Dental hygienist and practice principal, Joanne Knox, explains how she came to open her own hygiene-only practice and why other hygienists and therapists with drive and determination should aim to do the same. Many hygienists can only dream of the day when they own their dental hygiene practice, but with hard work and dedication, this…
I would never have coped as you have, working through the pandemic and dental access crisis. I’m incredibly lucky I missed out on the excitement of mask-fits and dealing with impatient, exasperated patients. The increased stresses on you must be enormous. The new targets announced just before Christmas would have sent me over the edge….
The BDA has condemned the gulf in support offered to over 100 pioneering practices in England, who after years of testing new ways of providing NHS care, are bring forced back to working to historic models of care from April. These ‘prototype’ practices volunteered to form the test-bed for new ways of delivering dentistry, to…
Clinical Director for Denplan and Simplyhealth is a varied and enjoyable role – from dealing with the very dry aspects of clinical governance covering both areas of the business (health cash plans on one side and dentistry on the other), to getting to meet people from all walks of the healthcare professions in some interesting…
Aquafresh Fresh and Minty is switching to 100% recyclable packaging from January 2022, featuring a fully recyclable tube and cap, as well as a carton made from recycled board. The switch to eco-friendly packaging forms part of GSK’s goal to make every tube recyclable by 2025, as well as being the first step in moving…
Following the recent Government announcements regarding mandatory vaccinations for healthcare workers, the British Association of Dental Nurses (BADN), the UK’s professional association for dental nurses, are conducting a survey to gather data on how many dental nurses are vaccinated. The survey is completely anonymous and will only take couple of minutes to complete. All dental…
Your patient list is likely to be made up of patients of all ages and requirements. So, why not invest in products that can be effectively used across a wide array of demographics? 3M Ketac Universal Aplicap Glass Ionomer Restorative is a self-curing, one step placement restorative designed for speed and ease of use. Versatile…
There are more female dentists graduating each year than male – the General Dental Council (GDC) reports that for registrants in December 2021, 51.5% of dentists were female. In what has traditionally been a predominately male profession, this is definitely encouraging. However, dentistry can still be a dauting environment, for women and many others. Because…
But what is a crisis? There is no doubt that the word crisis is extremely overused but what does it mean in relation to dentistry – and NHS primary care dentistry in particular? First of all, it does not mean that dentists are unhappy with their contract Dentists, especially their leaders, have always been unhappy…
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