The 2024 Dental Awards are almost upon us and, as the original and most prestigious Awards event in British Dentistry gears up for its 26th edition, it gives us at The Probe great pleasure in announcing the shortlisted entries for each of the categories. Dates For Your Diary The winners and finalists will be announced…
Fourteen individuals were honoured on Thursday 9 May, in the BDA’s latest round of honours and awards, for their outstanding achievements and commitment to the dental profession and the BDA. This year, we introduced a brand new Award for Excellence, which aims to recognise colleagues at any stage of their career. The inaugural recipient of this award is…
Dr Adrian Thorp has been appointed to the role of Clinical Director at leading community dental service provider CDS CIC. A practicing Specialist Oral Surgeon who also has a Degree in Law, Adrian has worked in maxillofacial surgery for more than 10 years and owned his own seven surgery mixed practice in North Wales. Recently…
Sony will be present for the first time at this year’s Birmingham Dentistry Show from May 17 to 20, and will showcase its solutions dedicated to dental imaging on booth K64. Photography is becoming an increasingly important tool in the arsenal of dental healthcare professionals, given the extent of ways it can elevate their practice. Beyond the aesthetics, photography…
Data from employee benefits provider Unum UK has found that 21% of employees — equivalent to 6.3 million people of working age — avoided dental appointments in 2023 due to fears over the expense. This demonstrates that the cost-of-living crisis remains a key concern amongst the British public, even for important healthcare such as dentistry….
Henry Schein has extended through 2025 its existing partnership with Special Olympics to support health screening and education for its athletes at select events around the world. Through this partnership, Henry Schein donates essential oral health and medical care products for the Special Olympics Healthy Athletes® programme in Australia, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, and…
Dental Protection has welcomed the aim to boost the UK dental workforce by streamlining processes to enable overseas trained dentists to start practising in the UK, however it believes the current proposal to provisionally register international dental graduates (IDGs) who have not yet satisfied the GDC’s requirements for full registration, must be underpinned by robust…
Tendering has opened for provision of the Overseas Registration Examination (ORE) Part 1 and Part 2 for the next five years. The General Dental Council (GDC) is looking to improve flexibility and availability to the ORE for dentists who qualified overseas and want to work as a dentist in the UK. With that in mind…
The British Dental Association (BDA) is pleased to announce the addition of Preet Gill, Shadow Health Minister responsible for dentistry, to the lineup for the BDA theatre session ‘In an election year, what’s the future for dentistry?’ at the British Dental Conference & Dentistry Show (BDCDS). Scheduled for 17th May at noon in the BDA…
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