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Has oral health been overlooked?

Following the unveiling of the Government’s long anticipated Childhood Obesity Strategy, the UK’s leading dental payment plan provider, Denplan, has criticised the plan for overlooking oral health.

“An absolute disaster for oral health”

Following the unveiling of the Childhood Obesity Strategy on August 18, leading oral health charity, the Oral Health Foundation, have described it as an absolute disaster which will lead to another...

Expansion into Ireland

Since it was established in 1972, Curaprox has become a leading name in oral health. 

Combined special offer

For dentists placing class II restorations, Palodent V3 from Dentsply Sirona is the latest reliable sectional matrix system, providing predictable and accurate contacts and a tight marginal seal with...

A missed opportunity

The Faculty of General Dental Practice (FGDP(UK)) and the Faculty of Dental Surgery have welcomed confirmation of the proposed tax on sugary drinks, but say they are disappointed that the Government’s...

How to get kids to brush their teeth: Real life tips from parents who have been there, done that

Every parent knows that children aren’t always the most co-operative. 

Update on UK dental market

Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co has released its latest roundup of the UK dental market.

Dental group takes a bigger bite of the market

An ambitious Yorkshire dental group has acquired its third practice thanks to a £1.6m funding package from Yorkshire Bank.

Brighton rocks

On September 23, 2016, one of the world’s pre-eminent experts on the Invisalign system is jetting in from Canada to address the main auditorium at the British Orthodontic Society Congress at the...

National dental nursing conference

The 2016 National Dental Nursing Conference will be held on October 28-29, at the Blackpool Hilton.

All systems are go

Align Technology, makers of Invisalign, has launched a new aesthetic teeth straightening product designed specifically for general dentists.

More claims successfully defended

Dentists are feeling the pressure from the current adversarial climate where complaints and claims are common, but the Dental Defence Union (DDU) revealed that it is defending more negligence claims...

BDA response to The Times

The British Dental Association (BDA) has responded to The Times investigation, ‘the great dental rip off'.

President of BSDHT, elected to the board of directors for the IFDH

Michaela ONeill, president of the British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy (BSDHT) has been successfully elected to the board of directors for the International Federation of Dental Hygienists...

Training courses announced

General Medical are UK distributors for Quicksleeper 5, the computer controlled local anaesthetic system that delivers profound anaesthesia quickly, easily and painlessly.