The value of the veneer

Luke Hutchings explains how to overcome the challenges of composite veneers.

Newspaper launches campaign for changes to NHS dentistry

The British Dental Association (BDA) has greeted the Daily Mirror’s launch of a national campaign to save NHS dentistry.

Rugby players to trial instrumented mouthguards for concussion management

The Guinness Six Nations will feature instrumented mouthguard technology, with players across all six unions able to use custom-fitted mouthguards designed to deliver in-game alerts as an indication...

Minister responds to practices stopping taking on new patients

Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, has said access to dentistry has hit a crisis point after finding no dental practices in Fife were taking on NHS patients. 

Dental accountants donate to charity

A £1000 donation has been made to the BDA Benevolent Fund by dental accountants and business advisors Ross Brooke Dental (RBD) following an award launched last year for newly qualified dentists.

Diagnosing and managing dry mouth

Richard Thomas discusses how to ease your patient's symptoms.

Over 100,000 child hospital admissions for rotting teeth since 2018

A Liberal Democrat Freedom of Information request has found that there have been 218,005 admissions to hospital for rotting teeth, including more than 100,000 child admissions, since 2018.

Association says amalgam ban could break NHS dentistry

The British Dental Association (BDA) has warned the European Parliament’s vote to ban dental amalgam from January 1, 2025, will send shockwaves across the UK’s already struggling dental services.

Charity expands its children’s oral health education programme

Dentaid The Dental Charity and Denplan have announced an extension of their partnership that will see more children receiving oral health education in school and nursery.

Five weeks of interactive webinars

The award-winning Dentsply Sirona Watch Party Series returns in 2024, hosted by Dentsply Sirona, in partnership with Dental Update.

Metaphors enable patients and caregivers to communicate their experiences of living with long-term conditions, research says

According to King's College London researchers, patients can provide a unique insight into their own physical and emotional world through their own words with intentional or unintentional metaphors.

Brush biopsy enables early detection of oral cancer without surgery

A test invented by University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) researchers allows dentists to screen for the most common form of oral cancer with a simple and familiar tool: the brush.