Scottish Dental

Articles from December 2025

• Beyond surgery: restoring implants with confidence

  Embracing a prosthetically-driven approach and working with trusted solutions can deliver exceptional implant-retained smiles for your patients, writes Nicolas Coomber…

• Tipton Training transformed my early dental career

  When I graduated from the University of Glasgow Dental School in 2023, I was excited to begin practising dentistry. I…

• The designer of our generation is coming to dentistry

  Have you heard? Dental Directory is hosting none other than Kelly Hoppen CBE as headline speaker at BDIA Dental Showcase…

• Registration for Scottish Dental Show 2026 now open

  Register and get your free ticket.

• App developed to manage TMD disorders

  Provides research-based self-management guidance to help users understand jaw and facial discomfort.

• Scotland’s new CDO to visit health boards

  Gillian Leslie will meet Directors of Dentistry, Dental Practice Advisors and board representatives to discuss local issues, innovations and successes.

• Agilio aquires Patient Plan Direct

  Creates a platform connecting membership plans, compliance, practice operations and practice growth solutions.

• First all-female Scots rowing team embarks on trip across the Atlantic 

  The team's journey has been supported by Clyde Munro Dental Group.

• Applications sought for orthodontic examination board chair

  An opportunity to develop curriculum and assessment of Advanced Fellowship in Orthodontics.

• Airdrie NHS practice sold

  Business property adviser Christie & Co has announced the sale of Marcuccilli Dental Care in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire. Marcuccilli Dental Care is a…

• Modelling the potential impact of water fluoridation on dental caries in Scotland

  Reintroduction could offer important public health benefits, according to study.

• New laws bring the world of work into the 21st century

  More than 15 million people across the UK are expected to benefit.

• Transforming lives

  Dental nursing provides a dynamic and rewarding career for anyone with a passion for helping people. Practices across the UK…

• Pulpotomy and Hall Crown Course

  Hosted by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow on 9 March.

• Perio federation welcomes WHO declaration

  For the first time, oral health is embedded within a global political declaration on NCDs and mental health.

• Performance Finance wins at 2025 Dental Industry Awards

  Performance Finance has been named Funder of the Year at the 2025 Dental Industry Awards. The awards recognise excellence, innovation…

• Faculty of Dental Surgery RCPSG welcomes new Dean

  Vicki Greig was joined by Craig Mather and Albert Yeung who were elected Vice Deans.

• Periodontitis prevention could decrease heart problems

  American Heart Association statement features new data supporting association between periodontal disease and ASCVD.

• Empowering the dental nurses of the future

  To maximise on the many career opportunities available, it is crucial that dental nurses have access to the training, support,…

• BDA aiming to empower members

  In Scotland, it will publish its manifesto ahead of the Scottish Parliamentary elections.

• Higher maternal vitamin D linked to lower childhood tooth decay

  Mid-to-late pregnancy stands out as a window where higher of levels of supplement have strongest correlation.

• Raj Rattan appointed Global Adviser to MPS

  He will will act as a senior global ambassador, drawing on his extensive clinical background and ongoing clinical work.

• Kirkliston Dental Surgery sold

  It has been purchased by Vineeth Balachandran.

• GDC publishes updated decision-making guidance for practice committees

  Part of its effort to improve fitness to practise processes and increase transparency.

• The future of early childhood tooth decay detection?

  Could 3D AI technology pave the way for significantly faster and more accessible care.

• Uist dental service in crisis

  Two long-serving dentists have quit within weeks of each other.

• Supporting micro-group growth

  ADG in partnership with Agilio launches business mentoring.

• New owner for Glasgow health centre practice

  Pollok Health Centre Dental Practice bought by Ahmed Shaikh, an independent multi-site operator.

• A new voice for the profession

  BSDHT to launch Dental Health Matters podcast.

• Cautious optimism

  The next three years will determine whether the GDC can transition to being trusted, effective … and respected.