Teen teeth solution

On Saturday, March 25, Align Technology announced the UK launch of Invisalign Teen with mandibular advancement, the first clear aligner solution for class II correction in growing tween and teen...

Legal bid launched as committed providers squeezed out of NHS orthodontic contracts

The British Dental Association (BDA) has initiated legal proceedings against NHS England for setting up potentially impossible barriers to smaller contractors in tenders for over £1/2bn of orthodontic...

New chief executive

Tony Reed, executive director of the BDIA, is stepping down from his position.

Changes to NHS Scotland complaints handling procedure

From April 1, 2017, all NHS patient complaints in Scotland are now managed in accordance with the new NHS Scotland Complaints Handling Procedure. 

New UK website launched

eBrace is inviting visitors to explore its new UK website, which launched recently. The site aims to provide a valuable resource for patients considering lingual orthodontics, with a step-by-step...

Five policies which would change the state of children’s oral health

Following the recent release of what are incredibly disturbing and entirely avoidable statistics from the Faculty of Dental Surgery (FDS) showing that tooth extractions in children aged four and under...

The Smile Stealers – The Fine and Foul Art of Dentistry

The third and final volume of the award-winning series that began with The Sick Rose and Crucial Interventions, The Smile Stealersprobes the evolution of dentistry from the excruciating endeavours of...

Dental clinic brings a smile to Headington

310 Dental Care, a state-of-the-art private dental practice, has come under new ownership in Headington after the new owners, Saeid Haghri and Sundeep Rooprai, secured significant funding from...

Patient protection is at the heart of dental education

The General Dental Council (GDC) has published its Annual Review of Education 2014-16, to share good practice and learning in dental education across the United Kingdom.

Global survey

Brits know the risk but are lagging behind Brazilians, Mexicans, South Africans and Poles when it comes to making the right choices to maintain healthy teeth and gums.

Child tooth decay analysis

New analysis from the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons has shown a 24 per cent rise in the number of tooth extractions performed on nought to four-year-olds in hospitals in...

Pay cuts add to decade of under investment

The British Dental Association (BDA) has said underinvestment in dentistry is bringing NHS services to the brink, as the Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration (DDRB) announced its...