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Scotland’s CDO says dentistry ‘will continue under the new restrictions’
Scotland’s Chief Dental Officer, Tom Ferris, has confirmed dentistry will continue under new restrictions announced by the Government on Monday.… Read more
Slower drill rotation could reduce COVID spread during dental procedures
Researchers at Imperial College London and King’s College London have measured and analysed aerosol generation during dental procedures leading to… Read more
Government ‘holds the key’ to restoring services for millions of patients
A package of capital funding offers “the only hope” of restoring routine services to millions of patients, the British Dental… Read more
From the Magazine
Obituary: Laetitia Brocklebank
Laetitia Brocklebank, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Glasgow Dental School By now, most of us will have heard of… Read more
Surviving COVID
At the beginning of 2020, Professor Grant McIntyre was deep in meetings about the rolling refurbishment of Dundee Dental Hospital.… Read more
Getting personal with the dental check-up: are risk-based recalls risky?
How often to recall our patients is perhaps the most common decision dentists make. Traditionally most adult patients are used… Read more
From the Archive
BDA calls for blanket HPV vaccinations
Association urges Government committee to further extend vaccine programme Read more
Everyone’s a Winner
A project that brings together two universities, ten health boards and a major NHS funding body could be a headache in the making. But, as Bruce Oxley discovers, positive collaboration is a powerful thing Read more