Five NHS dental practices on the Isle of Wight have closed in the last 18 months. With a sixth set to close, Healthwatch says residents need “immediate support”.
Samaritans, a mental-health support charity, has encouraged people not to bottle up their feelings, with suicide rates in England and Wales now at their highest in over 20 years and one-in-five of...
A provider of NHS dental services in Mablethorpe opened its doors to patients on September 9, 2024.
Nicolas Coomber considers the prevalence of cosmetic dentistry, focusing on safer and more effective alternatives to offer patients.
A Northern Irish trust has announced that it has supported a regional campaign to encourage local...
A look at the oral repercussions of anxiety and stress, highlighting how dental clinicians can support patients in dealing with the problem.
Scottish Labour has urged the Scottish National Party (SNP) to end patients waiting up to seven times longer for dental surgery compared to four years ago.
Alistair Mayoh explores anxiety in the dental practice, focusing on how clinicians can minimise a patient’s concerns.
Individuals with periodontitis have altered concentrations of various proteins in their blood, according to a study from Umeå University, Sweden.
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Clare Callan explains why the General Dental Council (GDC) is seeing fewer concerns and closing more cases at the early stages of the process.
Philips has partnered with FollowApp to use next-generation artificial intelligence to help dental practices follow up after treatments to check on patients and encourage positive feedback.
Leading public health experts are calling on members of Parliament (MPs) to protect the health of their constituents and ‘wise up’ to lobbying tactics from businesses whose sales contribute to poor...
DD Group has announced the acquisition of McKillop Dental Equipment Ltd, a provider of tailored turnkey solutions for dental practices.
Shimon Friedman is joining the British Endodontic Association from Toronto, Canada to present a pre-Congress Workshop on ‘The Tooth ‘Implant’: Intentional Replantation and Autogenous...
Christie & Co, a specialist business property adviser, has appointed Kevin Strain as a senior business agent in its dental team in Scotland.
The British Medical Association (BMA) has called on the government to stop what it has called a “growing epidemic of vape use in the UK”.
Research from the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and ADA Forsyth has uncovered an extraordinary mechanism of cell division in Corynebacterium matruchotii, one of the most common bacteria living in...
The General Dental Council (GDC) is consulting on proposed revisions to the decision-making guidance for practice committees, administered by the Dental Professionals Hearings Service.
Richard Hartley, dentolegal consultant at Dental Protection, looks at why a patient might be keen to opt for short term orthodontics, and key considerations for a dental practitioner.
The National Data Guardian (NDG) and NHS England have announced a significant update to how health and social care organisations measure and self-report their data security capabilities.
Shannu Bhatia is set to be welcomed by the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD) as its president at its Annual Scientific Conference in September 2024.
An independent Scottish dental group has taken steps to help with the dental access crisis by opening half of its practices to new NHS patients.
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