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General Dental Council publishes Annual Report and Accounts

The General Dental Council (GDC) has published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2022 on May 11, 2023.

NHS update: Reflections on direct access

May’s update from Sara Hurley was a special focus letter focused on direct access.

Mental health support groups for dentists

For the first time, Doctors in Distress will be focusing its expertise on supporting the acute need of all healthcare professionals working in dentistry.

Organisation requests that the GDC clarify the Scope of Practice guidance

Dental Protection has urged the General Dental Council (GDC) to provide further clarity on the boundaries for each registrant type and an assessment of complex skills in the proposed revised Scope of...

Professor collaborates with health technology company to tackle oral bacteria 

Professor Iain Chapple will work with Sigrid to identify and develop further applications for a technology that limits oral bacteria’s access to sugars. 

Patients “shocked” as practice closes

More than 1,200 patients in Langholm, Scotland, have been informed that their practice is to close. The patients are now scrambling to find provisions elsewhere.

Association says the prime minister has a “crisis? What crisis?” attitude to dentistry

The British Dental Association (BDA) has criticised the Prime Minister’s response to a question on the crisis in dentistry at PMQs on May 10, 2023.

27,400 steps for charity

Did you know around 274,000 people are currently experiencing homelessness across the UK? Dentsply Sirona UK & Ireland encourages you to support oral health within the homeless community by walking...

Making lifestyle and nutrition matter

Maria Papavergos examines the effect your diet has on your oral health and wellness.

Exmouth dental practice announces expansion plan

Select Dental has secured a £887,000 funding package from Lloyds Bank to facilitate its largest expansion to date. The practice received the six-figure loan enabling them to expand further into an...

Oral health inequality: Association warns children are “hit the hardest”

The British Dental Association (BDA) has warned oral health inequality among the young is set to widen, as new research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats indicates 6.5 million children in England...

Hundreds of people queue for an NHS dentist

A Norfolk dental practice has had queues of “more than 300 people” for a chance to sign up.

Rising costs “risk pricing patients out of care” MP warns  

Richard Foord, MP for Tiverton and Honiton, has warned that the increasing cost of NHS dental fees across England will see patients across Devon priced out of essential care and fuel a rise in...

Going digital in dental implantology

Cemal Ucer discusses using technology to boost efficiency and accuracy.