Fitness to practise guide published

Hempsons, a specialist health and social care legal practice in the UK, has published a guide to the General Dental Council’s (GDC) fitness to practise procedures, including an explanation of the...

Accreditation achieved

Emma completed the IAS Fixed ClearSmile Brace training course for GDPs two years ago and decided that she wanted to achieve accreditation status with the IAS Academy as a way to recognise her...

Oral cancer rates soar over 20 years

A new Cancer Research UK analysis reveals that rates of oral cancer have jumped by 68* per cent in the UK over the last 20 years.

Building on antibiotic prescribing success

As new statistics reveal a fall in prescribing of antibiotics by clinicians across all NHS healthcare settings, dentists’ leaders have called on colleagues to build on this success by using a new...

Dental nurse wins ‘Spot the Fake’ competition

The BDIA is pleased to announce that Lizzie Boon, qualified dental nurse and quality assurance auditor for the National Examining Board of Dental Nurses (NEBDN) has won the latest ‘Spot the Fake’...

New dental education facility in Exeter

The Plymouth University Exeter Dental Education Facility has been officially opened by Sara Hurley, chief dental officer (England), at an event where she was able to meet with patients, community...

The cost of Brexit

What a difference a year makes! It is amazing to think that just twelve months ago we were listening to a bullish statement from Chancellor George Osborne (his first in a Conservative government),...

Dinosaur Douglas Books

Recent figures published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre reveal that almost one third of five year olds and half of eight year olds have fillings or missing teeth caused by decay.

Autumn Statement key points for dentists

Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first (and last) Autumn Statement today. Jon Drysdale of Chartered Financial Planners, PFM Dental, highlights the key points for dentists.

“Dentists are best placed to detect mouth cancer”

The Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) is supporting Mouth Cancer Action Month by highlighting the critical role of dentists in detecting mouth cancers.

A welcomes decrease in hospital tooth extractions

The number of tooth extractions carried out on children aged five to nine in hospitals has decreased for the first time since figures were first published three years ago, dropping from 25,338 in...

Learn lingual in 2017

After a successful debut year running his in house course, Learning Lingual, Asif Chatoo is repeating the four day course in 2017.