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Register now for E-xcellere

This November, 3M Oral Care invites all orthodontists to excel with E-xcellere, an interactive online digital conference that focuses on all things orthodontic.

Four of the world’s premier dental schools form alliance

King’s College London’s Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Adams School of Dentistry, the National University of Singapore Faculty of...

Dental group gets back on the acquisition trail

Scotland’s largest dental group looks for new acquisitions to join its family after confirming plans to invest further in the industry.

GDC sets reduced budget and unchanged ARF for 2021

The General Dental Council met on Thursday of last week and took a number of key decisions including the approval of its plans and budget for 2021. Perhaps most striking, due to the significant...

Malcolm Pendlebury Memorial Lecture to be delivered online

This year’s Malcolm Pendlebury Memorial Lecture will be delivered online, and accessible to the whole of the dental profession for the first time.

Align Technology hosts new Digital Excellence webinar series

Align Technology is hosting another edition of its four-part webinar series “Digital Excellence Series – Powered by iTero” on October 21 and 28, November 25 and December 16, 2020.

Covid-19, dentistry education and mouth cancer

When lockdown hit the UK, dentists closed, and head and neck cancer checks at patients’ routine dental appointments ceased to exist. Dentists are open again, though running a vastly reduced service...

Wells Road Dental Surgery in Ilkley purchased by local associate through Christie & Co

Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, is delighted to announce the sale of Wells Road Dental Surgery in Ilkley, West Yorkshire.

Facial surgeons support bill making it illegal to give Botox or dermal fillers to under-18s

The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS) has welcomed the private members’ bill that would make it illegal to give Botox or dermal fillers to anyone under 18 for cosmetic...

FDS welcomes new infection prevention and control guidance for UK dental settings

The Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England has welcomed the publication of the Covid-19: infection prevention and control dental appendix, which provides updated...

FGDP (UK) and the College of General Dentistry issue updated Covid-19 guidance synopsis

The Faculty of General Dental Practice UK and the College of General Dentistry have published an updated synopsis of their guidance on the implications of Covid-19 for the safe management of general...

GDC publishes 2019 fitness to practise statistical and insight reports

The General Dental Council (GDC) has published several reports which provide statistics and examples of fitness to practise case handling undertaken during 2019.

Time for VAT on PPE to go the way of the ‘Tampon Tax’, says BDA

The British Dental Association has warned Rishi Sunak that failure to extend the VAT exemption for personal protective equipment (PPE) will heap further pressures on health and social care providers...

Align Technology to host first digital innovations forum to help futureproof dental profession

Align Technology has announced that it will host its first Digital Innovations Forum on December 2 and 3, 2020 from 5pm to 8pm (Central European Time). The two-day virtual meeting will be delivered...

BADT and BSDHT consulting public on proposed changes to the Human Medicines Regulations 2012

Dental hygienists and dental therapists are trained, indemnified and competent in the use of certain prescription only medicines. The mechanisms by which they use these medicines are varied and...