Breaking the stereotype

The CED-IADR symposium held on October 16 2015, Antalya Turkey, shared the new evidences that GC’s innovative GI based restorative system (EQUIA) is indeed a long term restorative system.

Six new recruits

Sunderland based Ashford Orthodontics has embarked on a further expansion of the business with six new members of staff joining its highly skilled team. 

Membership growth

Dental defence organisation MDDUS is reporting another year of growth in membership with a significant rise in numbers south of the border.

Don’t forget about your children’s teeth this Christmas

Remember the catchy Christmas jingle ‘All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth’? As your children dig into selection boxes and festive treats, perhaps there’s a message in this old song that we...

Tooth Fairy payments shoot up

Payments from the Tooth Fairy have shot up to as much as £10 a tooth as children feel the benefits of the economic up-turn, according to a survey. 

Dramatic rise of HPV related cancer

Leading UK health charity, the British Dental Health Foundation, is calling for urgent action to raise awareness of human papilloma virus (HPV) following an 88 per cent rise in mouth cancer cases.

Proposed annual retention fees rejected

The Faculty of General Dental Practice UK (FGDP(UK)) has rejected the annual retention fee (ARF) for 2016 proposed by the General Dental Council (GDC).

Get the most from the Friends and Family Test

Top tips for implementing the Friends and Family Test are part of a set of new information for dental practices that has just been published.

Supporting investment

A dental practice in Birchgrove, Cardiff, has been purchased thanks to six figure funding support from NatWest. 

Know the risks

Mouth cancer kills more Brits every year than cervical and testicular cancer combined yet many of us simply do not know enough about the risks to protect ourselves, a new pollhas revealed.

Supporting expansion

A family owned private dental practice will grow to incorporate seven state of the art surgeries this year creating a range of jobs, with the support of a six figure funding package from Clydesdale...

Help defeat MDS and blood cancer

Leading dental technician Luke Barnett is calling on those in the dental field to support his campaign to help defeat MDS (Myelodysplastic syndrome) and blood cancer.