second wave strategy. In its…
Dentistry
Dental teams should receive priority access to COVID-19 vaccine
Health and social care workers should be granted priority access to a COVID-19 vaccine when available in the UK. This…
Dentistry
Supporting dental colleagues with long-haul COVID symptoms
Rumana Husein explains what it was like to catch COVID, dealing with the long-tail and how she set up a…
Oral health
CDO Sara Hurley speaks out after change in COVID-19 alert level
The chief dental officer for England, Sara Hurley, has reconfirmed the profession’s position after the government raises the UK COVID-19…
Dentistry
NHS dentists excluded from free flu vaccine scheme
NHS dentists will not be included in this winter’s free flu vaccine scheme, it has been revealed. Last week, leading…
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… What do local…
Dentistry
‘More important than ever’: dental teams urged to get flu jab in face of COVID-19
Top healthcare clinicians are calling on all NHS frontline workers – including dentists – to get their annual flu jab…
Dentistry