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Your patients’ unique tongue prints

What can the tongue tell us about our health? Philip Silver reviews the research.

Over 30 per cent of NHS staff have taken mental health leave

More than three in ten (31 per cent) NHS employees have had to take time off work with mental health issues in the past year, according to a UNISON survey published on April 7, 2024.

£1.5m investment to improve in-work health services

Reforms to occupational health services will be shaped through a £1.5m innovation fund as the government continues its drive to tackle in-work sickness and boost economic activity using new technology...

Resilient performance in a challenging market

The 2023 annual report from Dentists’ Provident, an income protection provider for dental professionals, shows that the society, once again, performed strongly.

Cumbrian dentist calls for further NHS contract changes

John Lewis, chair of the North Cumbria Local Dental Committee, says NHS dentistry has “become unsustainable.” He is calling for the contract to be updated to prevent more practices from going private.

MPs to vote on landmark smokefree generation bill

MPs will vote on April 16, 2024, on world-leading legislation to protect future generations across the UK from the harmful effects of smoking.

Missed appointments are missed opportunities

Mark Garner considered how to tackle no-show patients.

Researchers ask how tooth cells learn to organise and grow

Researchers have analysed how cells in an embryonic incisor tooth function and learn to specialise. The authors believe the results could help better understand how oral tissue grows.

Just under a third of Brits have experienced or witnessed workplace bias

A recent survey conducted by an online compliance training company, Skillcast, revealed statistics regarding bias in the workplace among UK residents. 

Conference dedicated to lingual orthodontics

The theme of the European Society of Lingual Orthodontics (ESLO) 2024 meeting is ‘Contemporary Lingual Orthodontics in Daily Practice: Pushing the boundaries with lingual.’  With the UK’s Asif Chatoo...

Politician calls the government’s smokefree plans ‘absolutely nuts’

Boris Johnson has said it is “mad” that Winston Churchill’s party is working toward “banning cigars”.

Darlington invests millions in urgent dental services

NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) has pledged the extra investment of £3m as part of a series of improvements that aim to ease the pressure on overstretched dentists across...

Happy new tax year!

Richard Lishman explains the importance of being financially prepared.

How I did it – a crowning achievement

Mehdi Yazdi purchased Crown Bank Dental in Cheshire in 2017, and it has since developed into a flourishing business. He looks back on how it all began.

Orthodontists launch online support platform

Aligner Intelligence has launched an online platform to help meet the needs of the rapidly growing aligner market.