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Keep calm and carry on: how to respond when things go wrong in practice

Rebecca Waters explains the steps you can take to prepare for the inevitable.

Dental practice goes private to ensure its survival

A Scottish dental practice has been forced to reduce its NHS capacity as a result of “the current crisis within the NHS and no foreseeable solution.”

Championing oral health in primary schools

Community Dental Services (CDS) CIC Essex, in partnership with Essex County Council, has been funded by Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board to establish a Peer Led Education Programme...

Four in ten smokers wrongly believe that vaping is as or more harmful as smoking

Earlier in 2023, the government announced a national ‘swap to stop’ campaign to offer one million smokers a free vaping starter kit, together with behavioural support, to help them quit smoking....

Podcast explores the depth of the dental access crisis in the North East

Experts in the North East of England have stated that there is now a "whole new generation of people who have never been to a dentist".

Tracking periodontal disease to improve diagnosis and treatment

Researchers from Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Dentistry have developed computer algorithms to track periodontal disease change, which could help dentists and periodontists...

Association welcomes moves to tackle international registration delays

The Association of Dental Groups (ADG) has welcomed the announcement by the General Dental Council to increase the number of Part 2 sittings of the Overseas Registration Examination (ORE) for dentists...

Minimum Unit Pricing has ‘positive impact’ on health

Report concludes the Scottish Government’s alcohol policy has saved lives and cut hospital admissions.

Students receive medals for academic accomplishments

Graduates from Queen Mary University of London’s Institute of Dentistry were awarded at this year’s prestigious University of London Gold Medal Viva for Dentistry.

GDC announces a boost to Overseas Registration Exam places

The General Dental Council (GDC) will increase the number of Part 2 sittings of the Overseas Registration Exam (ORE) from three to four in 2024, after reaching an agreement with consortium partners to...

Seven out of 10 people are protected by at least one tobacco control measure

A new World Health Organization (WHO) report highlights that 5.6 billion people – 71 per cent of the world’s population – are now protected with at least one best practice policy to help save lives...

Health care company pledges to work towards a sustainable future

Henry Schein, the world’s largest provider of health care solutions to office-based dental and medical practitioners, has announced the publication of its 2022 Sustainability and Corporate Social...

Children are increasingly exposed to e-cigarettes on display in shops, and are more likely to buy from small shops

The analysis, by researchers from Imperial College London, used data from the annual ASH survey of youth vaping, collected over five years from 2018 to 2022.

Regulator names new executive leadership of fitness to practise and registration

The General Dental Council (GDC) is combining its fitness to practise and registration directorates into a regulation directorate, led by a new, recently recruited executive director who joins in...

1,750 extra hours of dental appointments

Giles Watling MP, the member of parliament for Clacton, has welcomed the news that the Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care System (ICS) and {my}Dentist have announced a joint partnership to...