A level results: dentistry acceptance rate up from 2023
Following A level results day, the number of applicants accepted onto dentistry and medicine courses through clearing has increased by 5%. In total, 11,450 students have accepted clearing places to study dentistry and medicine in 2024. This is the highest number since 2021, when 11,810 applicants were accepted through the clearing process. The lowest levels…
Bupa launches dental allowance within health insurance
Bupa has launched a new dental allowance for its consumer health insurance customers to help people to stay on top of their oral health. Bupa consumer health insurance policies now include access to a dental appointment every policy year. Customers receive a £300 allowance towards restorative treatments, including crowns or fillings for every individual named…
Covert surveillance will be used ‘sparingly’ in investigations, says GDC
The GDC has released new legal and ethical framework on the use of covert surveillance during fitness to practise investigations. The updated guidance, according to the GDC, highlights its commitment to transparency, legality and the protection of individual privacy during both fitness to practice (FtP) and illegal practice (IP) investigations. The new guidance reads: ‘Where investigations…
Advice from the Dental Practice Accelerator mentors
With the Dental Practice Accelerator programme in full swing, Hannan Saleem gives an insight into the journey, and shares the best tips and advice from the four mentors. Once I graduated from university, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do but I knew I wanted to get into business. So, in the short-term I…
Mastering communication as a dental professional
Umair Afzal shares his strategies for clear and precise communication, explaining why it’s crucial for dental professionals. It’s a familiar scenario for many of us. Through an email, you get a response that doesn’t answer your questions. During a presentation, you see eyes glaze over and phones emerge. Despite your relentless effort with patients, they…
Mastering dental composites
Dental composites are an essential part of everyday practice in dentistry – but are clinicians using them correctly? Rachel Derby shares her top tips. While I love all aspects of dentistry, restorative procedures – especially working with dental composites – truly captivate me. As I prepare to speak at the Dentistry Show London, I want…
AI uses tongue colour to detect illness with 98% accuracy
An AI computer algorithm that analyses the the colour of the human tongue to diagnose diseases such as diabetes has been developed Other illnesses that can be detected include anaemia, asthma, COVID-19, liver and gallbladder disease, and a range of vascular and digestive problems. Senior author Ali Al-Naji said ‘the colour, shape and thickness of…
Registration for EuroPerio11 opens soon
VIENNA, Austria: The organisers have announced that registration for EuroPerio11 will open on 2 September. The event is going to be held in the Austrian capital from 14 to 17 May 2025 at the Messe Wien Exhibition and Congress Center. The last EuroPerio took place in 2022 in Copenhagen in Denmark and was attended by […]
‘The Apprentice changed my life’: Paul Midha reflects on making the final five
As The Apprentice wins Best Reality Competition Show, we hear from this year’s final five participant Paul Midha about how it changed his life in dentistry. The Apprentice, Race Across the World and Loose Women all picked up prizes at this year’s Reality TV Awards, which took place on 31 July at London’s Porchester Hall.…
From chaos to clarity: structuring the TCO role
This month, Tracie Barnett shares her guide to ensuring a TCO (treatment coordinator) role is well-structured and effective. Treatment coordinators (TCOs) are becoming more popular in the modern day we live in. As a TCO, your primary objective is to ensure that patients receive the best possible treatment while optimising the practice’s efficiency and productivity.…