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Lost confidence

A colleague has raised some concerns about you, having seemingly lost faith in your professionalism. So, what next? A resolution needs to be reached but how best to handle the approach, the interim period – and the recovery?

Social media – does the dental world need it?

Just why has dentistry been so slow to embrace the many marketing opportunities of internet activity? Christine Smethurst assesses the amalgam of an online and dental world

A brush with the digital age

What one dental hygienist thought of ‘possibly THE cleverest toothbrush ever’

A dental nurse's role in safeguarding

You will struggle to find a more important role for any member of the dental team than their role of safeguarding, says Charlotte Wake

New year, new path

Are extended duties for dental nurses a golden opportunity for you in the coming year? Dave Hancock investigates

Cash in on some confidence

Do you have faith in your skills? And, just as importantly, do your patients have confidence in you?

7 ways to healthier patients

Gaby Bissett looks at what dental nurses can do to motivate change in the coming year

Dress to impress

Here, we look at the dos and don'ts when it comes to your appearance in clinic

What's the dress code?

Janice Hurley explains why a standard dress code needs to be implemented in practice

How well do you understand safeguarding?

According to a report, knowledge of key patient safeguarding legislation is low to average among health and care professionals…

‘That sounds good, can you send me some pictures?’

Andrew Collier considers the perils of 21st-century communication

Are we all guilty of sharing ‘too much information’?

Christmas is coming and we all get a little ‘demob happy’ around this time of year. But let's not throw caution to the wind and lose those inhibitions too early