When Patients Cross the Line | Part 1 (E.313)
Brief Overview of the Episode In part one of this two part series, Regan Robertson puts Dr. Chad Johnson and Dr. Maggie Augustyn in the interview seat to explore how contrast becomes a teacher in dentistry. Through real patient encounters, one centered on pricing pressure and another on a deeply…
International Society for Minimum Intervention Dentistry hosts consensus workshop in Germany
MUNICH, Germany: On 1 and 2 December, the International Society for Minimum Intervention Dentistry held a consensus workshop in Munich in Germany. Hosted at Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich in Germany, the two-day event brought together key opinion leaders from across Europe and the US to advance the implementation of minimum intervention oral care (MIOC) and minimally […]
ADDE board prioritises digitalisation and closer collaboration with FIDE
PARIS, France: During the Congrès de l’ADF, the annual meeting of the Association Dentaire Française, which took place in November, the Association of Dental Dealers in Europe (ADDE) held its annual board meeting, using the occasion to define strategic priorities for the coming business year. The discussions led to key internal decisions and reinforced collaboration […]
Value-based pricing: where does your practice position itself?
How do you determine what to charge for your treatments? Dr Manrina Rhode challenges conventional fee-setting approaches in favour of value-based pricing. Simply matching local competitors or replicating previous practice pricing fundamentally misses the point of strategic positioning and value-based service delivery. The airline analogy Consider a London to Dubai flight. Budget airlines offer tickets for £400…
Adapt or die: rebuilding the dental back office for better growth
Jin Vaghela and Kish Patel discuss practice growth – and why it now depends more on foundations and workflows than spreadsheets. At this year’s North of England Dentistry Show, Dr Jin Vaghela and Dr Kish Patel will explore how technology, AI and smarter systems are transforming the ‘back office’ of modern dentistry. In this conversation, they talk…
A grand celebration of excellence in dental education: Smile Dental Academy Graduation 2025
On Saturday 29 November 2025, the Royal College of Surgeons of England once again provided a prestigious and historic setting for the Smile Dental Academy Graduation Ceremony. With over 120 graduates celebrated on the day, the event marked another major milestone in postgraduate dental education, bringing together clinicians, educators, regulators, and leaders from across the…
Exclusive: reforms to dental contract are a ‘positive step’, says CDO
Chief dental officer (CDO) for England Jason Wong introduces the newly-announced changes to the NHS dental contract and the motivations behind them. NHS dentistry plays a vital role in supporting the health of communities across England, and I want to thank you and your teams for the work you do every day. The reforms announced…
Will changes to the NHS dental contract succeed? The profession responds
The government has announced significant reforms of the NHS dental contract – experts from the dental profession, dental industry and wider healthcare sphere share their thoughts. Announced on 16 December, the government dubbed the reform ‘the most significant modernisation of the NHS dental contract in years’. The changes which will come into force from April…
Insurance data indicates rise in specialist endodontic care in US
CHICAGO, US: New data from the American Association of Endodontists indicates that more patients in the US are being referred to endodontists for complex endodontic procedures. Based on an analysis of nationwide dental insurance claims from 2020 to 2024, endodontists have increased both their share of endodontic treatment and the proportion of patients they treat […]
“A healthy research environment should maintain strong centres of excellence”
A new study by Dr Abanoub Riad, associate professor in the Department of Public Health at Masaryk University in Brno in the Czech Republic, has cast light upon the multiple structural inequalities that pertain within the field of dental research. In this interview with Dental Tribune International, Dr Riad not only shares his thoughts about these often-entrenched […]