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The voice of dentistry

The UK dental profession speaks with a female voice, new research has revealed.

Crisis at christmas

Catering for 4304 guests, a seven per cent increase on 2012, Crisis at Christmas once again opened its doors at 10 centers across the UK for a six-day period over Christmas 2013.

Psychology keeps teeth clean

Regular dental flossing as a part of healthy oral self-care is improved with a combination of self-efficacy and self-monitoring.

Gold sponsor

BDIA Dental Showcase has announced that Oral-B, global brand in dentistry and member of the P&G family, will return as Gold Sponsor when the event takes place at London’s ExCeL from October 9-11,...

A year’s supply

Prashant Amin and Ketan Kothary, partners at Revital Dental Care in Harrow were delighted when they received a call to tell them they had won first prize in a joint promotion held at last year’s BDTA...

Regional Dentist Roles

There is an increased number of roles on offer for a regional dentist scheme, a programme launched last year designed to support graduate dentists as they join the workplace. 

GDC Council Meeting

The next meeting of the General Dental Council (GDC) will take place on Thursday February 20, 2014 at 12 noon at Hallam Conference Centre, 44 Hallam Street, London, W1W 6JJ.

Mini competition

Robert Luke of Buckhurst House Dental Surgery in Sevenoaks, Kent is delighted to be the proud owner of a brand new Mini Cooper in traditional Mini colours.

Book publication

Amit Rai, general dental Practitioner, advisor on Dental Education to chief executive, General Dental Council and Former Dental Foundation Training Programme director, published a new Dental...

Retirement seminar

A retirement seminar, exclusively for practice owners, is to be held at the Pentahotel in central Birmingham on Friday March 21st 2014.

CPD and ARF cycles

More than six-and-a-half thousand dentists have now come to the end of their 2009-2013 continuing professional development (CPD) cycle. 

Central London dental chain

Bupa today announced the latest step in the expansion of its dentistry service with the acquisition of Barbican Dental Care.

Pilot issues

Continued engagement between the Department of Health (DH) and the profession is vital if issues with pilots for the reform of contractual arrangements in England are to be resolved, the British...

Illegal tooth whitener

The General Dental Council (GDC) has successfully prosecuted a non-registrant for unlawfully practising dentistry, namely tooth whitening.

New toothbrush launch

Life is changing, and we are now in an era when parents cannot always be at home to monitor their children’s oral health care regimes.  It was therefore important to create a toothbrush that not only...