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DCP committee member

The Association of Dental Implantology (ADI) has elected their first official Dental Care Professional committee member: Juliette Reeves. Juliette, a hygienist, will represent dental care professional...

New global manager

The Wrigley Oral Healthcare Programme (WOHP) has appointed Matthew Kent as the new global manager. Wrigley has hired the senior health comms specialist to drive the further development of the...

CPD deadline

There are now fewer than eight months left until nearly 40,000 dental care professionals (DCPs) will reach the end of their first five year Continuing Professional Development (CPD) cycle.

Dallas' JR

TV star Larry Hagman’s death from mouth cancer has prompted one charity to remind the profession about the value of oral screening days for local patients.

Letter from Santa

Infection control specialists, Dentisan are supporting the NSPCC’s Christmas Letter from Santa Campaign, which aims to make Christmas magical, whilst at the same time helping protect children from...

Booking now open

Booking is now open for the 2013 British Dental Conference and Exhibition.

Celebrating 1000th member.

Louise Clark; a student dental hygienist at the Eastman Institute has become the 1000th member of the popular forum Hygienist.co.uk.  Louise is pictured with her gifts supplied by Hygienist.co.uk and...

Act now on fixtures

If you are a practice-owner, you should be aware of changes to the Capital Allowances Act which could affect you if you sell your practice. This is the advice of NASDAL member Nick Hancock of...

Have your say

The Dental Survey is back! Following the great response we received to the 2 previous Dental Surveys – completed in 2010 and 2011, we would once again like to ask for the support of dental...

Date announced for Symposium

Henry Schein and Dental Innovations are delighted to be able to confirm the date of the much-anticipated 2013 UK CEREC Symposium as being March 22 and 23with the event taking place at the Hotel...

Not the hard sell

For many years consultants have been teaching dentists how to ‘sell’ treatment plans. But patients hate being sold to and the ‘selling’ process has left many practitioners feeling uncomfortable. The...

Jump to raise funds

Lesley Naismith, support manager at Software of Excellence, put aside her fear of flying and heights in September, when she parachuted to raise funds for a trip that will provide dental care for...

Best whitening product

It’s official… Enlighten is the ‘Best Tooth Whitening Product’, according to voters of the first ever aesthetic and dental consumer awards.  

Enlighten’s buyback programme

In a bid to help dental practices meet the new tooth whitening directive, which is now in force, Enlighten is offering to back buy your bleaching lights.

Dentist gets competitive

Eastleigh dentist Philip Sommereux is used to being on his feet all day. But he needed more than a winning smile when he attempted the BUPA Great South Run in Southsea. Phil did himself proud, running...