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Update from the chief dental officer on national restrictions in England

Sara Hurley, CDO for England, has released an NHS dentistry and oral health update in light of the new lockdown restrictions coming into effect on November 5. The statement reads:

Competition rises as corporate firms remain hungry for dental acquisitions

Oliver Brown, associate director of dental at Christie & Co, describes the current trends in dental acquisitions amidst the Covid pandemic.

BDA statement on new lockdown restrictions

The British Dental Association has released a statement regarding the government's announcement of new lockdown measures coming into effect on November 5. The statement reads: Following the prime...

Your support needed as UK mouth cancer cases reach record high

New cases of mouth cancer in the United Kingdom have risen to a record high, according to the findings of a new report.

Predicting the March Budget – and the surprising significance of CGT

Michael Lansdell, managing partner at Figurit, discusses what taxpayers’ financial situation could be like in the next Budget.

BADN launches monthly Coffee Catch Ups

The British Association of Dental Nurses, the UK’s professional association for dental nurses, is launching its new monthly Coffee Catch Ups for dental nurses.

Addressing hidden hunger and malnutrition should be central to Covid-19 response

Marcus Rashford’s campaign for an extension of the free school meal voucher system is supported by the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry. With a clear known link between dental decay and poor...

Covid-19: Half of UK dentists feel pessimistic about the future

45 per cent of UK dentists feel their mental wellbeing is worse compared to the start of the pandemic, and nearly half (48 per cent) say they feel pessimistic about the future, according to a survey.

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...