Manrina Rhode explores some barriers to sustainability in aesthetic dentistry and how practices can become more environmentally friendly. Today I want to talk to you about sustainability in aesthetic dentistry. I don’t know that I can necessarily carve out aesthetic dentistry from dentistry as whole in terms of sustainability. But it’s definitely an important topic ..read more

FMC is delighted to announce the finalists for the 2024 Clinical Dentistry Awards – congratulations to all who made it. The Clinical Dentistry Awards aim to acknowledge clinical excellence in practice. This year’s ceremony takes place at Royal Garden Hotel in London on Friday 11 October. For more details, and to secure your tickets, call ..read more

Ray Lowry, the secretary and treasurer of the British Fluoridation Society (BFS), explains how the society has evolved and adapted. Charles Darwin said in his Origin of Species book that survival depends not on being the strongest or biggest or loudest but on being the most adaptable to change. The British Fluoridation Society (BFS) has ..read more

A government review has identified failings within the Care Quality Commission (CQC) which are ‘hampering its ability to identify poor performance’. The interim report found that the regulator’s inspection levels were well below pre-COVID levels. It also described a lack of clinical expertise among inspectors and inconsistent assessments. Finally, the report identified issues with CQC’s ..read more

A recent roundtable tackled the issue of mental health and wellbeing among dental care professionals (DCPs) and how teams can provide support. Victoria Wilson recently organised a DCP wellbeing advocates online roundtable, co-hosted by dental consultant Claire Frisby. The aim of the session was to address the stigma of mental health and provide professionals with ..read more

The surgical charity Operation Smile is now the beneficiary of a significant legacy fund donation from The European Aligner Society, it has been announced. A sum of £80,000 over three years will help the charity develop and support cleft lip and palate treatment programmes. These have a lasting impact in developing countries. Operation Smile carries ..read more

Are you looking to integrate laser technology into patient care? This month, Morven McCauley shares a guide to choosing the right one for you. Recent studies have reported the frequency of peri-implantitis to be in the range of 1-19%. It’s a condition that surely all implant dentists have been presented with. Traditionally, treatment approaches have ..read more

Decon Pete breaks down key changes to the Scottish Health Technical Memorandum 01-05 and what they mean for dental decontamination processes. For some time now the various areas of the UK have been working towards relatively outdated 01-05 documents. This has now changed with the introduction of a brand new SHTM 01-05 for Scotland which was ..read more

At the halfway milestone of the Dental Practice Accelerator programme, Hannan Saleem and the mentors discuss how life changing this process really is. Having won the Dental Practice Accelerator, Hannan Saleem and his practice, the London Dental Centre, have been working extremely hard over the past six months. All with their mentors, Justin Leigh, Shaz Memon, Sameer Patel and Sandeep Kumar. The changes they have been implementing are designed to help them achieve the goal of becoming a million-pound dental practice. We thought this halfway point would be a great opportunity to see how things ..read more

More than eight in 10 people (84%) in the UK eat at least one sugary snack per day according to research on sugar consumption by the Oral Health Foundation. A further 79% said they consumed up to three sugary snacks each day. Six in 10 (62%) respondents said their sugar intake came from food, including sweets, desserts and processed foods. Drinks such as tea, coffee, alcoholic beverages and fizzy drinks were contributing to 45% of respondents’ sugar intake. Only 13% of those surveyed were taking active steps to reduce their sugar consumption. The Oral Health Foundation (OHF) dubbed this ‘alarm ..read more