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Expanding sales team supports growth

Increased demand for Venus Pearl composite has led to Heraeus Kulzer expanding its sales team.  Former dental nurse and practice manager, Judy Harrison, is the company’s new representative for the...

Dental laboratory goes from strength to strength

S4S Dental, maker of Smilelign, has grown significantly since its conception and has won a number of national awards, including Best Dental Laboratory in both 2014 and 2015. (It is up for the award...

The leading lights of dentistry

The British Dental Association (BDA) is naming the 14 leading lights of dentistry for 2016. The BDA's Honours and Awards are a chance say thank you to those who generously have given their time and...

Dentists risk losing custom by playing generic music on hold

Dentists’ call handling standards have come into question as the result of a major new study into telephone practice.

Dental leaders join forces to keep antibiotics working

Organisations from across dentistry and other health sectors have come together to ask oral health professionals to support European Antibiotic Awareness Day and World Antibiotic Awareness Week by...

Turn two minutes of brushing into two minutes of fun

Beloved children's author writes brand new series called Two Minute Tales to get kids excited about brushing their teeth!

The spirit of orthodontics

A video has been made to capture the atmosphere of the British Orthodontic Society’s annual conference. 

Charities come together to show support for cancer sufferers

The Oral Health Foundation has teamed up with The Swallows Head & Neck Cancer Support Group to provide support and information for carers and survivors at The North of England Head & Neck Cancer...

Dental school signs collaboration agreements with three institutes in China

Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry has signed Memoranda of Understanding with three institutes in China, which will see closer working between all the organisations in teaching,...

Charity aims to educate 10,000 children about oral health

Too many children under the age of five have poor oral hygiene, according to a new survey published by charity, Action for Children.

“A Trip to the Dentist Could Save Your Life”

Are you able to recognise the changes in your mouth? That’s the question posed by the UK’s leading oral health charity, the Oral Health Foundation, as they launch Mouth Cancer Action Month 2016.

Case examiners introduced to protect patients

A series of fundamental improvements to the General Dental Council’s (GDC) fitness to practise process to better protect patients were introduced on November 1.

King’s nursing student explores the role nurses can play in the oral health of mental health service users

Ashley Morgan, a postgraduate diploma student in mental health nursing from the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, King’s College London, recently published a comment piece in the...

Caries and periodontal disease

Hosted by the European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) in partnership with the European Organisation for Caries Research (ORCA), Perio Workshop 2016 sees 75 invited experts from both organisations...

Supplier announces further investment in clinical team

The Dental Directory, one of the largest dental suppliers in the UK, has strengthened its clinical team with the appointment of Richard Esgate into the role of digital and laboratory specialist.