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Dentists: cut NHS charges and use sugar levy to invest in next generation

Dentists have called on the next assembly government to tackle the oral health epidemic in Wales, with calls to cut NHS dental charges and use the proceeds of the new sugar levy to invest in...

Communication key

Dental practitioners in Scotland are reminded of the importance of good communication in effective complaints handling.

Access all areas

The importance of having the best tools to achieve efficient and effective access during endodontic procedures cannot be overstated, both in terms of patient comfort and clinician confidence.

Charity calls for new approach to dentistry to urgently halt dental crisis

The Oral Health Foundation is calling for the Government to make a major overhaul of dentistry to ensure there is a focus on prevention in the UK.

Dental students provide Salvation Army residents with passport to health

A group of dental hygiene and therapy students from Plymouth University has worked with the Salvation Army and its service users at Devonport Lifehouse homeless centre in Plymouth, to create a...

Greater awareness needed of the extreme dangers of hidden sugars

Leading health charity, the British Dental Health Foundation (now the Oral Health Foundation), are calling for better awareness of the dangers hidden sugars in our diets have on our oral health.

End of an era

One of Stourbridge’s longest serving dentists has decided to take a break from the chair after nearly four decades looking after the teeth of local people.

Training programme for post graduate orthodontists is expanded

Align Technology has extended its orthodontic training programme to twelve dental universities and hospitals.

Five ways to improve energy efficiency in the dental profession

According to The Carbon Trust, the UK’s healthcare sector spends over £400m on energy per year. 

New language controls

The British Dental Health Foundation (now the Oral Health Foundation) HHhas welcomed new measures which assess dental care professional’s (DCP) language skills when they come to work in the UK.

BDA: new survey shows NHS dentistry failing patients

A new survey from British Dental Association (BDA) has revealed that the payment system at the heart of NHS dentistry is failing patients in the most need. 

Prestigious European scholarship and a senior fellowship

Sally Hanks, associate professor from Plymouth University Peninsula School of Dentistry, is one of only five dental academics across Europe to receive the prestigious Association for Dental Education...

World Health Day pinpoints need for dental teams to test for diabetes

Dental teams should screen for diabetes and offer dietary advice in the global battle to control the onslaught of the disease. World Health Day is on Thursday (April 7) and this year’s campaign...

Clinical benefits

Colgate Total toothpaste has more published peer reviewed clinical studies than any other toothpaste. A recent review by the Cochrane Collaboration group on the effect of triclosan copolymer...

BDA: ‘new era’ at GDC comes with £½ million cleaning bill

The British Dental Association (BDA) has issued an open letter to General Dental Council chair Bill Moyes, in response to his recent comment piece ‘A new era of dental regulation’.