A vision shared

Mercy Ships has been selected as the official charity partner of the British Dental Health Foundation’s ‘National Smile Month’, the UK’s largest and longest running oral health campaign, which takes...

Well-being at the forefront

The British Dental Association (BDA) has underlined its intention to tackle stress and anxiety in the dental profession during Mental Health Awareness Week

Study club

On April 24th, the British Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry held its first study club event of 2015 at Harleyford Golf Club, Marlow.

Outstanding contribution

The 2015 BADN Outstanding Contribution to Dental Nursing Award, sponsored by WR Berkley (Europe) Ltd, and presented at the BDA Honours and Awards Dinner at the Midland Hotel, Manchester on Saturday,...

Celebrating dental ethics

"A hidden gem", that’s how one student described the Dental Law and Ethics PgCert course being run by the University of Bedfordshire at its Putteridge Bury Campus.

Setting standards

Dental standards and guidance documents from FGDP (UK) are now available for all dental professionals through the Open Standards Initiative.

Significant consequences

MyCSP, the mutual public sector pension scheme administrator, advises that tens of thousands of public sector employees are likely to be affected by the reduction in the Lifetime Allowance. 

Stoked for summer?

With barbecues getting stoked up for summer, it may be a good time to help raise awareness among patients that their drink of choice accompanying their chargrilled chicken may contribute to tooth...

A duty of care

Four in 10 community dentists report high levels of stress at work, a study by the British Dental Association (BDA) has found. This is similar to the level reported in 2013.

Unfinished business

The British Dental Association (BDA) has called on returning Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to tackle “unfinished business” on professional regulation.

Top tips

With National Smile Month just around the corner, the Dental Defence Union (DDU) has published five top tips to help dental professionals ensure their events go without a hitch.

Aesthetics assembly

On April 24, Align Technology held their first Aesthetics Event as part of their educational programme supporting the aesthetic and restorative dentists who provide the Invisalign solution.

Clinical innovation

The nature of malocclusion which requires first premolar tooth extraction is an orthodontic problem which affects 20 per cent of patients in Europe.  

Global threat of AMR

The British Dental Association (BDA) is working with national and international experts to combat the health risks from the growing number of pathogens in dentistry that are resistant to antibiotics,...

A major milestone

The role that dental teams can play in the management of young patients who might be at risk of dental neglect was explored at a conference organised by the British Association for the Study and...

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