GDC consultation launched

The General Dental Council (GDC) has published plans for how its approach to regulating dental professionals will be reformed to put public safety firmly at its heart.

Bringing eye care back into healthcare

Dedicated to providing excellent patient care and dental treatment, Rodericks Dental is extending its services to bring eye care back into the healthcare setting.

Pressure warning

A dentist from the North East is warning keen divers to ensure their teeth are in good health to avoid pressure induced pain.

Oral health and dental career advice

Dental students from Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry have worked with Year 10 students at Stoke Damerel Community College to raise their awareness of good oral health – and to...

Project underway in Leeds

Children in Leeds have been learning how to look after their teeth thanks to the Bright Bites project run by international dental charity, Dentaid.

Dental advice for parents of children with autism published

A new guide has been published by the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry in support of parents of children with autism. The guide covers all aspects of children’s dental health from introducing...

New directors

BOS delighted to annouce the appointment of two new directors to its Board of Trustees.

Patients’ anaesthetic preference

Everyone wants less pain during dental surgery, but it can be challenging for dentists to choose the best drug option for each patient. Dentists have several general anaesthesia alternatives and...

1.8m Scots miss out on NHS dentistry

The Scottish government has been quick to claim new figures from ISD Scotland as a success story, with more than 4.9m – or 92 per cent of Scots - now registered with a dentist. However, the data...

A winner is crowned…

Between September and December 2016, dental practices up and down the country have been sharing their love of Belmont Dental chairs taking pride of place in their surgeries as part of the latest...

Healthcare specialists’ merger

Sector specialist law firm Veale Wasbrough Vizards (VWV) is delighted to announce that it is continuing its growth strategy and will be joined by London based Lockharts, another leading healthcare...

Reducing A&E pressure

The BDA believes that dentists could ease the much reported pressures on accident and emergency (A&E) departments if more in hours urgent care slots were commissioned.