Staff and students of the National Diploma in Dental Nursing delivered by Plymouth University are celebrating the news that all of this year’s graduating students have passed the course – a 100% success rate achieved for the third year in a row. The two-year course provides both theoretical and practical experience, preparing each individual...
Health ministers have been asked to confirm that a bid to add fluoride to tap water in Hampshire is over – because of a legal botch-up. Council chiefs believe crucial contractual agreements were not signed before the abolition of the former South Central Strategic Health Authority (SHA), last year. If they were not signed,...
The increasing prevalence of erosive tooth wear across all generations is often overlooked by general practitioners, according to a leading New Zealand dentist Dr Andrea Shepperson. ‘Erosive tooth wear is a multifactorial condition of increasing concern to the clinician. The consequence is a worn dentition with an aetiology often labelled “bruxism” when the primary...
Professor Paul Coulthard has been appointed as the new head of School of Dentistry at The University of Manchester Dental School. He succeeds Professor Iain Mackie who completed a four-year term of office. Professor Coulthard sets his mission to maintain the School’s premier position in the UK and to develop its teaching and research...
Juliette Reeves, of Perio-Nutrition, is presenting a full-day hands-on masterclass for dental hygienists on Saturday 23 February 2013 at the Optident International Development Centre Ilkley West Yorkshire. Back by popular demand, the course hosted by Optident and supported by Straumann, American Eagle Instruments, EMS, and Philips Oral Healthcare will focus on the essentials of...
Murray Hawkins, an award winning dentist from Dorset has pointed out that the four business awards presented to his practice Winning Smiles is an indicator that the Mid Wessex area is becoming a real boom area for cosmetic dentistry. He said: ‘In the past 12 months we have seen a doubling of our profits...
The Wrigley Oral Healthcare Programme saw a step change in 2012 with an extended programme of activity and a key piece of research which showed that 51% of dental professionals recommend chewing sugarfree gum to their patients when prompted*. But perhaps the highlight of the 2012 Programme was the launch of www.wrigleyoralhealthcare.co.uk – a...