7 Oct 2024 • Newsfeed
New research suggests that water fluoridation is a cost-effective measure but only leads to a slightly lower prevalence of caries in children.
3 Oct 2024 • Newsfeed
We have fought to put dentistry at the very top of the political agenda, and that’s continued into the political parties’ Autumn conference season We pressed ahead at both Government and Opposition annual conferences, to…
2 Oct 2024 • Podcasts, Practice Management
In this episode, Ian Eslick, Regional Support Manager at Practice Plan sits down with Ross Martin, a strategic consultant at Hive Business Consultancy, to discuss the essential role of dental specialist accountants and the importance…
1 Oct 2024 • Newsfeed
The General Dental Council (GDC) has published its 2024 annual report on whistleblowing disclosures in dentistry. From 01 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 the GDC received 79 disclosures of information. This compares to 82…
30 Sep 2024 • Newsfeed
Alan Clarke explains how AI and a tech-driven approach can be used to engage millennials and gen Z in dental health.
26 Sep 2024 • Newsfeed Sub, Dental Profession
A podcast series for oral care professionals featuring world-leading experts has launched. The ‘Let’s Talk Oral Health’ podcast will focus on the newest practices in periodontics and implant dentistry whilst discussing the latest dental research.
27 Sep 2024 • Blog, Practice Management
Selina Alexander reports on a recent presentation she attended by Aubrey Craig, a Senior Dento-legal Adviser at MDDUS, on the human factors in Dentistry and how to manage risk. Are there areas of your practice…
26 Sep 2024 • Newsfeed Sub, Regulation
The General Dental Council (GDC) has published the outcome of its call for evidence on the structure and operation of the overseas registration examination (ORE).
25 Sep 2024 • Podcasts, Practice Management
In this episode, Hazel Dockery is joined by Fiona Elwood, Chief Executive of the Society of British Dental Nurses. They discuss why it is so important for dental nurses to learn to value themselves and…
20 Sep 2024 • Newsfeed Sub, Dental Profession
Neil Carmichael introduces the Patients First paper, the ADG’s recommended strategy for government reform of UK dental care.
18 Sep 2024 • Podcasts, Practice Management
Katrina James, Area Manager at Practice Plan discusses what you should expect from a dental plan provider as well as outlining the excellent support offered by Practice Plan. What you’ll hear about: Working with industry…
17 Sep 2024 • Newsfeed Sub, Dental Health
‘Urgent action is needed’: a new report has laid out a strategy for the government to improve children’s oral health as research demonstrates high levels of dental disease.
20 Sep 2024 • Blog, Practice Management, Uncategorized
Treatment Coordinator, Kayleigh Robinson, offers advice to aspiring Treatment Coordinators (TCOs) and charts her career path to date. There are many different types of TCO and I suppose in some ways we all do the…
16 Sep 2024 • Newsfeed Sub
Plans to open a new dental school at the University of East Anglia (UEA) are ‘not a done deal’ as government discussions continue. The university had hoped to open the new facility to tackle the…
16 Sep 2024 • Blog, Events
Once again, the Practice Plan team will be at Dentistry Show London on 4th and 5th October 2024. So here are five reasons why you should come along and say hello to us at Stand…
9 Sep 2024 • Podcasts, Mental Health
Hussein Hassanali, Associate Dentist at Woodthorpe Dental Centre catches up with Dr Ritesh Aggarwal, Dentist and CEO at Psynergy Mental health to discuss the shift in focus on mental health in dentistry and ways to…
11 Sep 2024 • Newsfeed Sub, Finance, Newsfeed
Neil Richardson, regional manager at Wesleyan, breaks down the best advice he would give to dentists this Pension Awareness Week. Running from 9 to 15 September 2024, Pension Awareness Week has kicked off – here…
12 Sep 2024 • Newsfeed
The Association of Dental Groups (ADG) has launched ‘Patients First’, a report which details seven core recommendations for Government that, “if implemented will transform the experience for dental patients in every corner of the United…