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Challenging patient interactions

Priya Sharma discusses the art of handling a challenging patient interaction

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

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

Communication theory in dental practice – Part one

In a two-part article, Maggie Nash investigates the importance of dental professional-patient relationship

Is it safe?

Information governance in a small business environment, with compliance expert Robert Kelly

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

Elderly care

Caring for the elderly requires different skills to caring for other age groups. Charlotte Wake considers them all when meeting best practice as a dental nurse

‘Dental nurse practitioners’ – what are they?

In an ever-evolving dental world, we hear from Nick Barker on how dental nurse practitioners – at present, an aspirational title – are providing preventative clinical care within dentistry

Communication – the good, the bad and the ugly

The internet has opened up countless opportunities to everyone, not least of which are the dental practices that harness it for marketing their business. But what does it mean for dental nurses? Gaby Bissett hears from a practice that is perfect at communication – and looks at the risks that come wi

Flying the flag for dental nursing

Following Brexit, what now for dentistry and, in particular, dental nurses? In this guest editorial, Janine Brooks ponders a changing British landscape

8 ‘must-know’ secrets to success

Janine Brooks MBE draws on her vast experience and shares her inside knowledge on what it takes to enjoy an amazing dental nursing career

Would patients rather learn about oral health from a singing dentist or a shocking advert?

What gets our patients brushing when it comes to heeding the warnings of the risks to our oral health – the softly, softly approach with a sing-song and a dentist who wiggles his eyebrows, or some hard-hitting images of a beautiful woman's gap-toothed smile and her bleeding gums? Julie Bissett inves