RYPFD (Reigniting Your Passion for Dentistry) is returning for 2024 –learn more about the resounding success of the 2023 event. The event brought together dental professionals from across the country to be inspired, educated, and rejuvenated. It was led by nine leading educators who have pursued other opportunities available to them. Delegates utilised their skillsets … Continued
Reserve your seat for a one-hour interactive deep dive into clear aligners with Professor Ama Johal, in collaboration with 32Co, on 6 September 2023. 32Co thinks collaborative healthcare is the key to better patient outcomes, and nowhere is this more true than in clear aligner orthodontics. The clear aligner industry has completely changed in the … Continued
This month, Manrina Rhode discusses all the different ways you can treat gummy smiles and how to choose the right treatment plan. So often patients come in with gummy smiles and there’s so many different options available of how to treat them. Let’s go through all of them and talk a little bit about diagnosis … Continued
Shaz Memon, marketing expert and Dental Practice Accelerator’s newest mentor, shares tips on how to grow your practice’s Instagram account. Regardless of our personal feelings towards social media, many of our target patients are active on Instagram or are influenced by those who are, such as children influencing their parents. The following concepts are just … Continued
Dental hygienist Sakina Syed discusses her experience of winning Best Hygienist London at the 2022 Private Dentistry Awards. How does it feel to have won Best Hygienist? I’m humbled and proud to have won a Private Dentistry Award. I was shortlisted with some amazing finalists. I was over the moon to be one of them, … Continued
It’s been a busy week for dental news. Missed it? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… ‘Absolutely appalling’ – profession reacts to dental technician’s GDC erasure After a dental technician was struck off for failing to complete his CPD requirements amidst a brain tumour diagnosis, we heard from a number of dental professionals who are … Continued
Wesleyan Financial Services shares the key touchpoints in a dentist’s career or personal life where they benefit most from financial advice. Very few professions are more diverse and multi-faceted than dentistry from a financial planning perspective. With mixed private and public sector income streams, challenges around self-employment, practice ownership and excellent potential retirement prospects, dentists … Continued
Dental technology university student Eboni-Rose Williams shares her perspective of the industry, her challenges so far and how she was inspired to start a business during her studies. Please introduce yourself and why you chose to get into dental technology? My name is Eboni-Rose Williams. I am a second year dental technology student at Bolton … Continued
New guidance has urged the NHS to adopt online platforms for the treatment of overweight patients struggling to access in-person weight loss services. The four online services – Liva, Oviva, Roczen and Second Nature – are available as mobile apps or via a computer. They will be available to those with a BMI of at least … Continued
More than three quarters (76%) of orthodontists report an increase in adult patients seeking orthodontic treatment within the past three years. This is according to a new survey carried out by the British Orthodontic Society. The rise of online working/socialising and video calls is having an impact with over half of orthodontists (65%) saying this … Continued
