Cheers to the New Year
With New Year's Eve and its associated celebrations fast approaching, Professor Andrew Eder considers the erosive potential of alcohol, and offers both preventive and treatment solutions
All Clinical
It ain't what you do, it's the way that you do it
Communication is a key part of your role as a dental nurse, but sometimes the secret of success is all in the delivery. Here, a summary taken from an article by Dental Protection
Big steps against mouth cancer
Dental hygienist Christina Chatfield is making tracks in raising awareness of the importance of good oral health. She speaks to Gaby Bissett
Am I doing the right thing?
Dental nurse registration has given professional rights but also responsibilities and obligations as to what can and what cannot be ethically and legally done. Andrew Collier offers a case example of a potentially difficult situation – and the principles required to resolve it successfully
Operation: oral health enhancement
Glenys Bridges considers how best to develop extended dental nursing skills to the benefit of our patients
Antibiotics and life
Stephen Hancocks charts the discovery of antibiotics and the positive effect they have had to date.
Forewarned is forearmed
Using technology to provide a better customer experience is commonplace. But, now dentistry is harnessing it in a new and exciting way by taking a ‘mental X-ray’ of patients…
How to… be more efficient
With more and more tasks and few practices paying overtime, how can dental nurses beat the clock and streamline their workload? Dave Hancock counts the ways
Window on their health
A look at the dental team's care of cancer patients – before, during and after treatment, with Jocelyn Harding
Getting involved
Lifestyle interventions can cover a gap in dental healthcare, but it may require a push from you to get patients over the first hurdle
Help them lead smoke-free lives
Rachel Pointer on how joining forces with health colleagues can make a difference to the nation's health
Grinding in your sleep?
Stress and sleep issues are very much a part of dentistry, as Julie Bissett discovers
Julian Webber's 10 steps to endodontic heaven
The most important endodontic principles in 10 bullet points
Your role in implant care
We take a look an implant education specifically for dental nurses at the ADI Team Congress 2017
Be a dental nurse, be a sober hero!
When it comes to national health campaigns, charity starts at home but can also open doors, suggests Charlotte Wake
