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Charity run

Dawn Piper, senior sales manager at Initial Medical based in Camberley, is preparing for her biggest challenge of her year – running the BMW Berlin Marathon to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK. 

Bite back at mouth cancer

The Mouth Cancer Foundation is launching Bite Back at Mouth Cancer, a simple head and neck cancer check which can be carried out by anyone at home, at any time, but ideally once per month.

Definitive merger agreement

In relation to the recent news of a merger between Sirona and Dentsply, Jeffrey T. Slovin, president and chief executive officer at Sirona, issued the following open letter addressing dental...

Unique partnership

A partnership formed between three of Birmingham’s leading professional firms is to host a seminar for dentists covering the important issues when selling their practice.

A world of opporunities

The European Aligner Society will formally launch at the World Federation of Orthodontists Congress at Excel in London on September 27-30, 2015, and potential members are invited to visit stand 548 to...

Part of the family

A-dec UK is delighted to announce that long term team member, Christopher Cox, has accepted the position of Special Markets Manager.

Mouth Cancer Action Month

During November the UK’s leading oral health charity will be aiming to save lives by raising valuable awareness of mouth cancer – and is calling for your support.

Extensive national coverage

Munroe Sutton, a leading UK provider of discount plans for dental treatment, is today announcing the expansion of its UK network of dentists providing access to discounted dental treatment to over...

100% get DFT places

The British Dental Association (BDA) has welcomed confirmation from COPDEND that every eligible UK graduate has secured a dental foundation training (DFT) place for the second year running. 

'Danger, Orthodontics!'

Orthodontist Rob Slater has been invited by Denplan to deliver a series of masterclasses on orthodontic controversies and the lecture tour begins in the New Forest this week (September  17). 

$5.56bn deal

Dentsply International Inc said on Tuesday it would merge with peer Sirona Dental Systems Inc in a $5.56bn all-stock deal, creating the world's largest dental equipment maker.

No need for alarm

A chance finding arising out of post mortems on the brain tissue of eight people who died from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) should not on its own influence current provision of endodontics in the...

Don't risk it

Kids could face trying times for their dental health by not wearing mouthguards when playing rugby, says leading dental health charity.

100,000 toothbrushes to refugees

Following the recent escalations in the Middle East, Swedish toothbrush company Humble Brush (also retails in the UK) has decided to donate 100,000 eco-friendly toothbrushes to refugees.

“Getting it right isn't rocket science”

The British Dental Association (BDA) has warned the Health Committee that policymakers are failing in their duty to consider the role of oral health in the wider health system, as part of its enquiry...