E-learning platform launched

Initial Medical has launched a new online learning tool to help support dental organisations in keeping their employees fully up to date with best practice and the latest legal requirements for the...

A strategic appointment

Zhermack welcomes Amanda Jukes as its new Sales Consultant for UK & Ireland. 

Knowledge gap costs NHS

New research by My Dentist, the UK’s largest dental group, has revealed how a lack of understanding amongst parents on the importance of early dental care is leaving the NHS with an estimated £22m...

Habits start at home

A new study is calling on dental teams to alert parents to the oral health risk of sharing spoons with toddlers at mealtimes.

King of the summer condiments

Votes are in and the British public have unanimously said we are most likely to reach for the red bottle at our barbecues this summer.

‘The Big Summer Brush-Up’ Campaign

Denplan has today launched ‘The Big Summer Brush- Up’ campaign to help families to brush their teeth better this summer. 

The future of dental therapy

Birmingham plays host to the BADT Conference this year (September 25-26) and all eyes will be on the future role of the dental therapist.

A bitter pill to swallow?

In a week when the British Medical Association has called for a sugar tax of 20 per cent to be introduced to help combat the nation’s obesity epidemic, Dr Gail Rees, Associate Professor in Human...

Seven day working

The British Dental Association (BDA) remains unconvinced that a seven day service for dentistry is financially or logistically viable, given the constraints faced across the NHS in terms of money and...

Grounds for optimism

Dental Protection believes the dental profession will be disappointed to see that the General Dental Council (GDC) remains at the bottom of the league table of UK healthcare regulators in the...

Drastic action recommended

The Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) has passed on final recommendations to the Government relating to sugar and also fibre and wholegrains as part of their ‘Carbohydrates and Health’...

Countering the news headline

Dentistry has been making headlines in the national news for all the wrong reasons this summer.

Milking it more than ever

Each year the UK tooth fairy leaves almost £20m under the pillows of sleeping children, according to a report undertaken by The Magic Door Store.

Time for coordinated action

The British Dental Association (BDA) has called for real partnership and commitment to solve the burgeoning crisis on children’s teeth, as new evidence paints an alarming picture of parental dental...

Equine dentist praises her own dental makeover

Specialist equine dentist Michelle Thompson said she felt that the tables had turned when she recently found herself having her own teeth scrutinised and straightened by award winning Dorset dentist...

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