UK wide dental defence organisation, MDDUS, is reminding dentists that it is now a GDC requirement to have appropriate full indemnity in place as part of the annual retention fee (ARF) renewal...
Many survivors of mouth cancer are forced to live with debilitating physical problems which affect basic daily things that many of us take for granted, such as the ability to speak, eat, drink and...
From autumn 2016, nursery practitioner students will be offered an accredited work based training qualification in oral health as a result of partnership working between South Lanarkshire College, NHS...
The British Dental Association is pleased to see children’s dental health in Scotland improve by 24 per cent since 2000, with new data that shows more than two thirds (69 per cent) of five year olds...
The most recent review of the General Dental Council (GDC) by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) has demonstrated a significant improvement against the Standards of Good Regulation.
Due to the advent of websites offering DIY orthodontic aligner treatments, there have been instances of dentists being asked to provide IPR for people who they have not diagnosed or previously...
On September 3, Environment Secretary Andrea Leadsom announced the Government’s plan to ban microbeads from personal care products, including toothpastes; a consultation period is now underway and...
Jane Innes-Rees, a retired dentist from Kenilworth, has helped professionals in Ethiopia set up a university dental unit and clinics in rural areas of Tigray, one of the worst affected areas hit by...
The three winners of the Young Dentist Endodontic Award in 2016 have been described by the judges as rising stars of dentistry. Jasneet Gulati, David Bretton and Satnam Singh Virdee, all aged 26,...
During the month of October, the General Dental Council (GDC) successfully prosecuted five individuals for a variety of offences – including practising whilst not on the register and unlawfully using...
For children in reception, the prevalence of obesity has risen from 9.1 per cent (2014-15), to 9.3 per cent (2015-16), and from 19.1 per cent to 19.8 per cent for those in year six.
Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust has appointed Professor Liz Kay, foundation dean at the Peninsula Dental School at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry (PUPSMD), as one of its...
The British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (BACD) has announced the appointment of Andrew Chandrapal as its president.
If you know an undergraduate or postgraduate student that is working on an application for the Association of Dental Group’s (ADG) Bursary Awards 2017, make sure they submit their entry before...
The life changing impact of orthodontics on a 15 year old girl who was victimised and called Bugs Bunny at school is being celebrated in the British Orthodontic Society’s Against the Odds award which...