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12 Oct 2024 • Podcasts, Dental Landscape

Empowering the next generation of dentists with Natalie Bradley

In this latest episode of Bodcast, Natalie Bradley, Chair of the Young Dentist Committee, BDA, and clinical director at Dentaid, amongst many other things, shares her experience and insights as a young dentist. What you’ll…

16 Oct 2024 • Newsfeed

Sexual misconduct: anonymous reporting launched for NHS staff

NHS staff will be able to anonymously report incidents of sexual misconduct as part of new plans to improve safety for staff. Issued to local hospitals, the new framework is available from today (Wednesday 16…

15 Oct 2024 • Newsfeed

Overseas registration exam in dentistry – all you need to know

The overseas registration exam (ORE) is sat by dentists whose qualifications are not recognised for the purposes of UK dental registration. We take a look into how it works, the profession’s experience of it and…

14 Oct 2024 • Newsfeed

Almost all new patients unable to access NHS dental care

New data shows that up to 97% of new patients who try to access NHS dental care are unsuccessful, prompting calls for the new government to act fast. The Office for National Statistics Experiences of…

11 Oct 2024 • Newsfeed

World Mental Health Day: is the profession still suffering?

We take a closer look at data from the Dentistry Census 2024 on the topic of mental health for World Mental Health Day. Mental health problems are a growing concern within dentistry. With the sector…

10 Oct 2024 • Newsfeed Sub, NHS

Six in 10 NHS patients would consider private care, says report

More than six in 10 (61%) of NHS dental patients would consider paying for private dental care, new research suggests.

10 Oct 2024 • Blog, Practice Management, Uncategorized

Understanding your practice costs

Regional Support Manager, Sarah Barnard, highlights the importance of understanding practice costs. Do you know the operating costs per surgery, per day for your practice? If your answer to that is ‘no’, then it seems…

9 Oct 2024 • Newsfeed Sub, Dental Profession

Are dental therapists going to save the NHS?

Cat Edney examines how the role of dental therapists has evolved in recent years and explores whether they might be the solution to fixing NHS dentistry. First we saw the NHS FP-17 form altered to…

7 Oct 2024 • Newsfeed Sub, Dental Health

Benefits of water fluoridation in decline, review finds

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 Sub, Dental Profession

BDA – Keeping dentistry on Westminster’s agenda

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,…

1 Oct 2024 • Newsfeed Sub, Regulation

Four in five whistleblowing reports led to regulatory action, GDC reveals

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…

2 Oct 2024 • Podcasts, Practice Management

Insights from Hive Business Consultancy with Ross Martin

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…

30 Sep 2024 • Newsfeed Sub, Dental Profession

Using AI to engage gen Z in dental health

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

Dental research podcast featuring world-leading experts launched

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

How to Manage Risk

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

‘Desire for improvements’ to ORE availability, GDC reveals

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

Empowering dental nurses: Building value and recognition with Fiona Ellwood BEM

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

Seven actions to transform UK dental care

Neil Carmichael introduces the Patients First paper, the ADG’s recommended strategy for government reform of UK dental care.