The evolution
Charlotte Leggatt considers this multifaceted role in ever-changing times
All Careers and education
Fairground attraction
It’s hard to imagine many party venues that light up a face in the way Happy Kids Dental can – and this paediatric dental practice is not just creating smiles in the chair. Here, one of its dental nurses Petra Vassell shares her experience
Making mouths matter
A pioneering new programme called Mini Mouthcare Matters (Mini MCM) recently launched at Great Ormond Street Hospital to deliver training in oral health care. We hear from dental nurse Claire Fletcher about the project
Online dental care
‘I’ve yet to meet someone who enjoys parking their rear end in a dental chair’ oral health coach Leigh Hunter on her 21st-century approach to dentistry
On the right track
Debra Worthington is an orthodontic nurse and president of the Orthodontic National Group. She shares her career journey…
Dental nursing
Dentists who have studied dentistry outside the EU are required to take the Overseas Registration Examination (ORE) in order to become registered with the General Dental Council and practise as a dentist in the UK. Some are turning to dental nursing while they wait. Emma Male reports
Conscious sedation training
Dentist Andrew Jones considers the added value and benefits to dental nurses and their patients
A day in the life
‘I’ve come so far from not knowing a mirror from a probe’ – dental nurse and self-confessed dental geek, Carmel Wood, talks us through this role
Could you be a coach?
Fiona Stuart-Wilson on effective support in practice
Take the plunge!
Throughout the UK, the structure and complexity of dental practice management is changing rapidly. Glenys Bridges considers these changes for dental nurses looking for a new career path
Specialist work
Kemi Bakare considers oral surgical care and the dental nurse
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From dental nurse to dentist
How practice owner Jaye Jelley drew on her numerous roles in dentistry to create the perfect setting
Guns to gums
Shaun Howe is a dental therapist working in the public dental service for NHS Shetland, is an NEBDN examiner and a dental nurse tutor. Here, he shares his career path
She's football crazy
Stacy Wright is a 31-year-old Manchester City fan and dental nurse who is treatment coordinator and patient care advisor at two cosmetic dental practices in Manchester
Suction in the sunshine
Sarah Jones combines life as a dental nurse in Abu Dhabi with her passion for deep sea diving. Here, she shares her life – on land and off – with Julie Bissett
