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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...

Support for Jamie's war on sugar

The Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) (FGDP(UK)) welcomes Channel 4’s ‘Sugar Rush’ programme in which Jamie Oliver highlighted the shocking impact of excess sugar in our diets.

Calls to dental helpline soar

A leading UK dental charity has reported an upsurge in calls to its Dental Helpline, for the second consecutive year.

Strategic partnership in regenerative medicine

BioEden are teaming up with Precious Cells Group, a London based medtech company whose facilities specialise in enabling the harvesting and banking of stem cells from cord blood and peripheral blood...

Interface between dementia and oral health

The state of oral health can be one of the indicators of dementia.

United in failure

Dental leaders from Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland have warned governments across the UK that continued failure to invest in oral health is unsustainable, as new data from the Health...

Dentistry makes the national news

A dental story made the majority of the UK's newspaper front pages and appeared on the BBC news yesterday. The headlines trumpet that "you can catch Alzheimer's" (Daily Mirror). 

Urgent attention needed on tooth erosion

The European Federation of Conservative Dentistry (EFCD) has called for the dental community to increase its focus on erosive tooth wear and declared it a challenge requiring co-operation with other...