How far have dental therapists come?
Debbie Hemington looks back at how far dental therapists have evolved since 1960, and the many opportunities open to them today. The dental therapist has been around much longer than many colleagues realise and are far from a modern invention. The first dental therapists were known as dental auxiliaries, and training began in 1960 at […]
Locums: don’t get caught out by tax rules
Locums working through their own companies, and the practices they work for, need to ensure they are on top of off-payroll working and IR35, says Adam Bernstein. Off-payroll working rules are intended to ensure that locums and the self-employed, and those they work for, are unable to reduce the taxes they pay by introducing an […]
Catch up with this week’s dental news – 25 May 2024
It’s been an interesting week for dental news. Missed it? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… Compulsory NHS tie-in for new dentists under consideration The government has launched a consultation on a ‘tie-in period’ that would require newly-qualified dentists to work in the NHS for several years after graduation. Launched yesterday, the eight-week […]
The secrets to building your one million pound plus private practice
Join Sandeep Kumar on Thursday 30 May at 7pm as he discusses the secrets to building your one million pound plus private practice. This educational event is intended to provide actionable content and learning to dentists to demonstrate how they can implement simple strategies to increase their profitability and revenue to build a one million […]
UK’s largest dental faculty releases manifesto aimed at combating the deepening oral care crisis
EDINBURGH, Scotland: As access to publicly funded dental healthcare continues to deteriorate for many people across the UK, the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh on 20 May released a critical declaration setting out a range of measures it recommends to curb the crisis. The current situation is the […]
Introducing sustainability in dentistry
Guy Hiscott introduces the sustainability in dentistry campaign – exploring what we can all do to make dentistry a more sustainable profession. Dentistry is spending the coming months shining a spotlight on the issue of sustainability in dentistry. Coming on the back of Dentistry magazine’s change to A4 paper size, and the environmental benefits that […]
Click, bond, save: a win-win situation for restorations
Adhese Universal is a light-cured single-component adhesive for bonding direct and indirect restorations – one adhesive for complete flexibility. Sustainability is more than a buzzword Because your routine workload is already heavy enough, Ivoclar offers you solutions that are designed to help streamline your workflows and save time, materials and money. In this context, sustainability […]
The enduring legacy of MDP monomer
TOKYO, Japan: It is likely the best-known component of any dental product developed by Kuraray Noritake Dental: 10-methacryloyloxydecyl dihydrogen phosphate, or MDP monomer for short. Developed more than 40 years ago and first used in a product in 1983, MDP is still the leading functional monomer used to establish a long-term, durable and stable bond to […]
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