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…
Every patient is different and, whilst CPAP machines offer an effective treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) for some, patients often cannot tolerate it. The treatment type is uncomfortable, irritating, noisy, and it causes dry mouth. Additionally, some patients remove the mask while they’re asleep, find that their breathing is out of sync, or are…
Sunstar Oral Health, part of Sunstar, has announced the new 2025 editions of the World Perio Research Awards and Perio Link Award to raise awareness of the groundbreaking work of scientific researchers on the link between oral health and systemic health. The Sunstar World Perio Research Awards Sponsored by the Sunstar Foundation since its inception…
The deadline for the annual research competition for foundation dentists in the UK has been extended to 31 July 2024. Dental Protection, in partnership with The MPS Foundation, launched the competition in September 2023 to recognise, celebrate, and reward excellence demonstrated in patient safety and risk reduction. The competition aims to raise the profile of…
Practice Plan is celebrating the promotion of its former Managing Director to the Board of parent company, Wesleyan, as part of an updated Group Executive team aimed at supporting the next phase of its ambitious growth strategy. Nathan Beckett was promoted to the role of Chief Financial Officer at Wesleyan on 1 April from his…
BSPD’s Outstanding Innovation Award (OIA) for 2024 has gone to Lindsy Vallayil, Assistant Clinical Director, Community Dental Service, Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust for delivering a simple and reassuring animation for sedation. The winning initiative, entitled Inhalation Sedation: Introductory Animation for Families is an innovative digital video for children and young people to access…
The Association of Dental Education in Europe (ADEE), the European Dental Students’ Association (EDSA), and Henry Schein are pleased to announce the continuous cooperation to grant the Oral Health Professional Educators’ ‘Practice Green’ Awards. Aiming to embed an ethos of sustainability within the education lifecycle for oral health professionals and within their educational and clinical…
Roshni Karia MCGDent has been appointed as the next President of the College of General Dentistry. Dr Karia is a general dental practitioner in London, with a special interest in periodontology. She has worked as an Associate Dentist in London and in Surrey, providing general dentistry as well as periodontal treatment. Since 2015 she has…
The GDC has published the findings from research designed to help the regulator ‘unlock the potential of GDC fitness to practise data’. The multi-method research, conducted by the University of Plymouth, was commissioned by the GDC to examine itsfitness to practise data and processes. Researchers analysed case file data recorded over a five-year period…
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