The Faculty of General Dental Practice UK (FGDP(UK)) held an anniversary dinner on Friday 13th October to commemorate 25 years since it was established. Hosted at Drapers Hall in London, the dinner...
The General Dental Council (GDC) has removed a dentist from the register of dental professionals for multiple failings involving wide-ranging cross-infection control, standard of care to patients and...
The European Federation of Periodontology (EFP) has launched a campaign to highlight the importance of oral health for pregnant women and for its possible impact on delivery. Scientific reports,...
In case you haven’t heard already, the Association of Dental Groups (ADG) has joined forces with Dental Update and The Dentist for its upcoming Bursary Awards in 2018.
Dental professionals have one last chance this year to experience the high-quality educational experience of a Nobel Biocare symposium when the final event of the 2017 series takes place in London,...
Current public health guidelines for oral health are not aligned with our eating and drinking habits, a new report has found. The gap between what and when we eat and drink, and the measures we take...
Leading dental charities Bridge2Aid and Dentaid have launched a joint fundraising campaign to ensure more vulnerable people around the world can access dental care.
The Faculty of General Dental Practice UK (FGDP(UK)) has published new guidance on the practice of dentistry for patients with dementia.
Dentists that want to undertake postgraduate training must check that their chosen course leads to a ‘recognised’ qualification and who the awarding body is.
Graduate Andy Harris was named the winner of the MSc Restorative Dentistry Award at this year’s Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry (PUPSMD) annual prize giving ceremony.
The Faculty of General Dental Practice UK (FGDP(UK)) has welcomed the Care Quality Commission (CQC)’s findings on dental inspections, saying that the annual State of Care review provides a positive...
The British Dental Association (BDA) has welcomed the latest Care Quality Commission (CQC) State of Care report, which once again shows that dental services in England have topped the league in...
Final year King’s College London dental students Karolyn John and Jack McSweeny spent three weeks of their summer volunteering in the villages surrounding Cape Town in South Africa as part of the...
The General Dental Council (GDC) has appointed four Clinical Dental Advisers and a Senior Clinical Dental Adviser to support the Fitness to Practise (FtP) process. The five new appointments will...
Speakers and participants alike described Dentsply Sirona World 2017 as an event in a class of its own. From September 14 to 16, 7,500 attendees - from 50 different countries - and 110 speakers met in...