News

After sales expansion

Ultrawave, the British manufacturer of precision ultrasonic cleaning technology has expanded its after sales department to meet growing demand for its products at home and internationally.

Advice and guidance

Practice owners, managers and dentists are being given a unique opportunity to gain an insight into the wide range of employment and HR issues facing the dental industry at this year’s Dentistry Show.

Social enterprise

A Plymouth University-run social enterprise that brings dental treatment, education and care into the community has won a prestigious national newspaper award.

Open for businesses

Workplace dentistry is coming to the UK. Onsite Services will be launching an oral to overall health initiative starting in mid-April 2015 targeting some of the highest profile businesses in the...

One in four

The quality of customer service in the UK is being undermined by an over-reliance on websites and emails according to new research by alldayPA.

Minister approves standards

The Dental Nursing apprenticeship was one of the 56 newly approved standards announced by the Government on 12 March.

Forensic scrutiny

The British Dental Association has backed calls from troubled regulator the General Dental Council (GDC) for regular Parliamentary accountability hearings on its work.

Down in the mouth

Dentists are almost twice as likely as the general population to feel dissatisfied with life, a survey on their personal well-being suggests.

Money in pockets

Dentists with private pensions are set to benefit from pension changes announced by George Osborne in his Budget today while dental practice owners may see a reduction in their overheads thanks to a...

Dental Alumni Awards

At the annual Henry Schein Dental Dinner on Friday, March 6, the King's College London Dental Alumni Association hosted a presentation for two prestigious awards – the Alumnus of the Year and the...

Increased optimism

The latest Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking Healthcare Confidence Index has shown that dentists remain the most optimistic compared to GPs and pharmacists, whilst also highlighting the increased...

Chew O'clock

New research by Wrigley reveals that the nation’s mums are underestimating the damage post-school snacking could be doing to their families’ teeth. 

New Dean elected

Dr Mick Horton has been elected as the next Dean of the Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK). Dr Horton will be the ninth person to have held the position of Dean since the Faculty was founded in...

Failure to reassure

The Health Select Committee put Dental Protection’s concerns directly to the GDC at the recent accountability hearing. The GDC’s chief executive Evlynne Gilvarry and chair Bill Moyes were asked to...

Pay increase for dentists

The Government has accepted the Doctors' and Dentists' Pay Review Body recommendations for a one per cent increase to Dentist contractors' pay.