Smile Escapes

Dental Industry Awards 2025 – the winners

It is our pleasure to present the 2025 Dental Industry Award winners and highly commended – massive congratulations to all who made it. The Dental Industry Awards this year took place at Wembley Stadium in London yesterday (11 December), recognising the very best in the UK dental industry. The ceremony provides an opportunity for companies, teams… 

GDC publishes updated guidance to ‘reduce fear and stress’ in dentistry

The General Dental Council (GDC) has this week published its updated decision-making guidance in a bid to reduce fear among registrants. The regulator said it comes as part of its ongoing work to improve fitness to practise processes and increase transparency. Coming into effect from 6 January 2026, it follows a 12-week consultation held by the… 

Growth, efficiency, outcomes: what does the future of connected dentistry look like?

Xavi Carro Fernandez speaks to Guy Hiscott about Dentsply Sirona’s commitment to driving the future of connected dentistry forward. This year has seen Dentsply Sirona adopting a tagline that talks about experiencing the future of connected dentistry – what does that future look like?  We see ourselves as the leader in this field, so it means a lot to us. The direction of… 

KIZUNA Dental Symposium to investigate chairside–labside symbiosis

Kraków, Poland: Seamless and streamlined cooperation between dentists and dental technicians is a recipe for success. In Japanese, “kizuna” describes a bond or connection between people, and the 2026 KIZUNA Dental Symposium will build on this notion by creating space for dialogue and inspiration to explore a philosophy of collaboration. The event is being organised […]

New scientific report on IPS e.max corroborates survival rates above 95%

SCHAAN, Liechtenstein: The Ivoclar Group, a leading manufacturer of integrated solutions for high-quality dental care, has published the fourth volume of the IPS e.max Scientific Report. Offering a concise overview of the clinical performance of the ceramic material family, the report summarises more than 20 international studies and confirms documented survival rates of over 95%. […]

Full-mouth reconstruction in modern practice: timeless principles from one of the UK’s top clinicians

Tipton Training explains how classic restorative fundamentals make complex cases more predictable and why thousands of dentists have chosen to learn this principle-led approach directly from Professor Paul Tipton through its one-year certificate in restorative dentistry. Full-mouth reconstruction is one of the most professionally rewarding areas of restorative dentistry – but it is also one… 

Exocad launches DentalCAD 3.3 Chemnitz

DARMSTADT, Germany: Exocad, an Align Technology company and a leading provider of dental CAD/CAM software, has recently released DentalCAD 3.3 Chemnitz. This latest version delivers a substantially upgraded Implant Module and a new split denture design workflow and provides access to a new multi-unit design powered by artificial intelligence (AI).  

VOCO and Dyamach start new cooperation

Starting a new cooperation with Dyamach, an Italian specialist in high-performance milling machines, VOCO has gained a strong trusted partner. The new collaboration enables precise and efficient fabrication of restorations from the nano-ceramic hybrid material Grandio disc, optimised by validated milling and grinding strategies on Dyamach’s five-axis milling machines. A special strategy has also been…