All Careers and education

Clinical deviation

Following clinical guidance is not mandatory – but healthcare professionals must ensure they have good reasons for departing from recommended care pathways

Is your practice well led?

Nicki Rowland explores how the new Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection regime has changed the way in which we are required to work

Community dentistry – it does more than fill in the gaps

Sharon Howe details her role as a dental nurse at the community dental services (CDS-CIC) in Suffolk. She gained her certificate in Special Care Dental Nursing in 2012

Are you ambitious?

This series continues to explore the leadership skills of the dental nurse. With John Fowler

What motivates a dental professional to work in prisons? We hear from Rebecca Smithson on what it's like to work at HMP Wakefield and how she's felt more intimidated by patients in community settings than she has by inmates

Expect the unexpected

What's it like to be a dental nurse in the Royal Army Dental Corps? Johnpaul Morrison talks us through his 11 years

Are you happily engaged?

Dentist and former dental nurse, Ian Toibin, offers a personal guide to motivating patients and explains why very often you are the new angle with a new smile

Are you adaptable and able?

Dentist Ola Hassan has a special place in her heart for her work with refugees. At the age of three she herself moved to the UK as a refugee. Years later, she graduated from the Leeds Dental Institute. She is now looking for dental nurses to volunteer to join her in helping those need in areas of cr

Mentoring and you

Fiona Ellwood et al, 2016 explore dental care professionals' (DCPs') awareness of mentorship and clinical governance as part of a local professional development programme

The world is your oyster

Laura Horton lives and breathes dentistry. Celebrating 20 years in the industry, she believes the sky is the limit for those dental nurses wishing to expand their horizons. She talks to Julie Bissett