I consider myself very lucky to have had a really varied career in dental nursing, which is now – I can scarcely believe – into its fifth decade. I have worked in a variety of clinical environments including general dentistry, oral maxillofacial surgery, and orthodontics. As my clinical career progressed, so too did my interest – and then passion – in education and development; since 2007 I have focused solely on education, supporting dental nurses to develop in their own careers.
The British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry (BASCD) is an alliance of individual members with an interest in population oral health. Honorary membership is awarded if a member is nominated from BASCD Council and gains two thirds majority vote at the AGM.
Colosseum Dental UK has received the Great Place to Work certification!
This has been awarded in recognition of the organisation’s commitment to its people, which includes a significant investment in the facilities, products, training and career progression opportunities provided to all members of its practice teams. It is a testament to the business’ motto – we care more.
For many parents, sugar-free alternatives for their children’s snacks are a positive way to manage their child’s oral health and sugar intake.
A new study from the International Association for Dental Research suggests sugar-free might have negative effects on oral health for children.
A new study by Mohammad Ali Saghiri from Rutgers University suggests that Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are prone to tooth decay. The study suggests that such individuals have reduced strength and durability of enamel and dentin. As a result, their teeth are significantly weakened and more susceptible to tooth decay.
The British Dental Association (BDA) has warned that signals the General Dental Council (GDC) will move to increase the Annual Retention Fee (ARF) will only undermine progress in rebuilding trust and confidence in the regulator among the profession.
The General Dental Council (GDC) has today opened a consultation on its plans for the next three years. The regulator is seeking views on its proposed strategy which focuses on ways both to prevent patient harm and to be proportionate when handling the concerns it receives, progressing its ambition to shift the balance from enforcement to prevention.
National Smile Month, which ended June 16, 2022, has been running along broadly the same lines for nearly half a century. The first event, ‘Smile ’77’, was a week-long campaign in the West Midlands. The poet Pam Ayres wrote I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth especially for the event (subsequently voted 'Top 10’ in a BBC poll of the Nation's 100 Favourite poems).
July first, 2022, is the fifteenth anniversary of the 2007 Smokefree legislation that prohibited smoking inside public spaces such as offices, shops and pubs.
Support for government action on smoking has continued to grow since then, particularly among smokers, as demonstrated by a new report ‘15 Smokefree Years’ summarising results from the annual survey carried out since 2007 by YouGov for ASH.
Scotland’s leading dental group is to take a central role sharing its sustainability milestones, targets and hopes for the wider sector at the upcoming Scottish Dental Show.
As part of its ambition to becoming Scotland’s environmentally friendly dentist, Clyde Munro Dental Group has taken the inaugural role of net zero sponsor at the biggest event in Scottish dentistry’s calendar.
The British Dental Association has responded to reports that access to NHS dentistry ranked alongside issues with local schools and Partygate in fuelling the Conservatives landslide defeat in the Tiverton by-election.
The British Fluoridation Society (BFS) in partnership with the Borrow Foundation, has launched a new career development fellowship designed to attract new academic expertise to the field of water fluoridation and its role in public health.
The winners of the 2022 Max Horsnell Travel Award and National Student Elective prize are announced June 14, 2022, by the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD). These annual awards recognise vision and endeavour in the field of paediatric dentistry.
These BSPD prizes are awarded each year following a judging process for both that is overseen by three members of BSPD’s Conference Abstract and Prize Committee (CAPC).
The Dental Defence Union (DDU) has said the impact of the delays and disruption caused by the pandemic has resulted in new trends in dental complaints.
The Dental Professionals Hearing Service – the dedicated hearings function of the General Dental Council (GDC) – launched June 21, 2022. While hearings already take place before a committee of three independent panellists, the regulator has made this move to further highlight hearings’ independence from its fitness to practise investigation and prosecution functions.
