Making the formal informal
When it comes to patient care, the team at Sandy DentalCare has it sussed. Having won Dental Protection's Practice of the Year 2015, the dental nurses reveal what lies at the heart of an award-winning practice
All Careers and education
Ultimate outcomes
Why is CPD important and why does it matter? In the first of a new series, Robert Dyas investigates how to optimise your talent
‘Dental handmaidens’ no more
With the role of the dental nurse on the cusp of something exciting, Fiona Ellwood extols the virtues of self-belief and ambition and reveals why the new British Dental Nurse Society is perfectly placed to wave in this new chapter. She talks to Julie Bissett
Making a difference
How Teeth Team is changing children's oral health statistics in a deprived area of the UK – a programme that ‘wouldn't be as successful if it wasn't for its dental nurses’
Let's focus on style
In the second in the series about leadership, John Fowler considers it in work – and at play
You have an identity
National Smile Month is celebrating its 40th anniversary and at the helm of the oral health awareness drive is ground-breaking dental nurse Janet Goodwin. Here, the President of the Oral Health Foundation reveals why she believes your time has come
Planning to be a practice manager?
Nicki Rowland fully understands the thrills and spills of standing at the helm of a dental practice. In the first of a series of five articles, she looks at how the road to management success lies in plotting the best route
Hard times?
Sean Magee considers the crisis in Scotland where there's currently a critical shortage of skilled and qualified dental nurses
We do believe in (tooth) fairies!
The Nottingham Oral Health Team – aka the Tooth Fairies – was created in 2000 by the Salaried Dental Service and consisted of just one tooth fairy – Julia Wilkinson. Since then, the team moved to work within public health and one became three with Justine Halls and Rebecca Soong-Towell making up the
The pride and the passion
Your ability to raise the bar illustrates dedication to professional development and a desire for a long career in dentistry – and we're here to help you achieve both
Are you under par?
Your employer should have a written procedure setting out how it will deal with issues of poor performance. Here, Sarah Buxton looks at how best to resolve in a fair way
In praise of appraisals
Considered by many of us as a necessary evil, isn't it about time we embrace the process in a bid to raise our professional standing?
Life through a different lens
Do you have a sense of being ‘stuck’, not knowing where to turn? Sometimes we just need to refocus, think outside the box or perhaps look at things through someone else's eyes…
No boundaries
From dental nurse to dentist, Ian Toibin powers through his career to date – smashing stereotypes in his path
At a crossroads?
If you're having a hard time at work, you need to know the right avenues to pursue. Here, Sarah Buxton points you in the right direction
