Competition championing community water fluoridation launched

The British Fluoridation Society (BFS) has launched a new essay competition which is designed to encourage up and coming oral health care professionals to make the case for more community water...

Health and geology experts work together to improve early detection of oral cancer

University of Aberdeen experts across the institutes of Dentistry, Medical Sciences and The School of Geosciences will work together to improve the ability to detect malignant changes in precancerous...

Simple strategies for stress management

To start her new series, Maria Papavergos provides advice on ways to de-compress.

New textbook welcomed by paediatric society

The British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD) welcomes the insights and recommendations outlined in a new book called Oral Health Psychology. The book is an international collaboration between...

Master everyday challenges

3M, an industry-leading oral care products provider, will showcase its latest digital dentistry technologies and host informational lectures and product demonstration sessions with its technology...

Further improvements to fitness to practise processes

The General Dental Council (GDC) has introduced some small but important changes to its fitness to practise processes. The changes aim to reduce the impacts on those subject to investigations, improve...

Enhance your role

The Treatment and Implant Co-ordinator Day Course, supported by Straumann, demonstrates how best to implement treatment coordination in the dental implant clinic to provide patients with the best...

Association warns Welsh government’s reforms could damage dental service

Data collated by the British Dental Association (BDA) suggests the Welsh government’s approach to reform may result in dentists withdrawing from the scheme, scaling down, or even ending their NHS...

“IOC must have comprehensive and clear guidance” to avoid unnecessary conditions

Dental Protection has welcomed proposed changes to the guidance used by the GDC’s Interim Orders Committee (IOC), but says refinements are needed to ensure the IOC has the most comprehensive...

Huge rise in rise in childhood tooth extractions under general anaesthetic

The Oral Health Foundation is calling for urgent action after a report by the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities highlights a catastrophic rise in childhood tooth extractions.

Dentists joining 72-hour walkout

The British Dental Association has announced that dentists working in hospitals employed under the junior contract will join their medical colleagues in a 72-hour walkout from March 13, 2023.

“Still shameful that preventable tooth decay is causing children and young people to go to hospital”

Once again, the rates of tooth extractions for children and young people remain at an unacceptable level. According to the latest government data, in 2021/22, there were 42,180 tooth extractions in...