A 35-year-old female attended the practice, recommended all teeth to be taken out and to have a set of dentures instead. She indicated that she hadn’t seen a dentist for 20 years and she had not used a toothbrush for the same time interval. She said: ‘The last time I saw a dentist he...
Business of Dentistry Events have lined up another fantastic event, with Sheila Scott and Michael Bentley set to take to the stage to deliver ‘The Perfect Patient Journey’ in Manchester and West Sussex later this year. The events will support practices in taking a step back from the patient journey to identify areas for...
Today’s materials allow dentists to achieve long-lasting, aesthetically-pleasing results in a shorter time than was possible in the past. However, to get the best treatment outcome, it is imperative that dentists understand not only the materials but also how they have been designed to work. To this end, Kerr has put together a roadshow...
The partners behind the first integrated, stand-alone dental hospital and dental school to be built in the UK for almost 40 years have reached financial close and work will start on site next month. The landmark development, led by Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust, together with its partners the University of Birmingham, Birmingham and...
Allowing participants to hear, see and perform various aesthetic techniques to achieve the best results, this is an event not to be missed Modern dental materials enable today’s clinicians to achieve aesthetically pleasing and long lasting results in a shorter time than ever before. To get the best treatment outcome, dentists need to understand...
New dental contract anorak, Michael Watson, applauds a new DH update on the pilots
One of the largest long-term clinical studies on the survival and success of dental implants has recently been conducted at the University of Bern in Switzerland. The study assessed the outcome of 511 Straumann SLA tissue-level implants in 303 patients over 10 years. Its authors concluded: ‘The present retrospective analysis resulted in a 10-year...