Is dental nursing a pain in the neck?
Dental nurse Preetee Hylton stands up for patient care, while Mary Kristy offers some exercises to mitigate those health risks
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Mechanism linking gum disease
Mechanism linking gum disease to inflammatory conditions discovered
A team of scientists and clinicians have discovered the mechanism between the ...
COVID-19 rate among dentists
COVID-19 rate among dentists is less than one per cent
Although assumed to be at high risk for COVID-19, fewer than one per cent of ...
Guidance on radiation advice
Revised guidance on radiation protection published
The Faculty of General Dental Practice (FGDP[UK]) and Public Health England ...
Dental nurses save lives
Dental nurses who tested positive for COVID-19 could save lives
Dental teams in England who have tested positive for COVID-19 are being urged ...
What’s in your OHE toolkit?
What’s in your OHE toolkit?
Frances Robinson offers a three-step guide to ensuring patient compliance at ...
Happy Teeth Outreach nominated
Happy Teeth Outreach nominated for diversity award
A former University of Leeds dentistry student's project to help improve the ...
Breastfeeding and sugar risk
Consuming sugary beverages while breastfeeding affects cognitive development in children
Breastfeeding mums on a high sugar diet may impact developmental outcomes of ...
Fallow times update
FGDP(UK) & CGDent COVID guidance update reduces fallow times
The Faculty of General Dental Practice UK and College of General Dentistry have ...
BADN pays tribute to Janet Goodwin
BADN pays tribute
It is with great sadness that BADN announces the death of Janet Goodwin at home in Blackpool after a long battle with breast cancer.
Raising the bar for dental education
Raising the bar
A look at a new Unilever CPD platform for oral health learning
Society of British Dental Nurses welcomes SDCEP review
SBDN welcomes SDCEP review
The Society of British Dental Nurses has welcomed a review into fallow time.
Focused dental care should be integrated into cleft care
Oral health and cleft care
FDI World Dental Federation (FDI) and Smile Train are releasing new Oral Health in Comprehensive Cleft Care guidelines to empower local cleft teams with training and resources to improve oral health.
Health e-Hub helping dental nurses' wellbeing
Helping dental nurses
Balancing everyday life together with the requirements of work and home can create pressures for all of us, particularly in these challenging times.
Call for national effort to ‘stop the rot’ on child tooth decay
'Stop the rot’ on tooth decay
Rotting teeth remain the leading cause of hospital admission among five to nine year olds, new figures reveal.
Oral health inequalities a major issue in reducing extractions
Oral health inequalities
Targeted Community Water Fluoridation (CWF) should be included in any programme to drive down the unacceptable level of dental decay in children.
New report reveals impact of COVID-19 on nation's oral health
Impact of COVID-19 on health
A mouth cancer specialist reveals he received only three referrals during lockdown compared to 100 cases over the same period of time before the pandemic.
Free flu jab scheme fails to include dental teams
Free flu jab scheme
NHS England will not be extending free flu jabs to cover dental professionals, despite urging frontline workers to have one as soon as possible.
BADN welcomes survey on pay concerns
BADN welcomes survey
The British Association of Dental Nurses (BADN) has welcomed the survey by the NHS Business Services Authority on pay concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic in England.
A light at the end of the tunnel
A light at the end
Dawn Woodward reveals how to find the positives in the new normal
