MBE for services to oral health

Dental hygienist, therapist and long time member of the British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy (BSDHT), Sarah Murray, has been awarded an MBE for services to oral health in the 2017 New Year’s...

New plans to be published to improve regulation for patients and dental professionals

The General Dental Council (GDC) will shortly outline initiatives to make the current system of regulation better for patients and fairer for dental professionals by shifting the balance of activity...

Government failure driving child tooth extraction epidemic, say dentists

The British Dental Association (BDA) has responded to figures from the Local Government Association (LGA) revealing 160 children and teenagers are undergoing tooth extractions under general...

Successful Tanzanian mission

A programme which delivers safe emergency dental training to existing health workers in under-developed parts of Africa, giving the necessary skills to free their communities from pain, has been...

Introducing a new non-alcohol hand disinfectant foam

Infection control specialist Dentisan has introduced a new non-alcohol, post-wash skin disinfectant foam to its product portfolio. 

Steve Gates to step down as managing director of Denplan

Simplyhealth announces that, after a 21 year career with Denplan and Simplyhealth, Steve Gates is stepping down as managing director and will be leaving the company at the end of January 2017. 

Back to the future

On January 9, a new video was released showcasing what’s in store for the British Orthodontic Conference for all UK dental professionals with an interest in the specialty. The film can be viewed at...

Evidence based prevention programmes needed

The attention drawn by the Local Government Association to the unacceptably high number of decay related extractions in children as well as their call for central government to do more about excessive...

Clinical study to support FDA filing

Calcivis, a medical devices company focused on revolutionising the management of tooth decay and enabling preventive dentistry, has announced that it has begun recruitment into a clinical study of...

“It’s like having a hygienist in the bathroom”

Renowned for innovation, Philips’ new product connects the digital world with dental care. Want to know how it works? Here, oral health expert and dental hygienist Christina Chatfield, puts it through...

Dental school signs collaboration agreement with fourth institution in China

Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry has signed a collaboration agreement with the Shen Yang Hospital of Stomatology – the fourth Chinese institution with which it has forged a...

Dentists appeal to parents and government to end costly scourge of sugar on children’s teeth

New figures published on January 11, by the Local Government Association (LGA) show there were more than 40,000 hospital operations to remove rotting teeth in children and teenagers last year,...