Dentistry

Efficiently risk assessing children

Shivana Anand and Rebecca Northover highlight the signs that better classify caries risk in paediatric patients. Risk assessing paediatric patients…

Dentistry

Dentists’ income drops by 15.7% in the last five years

NHS contract holders’ average taxable income in England and Wales dropped 15.7% in the last five years to £117,400 in…

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Nasal spray sedative more effective with children

Nasal spray sedative may be more effective with children than traditional methods, new research has shown. A study, published in Anesthesia…

Dentistry

Reputation, reputation, reputation

Jonathan Fine points out the importance of protecting your reputation online. ‘Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft…

Dentistry

Sticks and stones

Kevin Lewis reviews the latest ‘dental horror chronicles’ published in the media. Was it something we said, perhaps? Or is…

Dentistry

There should be no more part-funded NHS treatments

It is time for the NHS to list what is available on the NHS, and what will be privately funded,…

Dentistry

CDO responds to ‘six-month check-up’ media furore

Sara Hurley has responded to criticisms of her comments at the NHS Health and Care Innovation Expo regarding patient recall intervals, stating that the…

Dentistry

CDO whips up a storm at NHS Expo

The chief dental officer has called for dentistry to be made an integrated member of the NHS family at an…

Dentistry

NHS charges ‘driving patients to GPs’

NHS dental charges are driving patients to visit GPs rather than dentists, new analysis from the British Dental Association (BDA) has…

Dentistry

Become a part of the Planmeca experience today

Driving dental innovation Planmeca has always driven dental innovation and now it is driving innovation right to the practice door!…

Dentistry

‘GP appointments taken by patients with toothache’

Michael Watson responds to The Times story: ‘Toothache patients costs GPs £26m a year’ An article in today’s Times co-written…

Dentistry

Adapting to change – a force for good or a necessary evil?

Managing director at DPAS Dental Plans, Gary Anders, takes a look at how dentists can best adapt to and manage…

Dentistry

Join Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry

Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry presents a certificate, diploma and master programme in restorative dentistry and minor oral surgery.…

Dentistry

Thank you to The Dentistry Awards partners

We send out a big thank you to all the partners of The Dentistry Awards. A-dec Over the past 50…

Dentistry

Labour calls for investigation into GDC’s spending

The National Audit Office should investigate the General Dental Council’s hefty legal and PR bills, the government has been told.…

Dentistry

Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh launches dental training faculty

The UK’s first faculty aimed at supporting dental trainers has been launched by Britain’s oldest surgical Royal College. The Royal…

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Revision surgeries for cleft lip evaluated

New research has paved the way for improving surgical techniques and treatment outcomes on cleft lip/palate cases. The study evaluated…

Dentistry

Dentistry voices grave concerns over UDA allocations

Julian English and Neel Kothari send a letter to Sara Hurley, Ian Brack and David Mowat MP, highlighting the high number…

Dentistry

Sticks and stones – a review of the latest ‘silly season’

Kevin Lewis reviews the latest ‘dental horror chronicles’ published in the national media Was it something we said, perhaps? Or is…

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