Student project focuses on social housing and oral health

A group of dental students from Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry are working with Plymouth Community Homes to investigate the relationship between social housing and oral health.

Dentist to the stars

Richard Marques of Wimpole Street Dental is known by the dental industry as ‘The King Of Smiles’ – he is one of the UK’s leading celebrity dentists specialising in general dentistry, restorative...

Give a child a toothbrush and change a life

A small community-based oral health project which has comprehensively demonstrated how effective it can be to initiate tooth-brushing programmes in schools has become the first winner of the newly...

New study identifies successful method to reduce dental implant failure

According to the American Academy of Implant Dentistry (AAID), 15m Americans have crown or bridge replacements and three million have dental implants – with this latter number rising by 500,000 a...

Turning in perfection

If you’re looking for a fully flexible, state of the art treatment centre, the new entry level Intego Ambidextrous from Dentsply Sirona provides style, comfort and functionality to suit every...

Funding for student oral cancer project

A dental student from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry (PUPSMD) has received an award of £1,000 from the Peninsula Medical Foundation, a charity which fundraises for...

Support for dental mission in Uganda

Henry Schein Dental UK supported The Salvadorian Children’s Earthquake Trust (SALCET) on their first dental mission in Uganda. 

Dentists call on next mayor to tackle Manchester’s £13m child tooth decay bill

Dentists have called on all candidates in the Greater Manchester Mayoral race to pledge to tackle the city region’s status at the bottom of the national league table for oral health.

Dentists call for charges shake up

Children and vulnerable patients risk losing out on access to free NHS dental treatment because of poor promotion and signposting of charge exemptions, says the British Dental Association (BDA), as...

Confidence Monitor is evolving

As dentistry in the UK continues to evolve, so too has Practice Plan’s NHS Confidence Monitor. 

Goodwill values – uncertainty creeps in

The results of the latest NASDAL (The National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants and Lawyers) goodwill survey seem to show a market that is a little less bullish and perhaps more uncertain...

Rave reviews following pilot launch

Researchers at the University of Huddersfield are developing new ways of using virtual reality (VR) to train surgeons.