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Setting up a private urgent dental care hub during the COVID-19 pandemic
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic represents a challenge to all healthcare. Due to the nature of dentistry, social distancing is impossible…
Private Practice
The cost of reopening dental practices after COVID-19
As dental practices start looking at what they might need to reopen once the COVID-19 lockdown ends, Seb Evans explores…
Dentistry
BAPD launches recommendations on returning to clinical practice
The British Association of Private Dentistry (BAPD) has launched its recommendations on returning to normal clinical working practices. On the…
Private Practice
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… Prepare for ‘new…
Dentistry
‘Extremely concerned’: latest NHS figures reveal 20% of children are obese
A dentist is calling on industry colleagues to help change patients’ diets as new NHS statistics show a significant hike…
Oral health
Island isolation: how COVID-19 has impacted dentistry on UK isles
Dentistry Online has spoken to dentists residing on UK islands to see how their practices are coping with the pandemic. …
Dentistry
Prepare for ‘new era of dental care’, Sara Hurley warns
NHS England will expand the urgent dental care system as part of the next phase of the NHS’s response 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… Urgent dental care…
Dentistry
Urgent dental care centres shut as NHS refuses funding
Urgent dental care centres across Hertfordshire have shut their doors after the NHS refused to promise any extra funding. The…
Dentistry
COVID-19 crisis is ignoring labour rights violations, suggests report
The response to the COVID-19 pandemic is increasing the suffering of thousands, a new report into labour rights violations suggests.…
Dentistry
Mydentist goes the extra mile to help local communities smile through COVID-19
Mydentist practice teams around the UK have been helping their local communities smile through acts of kindness. From delivering prescriptions…
Dentistry
Dentistry continues to raise money in support of NHS efforts
Money continues to roll in as part of FMC’s efforts to raise funds for the NHS and its battle against…
Dentistry
Individual coaching support available for frontline NHS staff
Frontline NHS workers can now access individual coaching support in a bid to ease the pressures of the COVID-19 crisis.…
Dentistry
Stability in uncertain times
John Makin urges dental professionals to regularly check relevant websites to stay up to date with the latest advice. Dental…
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… Sara Hurley CDO…
Dentistry
Dentist faces threats of violence as public seek urgent dental care
A dentist working in an urgent dental care centre has spoken of receiving threats from members of the public experiencing…
Dentistry
COVID-19 – dentolegal Q&As
Dental professionals have contacted the DDU with a variety of dentolegal concerns about the COVID-19 health crisis. Leo Briggs answers…
Dentistry
Your exit plan from NHS dentistry
Many new graduates are put off NHS dentistry from the outset. Fahad Khan explores their options and how to move…
Young Dentist
Making PPE visors freely available for NHS staff
Roy McGillivray explains how Swift Dental Group is hoping to make PPE visors for NHS staff freely available. When the…
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