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Don't fear covert recordings

Dentists should avoid confrontational or defensive reactions to patients who covertly record their consultation, says UK wide dental defence organisation MDDUS.

Career opportunities

The University of Bolton, Barnet and Southgate College and Genix Healthcare are delighted to be involved with new dental based Trailblazer Apprenticeships in England.

Ministerial visit

Planmeca was delighted to host a high ranking ministerial visit, as it welcomed as guests the United Kingdom’s First Secretary of State and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. George Osborne, as well as...

NHS annual report

Today, the Health & Social Care Information Centre released the 2014/15 annual report of NHS Dental Statistics for England.

10 million responses for the FFT

The NHS Friends and Family Test (FFT) has reached a memorable milestone today by achieving its ten millionth piece of feedback from patients.

Harnessing insight

Dentists' Provident, a leading income protection insurance provider for the dental profession, has selected OnBase by Hyland as its enterprise content management (ECM) system, to digitise the policy...

The right dose at the right time

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has published guidelines about the effective use of antimicrobials, and has called on healthcare professionals to help curb the...

Milestone trial

A research study at Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry which aims to develop a simple saliva test for gum disease (periodontitis) is the first dental clinical trial to take place in the...

In favour of flouridation

New research shows a huge financial burden on the NHS could be reduced and children’s dental health greatly improved if advised levels of fluoride are added drinking water.

Headline Sponsor announced

The Dental Technology Showcase (DTS) is pleased to welcome Straumann as Headline Sponsor for the 2016 event.

A safer form of nicotine

In light of the review published on August 19, by Public Health England (PHE), which has found that e-cigarettes are 95 per cent less harmful to health than tobacco and a major influence in helping...

Sharing knowledge

BDIA Dental Showcase remains one of the UK’s premier dental trade events and is a place to get hands-on experience of new products and the latest innovations from global brands, service providers,...

Challenge invitation

Philips is recruiting dental professionals to take part in a study it is running in the autumn to assess the effectiveness of the Sonicare toothbrush. 

Bite back

A leading dental plan provider, DPAS Dental Plans, is happy to announce its support for this year’s campaign, ‘Bite Back at Mouth Cancer’.

Did you know?

We all know that brushing our teeth twice a day and regular visits to our dentists are the keys to keeping our teeth healthy. While this is true, there are many other facets about our mouths that may...