Dentistry

Need a helping hand achieving your dream dental business?

Practice Plan offers a series of regional events to help you make sense of running a business. There are very…

Dentistry

New advice on raising concerns

New advice has been given to help dental professionals who think a colleague’s behaviour is putting people at risk. The…

Dentistry

How to double your hygienist fees

Simon Hocken says what many patients may be thinking when it comes to formulaic hygienist appointments, and gives some tips…

Dentistry

GDC’s consultation over ARF ‘shows nothing has changed’

The General Dental Council (GDC) has launched a new consultation over the annual retention fees (ARF), suggesting a freeze in…

Dentistry

Kevin rides again

The ever-growing legislation involved within dentistry is creating a crisis within the profession, Kevin Lewis believes. No, not this Kevin…

Dentistry

Dental Protection’s Horizons Roadshow

Dental Protection ran a show around the UK advising the dental team how to reduce the risk of a claim…

Dentistry

Brighton and Hove launches voluntary sugar tax

Brighton and Hove has launched a voluntary sugar tax, becoming the first British city to do so. The council has…

Dentistry

The Dentistry Scotland Awards 2015 finalists

The Dentistry Scotland Awards is rapidly approaching. Here we announce the finalists of the 2015 awards. Best New Practice 8 to…

Dentistry

The inverse care law

Those that most need dental care are least likely to receive it, Michael Watson believes. My attention was recently drawn…

Dentistry

Be responsive with your website

Krishan Joshi, CEO of Dental Focus, sheds light on some of the recent changes that effect website ranking. In the…

Dentistry

NHS England needs to fund preventive programmes

Michael Watson reviews some of the talks held at the BADT in Birmingham. Last week I visited the British Association of…

Dentistry

Dental fees – how does your practice measure up?

How do your practice’s fees for consultations and treatments measure up against others in your region? In partnership with Practice Plan,…

Dentistry

More than two-thirds of patients with mouth cancer test positive for HPV

More than two-thirds of patients with mouth cancer who had a human papilloma virus (HPV) test gave a positive result,…

Dentistry

Concerns raised that dentists are unaware of massive changes

Concerns have been raised over the number of changes to buying or selling a practice that many dentists are unaware…

Dentistry

Rupert Hoppenbrouwers and Bryan Harvey step down at the top of the DDU

The DDU has announced Rupert Hoppenbrouwers and Bryan Harvey will step down towards the end of 2016. John Makin will take…

Dentistry

Fraud could be costing NHS England more than £5bn a year

NHS England could be losing around £5bn every year due to fraud, a new report suggests. The report looked into…

Dentistry

Three steps to success

Would you like to increase your turnover, your profit and your happiness? Andrea Ubhi suggests a tried and tested three-step…

Dentistry

Perfect alignment for WHW and Dentaurum

WHW has extended its relationship with Dentaurum, partnering on the German manufacturer’s clinical orthodontic range This month’s International Orthodontic Congress…

Dentistry

The importance of communication during a transition from NHS to private practice

Les Jones explores why communication is key to a successful conversion when moving from NHS to private dentistry. The benefits…

Dentistry