Are NHS charges masking cuts and driving patients to GPs?

NHS charges are driving patients with dental problems to overstretched GPs, and could soon overtake government funding as the principle source of revenue for NHS dentistry, according to new analysis...

Your profession, your experiences, your opinions

This October, the FGDP(UK) is undertaking an ambitious initiative called the ‘Mass Observation’ project. Subtitled ‘Your profession, Your experiences, Your opinions’, the project aims to capture a...

Digital dentistry made easy

Join Planmeca and special guests on stand E70 and experience how easy it is to embrace digital dentistry within your practice!

Four million patients and counting

Align Technology, a worldwide market leader in clear aligner treatment, has announced recently that 4m patients have now started treatment with Invisalign, the technically advanced clear aligner...

First of its kind faculty for educators

The UK’s first faculty aimed at supporting dental trainers has been launched by Britain’s oldest surgical Royal College. 

Charity’s victory in heart dental health ruling

Pressure from national charity Heart Research UK has helped bring about a change in advice to dentists about giving antibiotics to heart patients undergoing dental treatment.

Children exceed sugar recommendation despite fewer sugary drinks

Children aged four to 10 years are consuming more than double the recommended amount of sugar, although consumption of sugary drinks has fallen compared to six years ago. 

Dental education boost

A new text book for dental students and recently graduated dentists, edited by a dental expert from Plymouth University and including contributions from six of her colleagues, is set to make an...

New part time diploma in operative dentistry

King’s College London and King’s College Hospital will offer a new postgraduate diploma in operative dentistry starting in April 2017, designed for dentists who want to upskill and achieve a...

New perio guide launched

To celebrate the launch of The Good Practitioner’s Guide to Periodontology, the British Society of Periodontology welcomed guests to Henry Schein’s offices in London on September 6. 

“Ill judged and inappropriate” - BDA response to CDO

The British Dental Association (BDA) has responded to comments on patient recall from England’s Chief Dental Officer (CDO), Sara Hurley at the NHS England Expo event in Manchester.

Cleanliness is key: How hygiene improves our quality of life

The merger of Dentsply and Sirona at the beginning of the year created one of the largest manufacturers of technologies, equipment and consumables in the dental sector.