Training and Education

New webinar supported by Waterpik

Waterpik is delighted to present a new webinar with dental hygienist and therapist, Lottie Manahan, to be hosted by Dental Update on March 29, 2022.

MPS launches ambitious research initiative to improve patient safety and clinician wellbeing

Medical Protection Society (MPS) – of which Dental Protection is part – has recently launched the MPS Foundation; a new, global, not-for-profit research initiative to help shape the future of patient...

Is e-learning the future of dentistry?

Michael Sultan considers the pros and cons of online education.

Plymouth wins bid to run first residential dental summer school

Peninsula Dental School at the University of Plymouth has been named one of two hosts for the UK’s first residential programme based around dentistry.

81 per cent of employees in healthcare want to upskill this year, as government campaign launches to boost business growth in 2022

Businesses across the health and social care sector are being urged to ‘Join the skills revolution’ as tens of millions of employees around England express desire to skill up in their jobs this year.

Chief Sustainability Officer’s Clinical Fellow Scheme

Climate change presents a major threat to our health. That’s why the NHS became the world’s first health service to commit to reaching net zero emissions. Thanks to the pioneering efforts of NHS staff...

Hard won soft skills

Dental clinicians – like many people in technical, medical, and scientific careers – can fall into undervaluing so-called soft skills.

“A must for any conscientious and progressive GDP”

Anthony Davies was among the first cohort of clinicians to have begun the ‘complete GDP course’ with IAS Academy. This new programme has been designed to help clinicians develop their skills and...

Exclusive live orthodontic education event with Dr. Luis Carrière, the inventor of the Carriere Motion Appliance

The goal of the course is to provide orthodontists with the knowledge of progressive concepts and technologies that improve efficiencies, finishing excellence, and an overall comfortable patient...

King’s Innovative and Sustainable Dentistry Society – evolving dentistry for a more sustainable future

With the COP26 Conference taking place recently, we caught up with the King’s Innovative and Sustainable Dentistry Society founder and president, Diana Dourou, to find out her views on sustainable...

New era for MIH research and patient management

A new research initiative is being established to take the dental profession’s understanding of molar incisor hypomineralisation (MIH) and its impact on patients into a new era.

Simple but powerful solutions

Jessica Wake presents a recent case to demonstrate the power of simple yet highly effective anterior alignment orthodontics, alongside the ABB (align, bleach and bond) concept.