News

Dental professional member from Wales

Following the announcement of the GDC’s (General Dental Council) new 12 member Council, recruitment is about to start for a member from Wales.

New faculty position

Michael Norton was formally the visiting professor at Marquette University Dental School in Milwaukee Wisconsin.

Commercial loans to dentists

A bespoke commercial loan service will provide specialist financial advice and services to dentists, doctors, lawyers and teachers.

National Forum

The Forum is a unique one-day event consisting of two parallel streams of stimulating lectures, one surgical and the other restorative.

GDC Standards fall short

The GDC's new Standards for the dental team, to be implemented in September 2013, do not provide sufficient guidance on what is considered to be ‘appropriate’ training and qualifications.

Inspection checklists

Dentists practising in Scotland are reminded that failure to comply with new practice inspection checklists may jeopardise their access to NHS grants and allowances.

A giant leap forward

The charitable arm of the St. James's Place Wealth Management Group, St James’s Place Foundation, is supporting the Mouth Cancer Foundation to sponsor a new life saving initiative.  

Evidence of challenge

Figures underline the scale of the continuing financial challenge facing dental care in England and Wales.

Complimentary consultations

The aim of Tooth Wear Awareness Month is to raise national awareness of this growing problem.

New head of sales

Brent Sercombe is a new head of sales with no past experiences in the dental industry, but he sees this as a huge advantage.

At the BDTA

Colgate, your partner in oral health, is committed to developing products and services to help support your clinical practice. 

Educational grant

World Dental Posters is an open access site launched in March 2013 that provides scientific researchers the opportunity to upload their peer-reviewed posters at no cost for as long as they wish.  

£50m Dental Hospital & School

The partners behind the first integrated, stand-alone dental hospital and dental school to be built in the UK for almost 40 years have reached financial close and work will start on site next month.

Dental indemnity or insurance

We should remind dentists of the benefits of having indemnity rather than insurance to help protect themselves and their patients.

Official opening

The recent opening of the 16,000sq foot laboratory in Leeds was the vision of Mustafa Mohammed, managing director of Genix Healthcare.