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Oral health: the multidisciplinary series

In November 2021, Dental Update – in partnership with Denplan, Oral-B and the Oral Health Foundation – are bringing you a brand-new multidisciplinary webinar programme, to coincide with Mouth Cancer...

GDC launches Covid-19 research

The General Dental Council (GDC) is launching its second round of research on the continuing and changing impact of Covid-19.

Quarterly tax returns for landlords and the self-employed

Michael Lansdell counts down to Making Tax Digital

Is your pension still packing a punch?

Richard Lishman looks at the implications financial charges are having on savings and pensions.

Toothless in Suffolk take to the streets

Members of the Toothless in Suffolk campaign group took to the streets of Bury St Edmunds recently to demand better provision of NHS dentistry in the county.

Award winners announced

{my}dentist has announced the 15 winners of its annual Excellence Awards which celebrate its teams and individuals across the UK. 

Child asylum seekers: dental age check plan dropped, but key questions remain

The BDA has welcomed reports the Home Office has reconsidered plans to introduce the use of dental x-rays to determine age in asylum cases.

The last bite (October)

I was fascinated to read that in a recent survey, 63 per cent of people questioned claimed being friends with their dentist influences their dental treatment in a very positive way.

Concern as NHS practices turn private

Two surgeries in South Gloucestershire recently turned private, leaving a patients group concerned over the lack of NHS dentists in the area.

Improving understanding of how acid damages teeth

The University of Surrey and the School of Dentistry at the University of Birmingham have developed a new technique to improve understanding of how acid damages teeth at the microstructural level. 

Practice Pink for Cancer Research UK

This October marks the 15th anniversary of Henry Schein’s global Practice Pink programme.

Is dentistry becoming privatised?

Despite Nicola Sturgeon vowing to prevent the NHS from becoming privatised, some fear that dentistry is being privatised by stealth.

Could heartburn drugs be used to treat gum disease?

That’s the question now being asked, after a study from the University at Buffalo revealed that patients who used proton pump inhibitors were more likely to have smaller probing depths in the gums.

Putting purpose ahead of profits

Queensway Orthodontics is one of the first orthodontic practices in the UK to receive the Dental CSR Gold Accreditation.