Launch of dental infection control journal

The Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP), a community of clinicians, educators, consultants, researchers and industry representatives who advocate for the Safest Dental Visit, has...

New rules on amalgam agreed at EU level

The European Parliament has voted in favour of a gradual phase-down in dental amalgam.

Free verifiable CPD for you and your team

The recent Colgate Sensitive Pro-Relief webinar held on Thursday, March 2, 2017, provided an invigorating session on dentine hypersensitivity and your patients. 

Students awarded

In a prestigious ceremony that took place on March 17, in The Library at the Royal College of Surgeons, the Association of Dental Groups (ADG) was pleased to present the coveted Bursary Awards to this...

Teen teeth solution

On Saturday, March 25, Align Technology announced the UK launch of Invisalign Teen with mandibular advancement, the first clear aligner solution for class II correction in growing tween and teen...

Legal bid launched as committed providers squeezed out of NHS orthodontic contracts

The British Dental Association (BDA) has initiated legal proceedings against NHS England for setting up potentially impossible barriers to smaller contractors in tenders for over £1/2bn of orthodontic...

New chief executive

Tony Reed, executive director of the BDIA, is stepping down from his position.

Changes to NHS Scotland complaints handling procedure

From April 1, 2017, all NHS patient complaints in Scotland are now managed in accordance with the new NHS Scotland Complaints Handling Procedure. 

New UK website launched

eBrace is inviting visitors to explore its new UK website, which launched recently. The site aims to provide a valuable resource for patients considering lingual orthodontics, with a step-by-step...

Five policies which would change the state of children’s oral health

Following the recent release of what are incredibly disturbing and entirely avoidable statistics from the Faculty of Dental Surgery (FDS) showing that tooth extractions in children aged four and under...

The Smile Stealers – The Fine and Foul Art of Dentistry

The third and final volume of the award-winning series that began with The Sick Rose and Crucial Interventions, The Smile Stealersprobes the evolution of dentistry from the excruciating endeavours of...

Dental clinic brings a smile to Headington

310 Dental Care, a state-of-the-art private dental practice, has come under new ownership in Headington after the new owners, Saeid Haghri and Sundeep Rooprai, secured significant funding from...