All Dental essentials

You’re a work in progress

Your PDP will be the foundation to your dental learning. It is to be a working document that you regularly review and adapt. Priya Sharma explains

Natural reflex

Thumb sucking is a natural reflex for children from the earliest age but can create dentition problems. Jo Bates reveals how she plugged a gap in the market

A complicated conundrum

We look at an innovative but simple approach to helping patients overcome their anxiety

Thriving environment

Nicola Blake is a senior dental nurse from the Community Dental Services. Here, she details her role in special care

Your lateness speaks volumes

Kemi Bakare reminds us of the professional expectations of a trainee dental nurse

High-flying dentistry?

Jetting off on your summer holiday soon? Here, we share some lessons from the cockpit

Wake up and smell the coffee!

What makes for great relationships at work? John Fowler suggests the ‘tea and toast’ ethos of bonding and mutual team support is a very good place to start

The changing face of dentistry

The increasing desire for facial aesthetics offers new opportunities for the dental team. Dental nurse Wendy Mahon, treatment coordinator with Tracey Bell Dental Clinics, talks about the need to embrace them

What is four-handed dentistry?

How fantastic would it be to provide dentistry where we could improve the comfort and quality of treatment for patients, improve team work and your own day-to-day job satisfaction? Dental nurse Hayley Drury and dentist Kath Eastwood explain

An essential guide

A look at six popular topics concerning use of inhalation sedation equipment

What is trending

The Society of British Dental Nurses (SBDN) recently hosted the East Midlands Dental Symposium. Regional chair Louise Smith and Lisa Chamberlain report

That internal dialogue

Trudie Dawson discusses how to listen effectively and improve body language awareness

Equality in dental care

Sarah Haslam discusses a project that aims to deliver good mouth care to those patients with learning difficulties

The salesmanship

The art of establishing long-lasting good oral hygiene habits involves effective instructions and good communication. But ethical sales also now play a big part in achieving patient behaviour change. 'London Hygienist' and Philips key opinion leader, Anna Middleton, explains