Sneezes can travel nearly three metres - students underline NHS message to help contain flu

Sneezing into a hand may seem like protection enough to stop coughs and colds from spreading.

NEOSS acquires arc solutions AB in European expansion bid

Dental implant specialist Neosshas acquired Swedish production and development firm arc solutions AB, as part of ongoing expansion plans and a growing focus on digital dentistry.

In their own words: Elderly people reveal what stops them visiting the dentist

First-hand accounts from elderly people have revealed what is really getting in the way of them making regular visits to the dentist.

MDDUS Responds to Regulation Reform Consultation

Responding to the Department of Health consultation Promoting professionalism, reforming regulation, which canvases views on amalgamation of the nine existing regulators to form three or four new...

Henrik Overgaard-Nielsen re-elected chair of GDPC

Henrik Overgaard-Nielsen has been re-elected as chair of the General Dental Practice Committee (GDPC), the British Dental Association (BDA) has announced.

BOS welcomes new independent website with orthodontic information for patients

A new website for patients called Orthodontic Sense is welcomed by the British Orthodontic Society (BOS), the UK’s leading organisation for the advancement of the science and practice of orthodontics.

Charity welcomes new Scottish dental health policies focus on prevention

Leading oral health charity, the Oral Health Foundation, has welcomed the introduction of a new dental health policy for Scotland which has a much greater focus on prevention.

New campaign to tackle child tooth decay in Westminster

Tooth decay is the top cause of non-emergency hospital visits for children in Westminster, despite efforts to encourage better brushing and trips to the dentist.

Give patients notice of plans to go private, DDU advises

Dentists planning to leave the NHS and move to offering patients private treatment only are being given advice from the Dental Defence Union (DDU) about how best to communicate the decision to...

Free up healthcare regulators to do their job better, DDU urges

The GDC and other regulators of healthcare professionals need to be given greater flexibility so they can become more efficient and responsive to the changing regulatory environment, the Dental...

Brexit on the programme at Consultant Orthodontist Group (COG) meeting

What impact will Brexit have on healthcare and on dentistry in particular? One of the people best qualified to answer this question is the MP Hilary Benn, and he will be speaking on that very topic at...

Could a simple text message help you beat mouth cancer?

New research has shown that regular text message reminders can be an effective way of combating mouth cancer.