Feeling SAD? Tackling seasonal affective disorder in dentistry
Jenny Durkin explores the impact of seasonal affective disorder on dental professionals – what does the term mean, how can it affect a dental professionals’ life and work, and how can it be managed? What is seasonal affective disorder (SAD)? Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that can affect you at certain…
Building on a successful conversion from NHS to private dentistry with Ant Davies
Are you considering a move from NHS to private dentistry? In this episode of The Business of Dentistry Podcast, Ant Davies, principal dentist and owner, catches up with Hazel Dockery from Practice Plan three years after his bold decision to leave the NHS behind. Ant shares how he went from managing two NHS-heavy practices in…
New specialist progression route announced in Scotland
Specialty dentists in Scotland who are able to demonstrate they possess and have been applying the skills and experience for the specialist grade will now be able to progress to a specialist title. These skills and experience must meet the capability framework requirements for the specialist grade and there must be a service need for…
Navigating surging supply chain costs in dental practices
Ads Thanki explores the factors causing supply chain costs to soar in dentistry – plus how you can manage your cashflow as we move into 2026. Dental practices across the UK are currently facing significant financial pressures, with rising expenses across various areas threatening to impact their profitability. As the cost of doing business continues…
Dentists: will AI take your job and make you irrelevant?
Grant McAree encourages dentists to stop, take a breath, and consider the real implications of AI in modern dentistry. Back up a bit. Have you noticed there aren’t headlines about AI and regulations? That’s because the AI wild west is calming. Not because our governments are restricting it – it’s because they are failing. ‘By…
How Long Will It Take to Sell My Dental Practice? Part 2—with Matt Odgers
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Revolutionizing Dental Staffing with Virtual Medical Assistants: A Conversation with Beth LaChance
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Abolish tax on oral hygiene products, new campaign demands
Four in five UK parents believe oral hygiene products should be exempt from value added tax (VAT), according to a new campaign. Half of the parents (50%) also said that these oral hygiene essentials such as children’s toothbrushes and toothpastes had become unaffordable. A similar number (49%) reported that their children had required medical attention…
“The link between periodontitis and systemic disease plays a major role for men”
As evidence for the interplay between periodontal and systemic disease grows, severe periodontitis is increasingly being recognised as a risk factor for male-specific conditions such as erectile dysfunction, reduced sperm quality and prostate cancer. Prof. James Deschner, director of the Department of Periodontology and Operative Dentistry at the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg […]