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Encouraging behavioural change
It is well understood that patient education should be an integral part of dental treatment. It is also an essential…
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When opportunity is pending…
Most dental practices are very good at ensuring a steady stream of patient referrals by maintaining regular contact with their…
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Thinking about drinking
With the warm weather hopefully just around the corner, we need to remember to keep drinking in order to remain…
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Live fast and die young – it’s all in the teeth
A dental professor has discovered that tooth enamel indicates a biological clock linking tooth growth to other metabolic processes. New…
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£7,000 dental research funds up for grabs
A scholarship award worth £7,000 for research in primary dental care is available. The Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK)…
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‘Keep us on the register’ say retired dentists
Retired dentists want to stay on the GDC Register – thereby making a distinction between those taken off for ‘dishonourable’…
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Japan recycles false teeth for charity
Japan has discovered the latest recyclable item – false teeth! Denture deposit boxes have appeared in the southern Japanese city…
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Dental spa entrepreneur wins award
Cumbrian dental entrepreneur Chloe Booth has been named as one of the top five female business leaders in the North…
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Gum disease affects a smile, study shows
Bad gums impacts on a person’s smile, according to a recent US study. Conducted at the University of Michigan, it…
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Study explodes theory that overweight kids have more fillings
The link between overweight children and tooth cavities has been disproved, according to a new dental health study. Overweight children…
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Editor’s blog: Part the fourth
Hello everyone, it’s good to be back after my holiday\. I hope you all had a fantastic Easter break; I…
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Tooth regeneration will make fillings a thing of the past
Scientists are developing the technology to enable teeth to regrow the crystals that make up dentin and enamel. The technology…
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Tooth loss may predict rapid ageing
Having few or no natural teeth at the age of 70 may be an early indicator of accelerated ageing, Danish…
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Video update
Tom Roberts, managing editor of Preventive Dentistry\.co\.uk, takes a look at what’s been going on with the website. Click here…
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Hurry… time to register
The legal deadline (30 July 2008) for GDC registration is fast approaching – so dental technicians must act now to…
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The only way is up
It seems that barely a day goes by when we don’t hear about turbulence in the world’s financial markets and…
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Mind games that dentists play
Mind games. Chances are that you are playing a few in your practice right now. Sometimes it is your own…
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Periondontal regeneration – the Holy Grail: part one
Periodontal disease results in the breakdown of the supportive apparatus around the tooth. The resultant pockets harbour pathogens allowing continuing…
Dentistry
HSE employees face new disciplinary codes
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