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Inspection checklists

Dentists practising in Scotland are reminded that failure to comply with new practice inspection checklists may jeopardise their access to NHS grants and allowances.

A giant leap forward

The charitable arm of the St. James's Place Wealth Management Group, St James’s Place Foundation, is supporting the Mouth Cancer Foundation to sponsor a new life saving initiative.  

Evidence of challenge

Figures underline the scale of the continuing financial challenge facing dental care in England and Wales.

Complimentary consultations

The aim of Tooth Wear Awareness Month is to raise national awareness of this growing problem.

New head of sales

Brent Sercombe is a new head of sales with no past experiences in the dental industry, but he sees this as a huge advantage.

At the BDTA

Colgate, your partner in oral health, is committed to developing products and services to help support your clinical practice. 

Educational grant

World Dental Posters is an open access site launched in March 2013 that provides scientific researchers the opportunity to upload their peer-reviewed posters at no cost for as long as they wish.  

£50m Dental Hospital & School

The partners behind the first integrated, stand-alone dental hospital and dental school to be built in the UK for almost 40 years have reached financial close and work will start on site next month.

Dental indemnity or insurance

We should remind dentists of the benefits of having indemnity rather than insurance to help protect themselves and their patients.

Official opening

The recent opening of the 16,000sq foot laboratory in Leeds was the vision of Mustafa Mohammed, managing director of Genix Healthcare. 

Blast away at the BDTA

Lucky delegates each day can try the Sonicare AirFloss at one of the brushing stations on Philips’ stand (P06) at the BDTA Conference and can take it away with them for free.  

Materials in dentistry report

Entitled ‘Materials in Dentistry’, the roadmap was showcased at the recent 22nd European Dental Materials conference held in Birmingham. 

Just another hurdle

Dental practice sale completions are continuing to be delayed following new NHS England requirements in respect of the CQC as well more stringent lending criteria from the banks, warns Amanda Maskery,...

Decision on HIV-positive dentists

Department of Health plans to remove the restriction on HIV-positive dentists practising in England from April 2014 have been welcomed by many. 

Key to new start for CQC

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) must properly understand the reality of primary care dentistry if it is to make a fresh start in regulating the sector.