Working together – for you and your patients
This month’s practice spotlight looks at the services and support the Scottish Centre for Excellence in Dentistry can offer patients and referring practitioners Read more
A speedy start for the Scottish dental market in 2021
2020 Overview 2020 turned out to be a disruptive year for most commercial industries due to the outbreak of COVID-19.… Read more
Coping with fraud
A large percentage of Scotland’s small and medium-sized enterprises do not know who the relevant authorities are to help them… Read more
Are you prepared for the NHS funding changes?
The Scottish Government has recently developed an Oral Health Improvement Plan to assess patients based on risk, and address the… Read more
Budget reaction
George Osborne, delivered his second Budget of 2015 today. Following the promises made in the election campaign the main focus… Read more
Preparing for retirement seminar
PFM Dental director Martyn Bradshaw
Following the very positive responses to its range of talks at the Scottish Dental Show, financial advisors PFM Dental is… Read more
Plain packaging plans
BDA welcomes news on standardised packaging Read more
Dentists’ leader voted back in
Armstrong re-elected unopposed to chair of the PEC Read more
Labial access to lower incisors
Dr Marcin Paradowski presents a review of the literature and examples of clinical practice with regards to labial access during endodontic procedures Read more
BDA keen to ‘forge a different future’
Judicial review provides opportunity to improve healthcare regulation across the board Read more
Business
There may be trouble ahead…
Introducing his series on 10 things to avoid to stay out of trouble, Hew Mathewson, Former President of the GDC, gets to grips with fraud and the thorny subject of fees Read more
Fighting the good fight
After spending thousands of hours treating victims of facial trauma, three surgeons from Glasgow decided enough was enough. Bruce Oxley reports Read more
Aberdeen’s Northern Lights
Graeme Smith talks to the director of Scotland’s newest dental school Read more
Counting the cost
New regulations create a dilemma of which legal entity to choose for the most benefit, says Stephen Neville Read more
Root resorption
Raymond Murphy and Kevin Bruce's joint approach to implant dentistry Read more
Eliminating risk factors
Managing aggressive periodontitis can be difficult and in some cases impossible but, like the chronic form of the disease, tackling the causes and arresting progression is the best approach, writes Alan Maxwell Read more
Minimise risks
Management of patients receiving bisphosphonates by Stephen Jacobs Read more
No hard feelings
In the second part of his article on anaesthetic injections, Bruce Hogan looks at risk factors and potential complications Read more
A question of politics
Anas Sarwar talks about his transition from the treatment room as an NHS dentist to walking the corridors of power in Westminster as the MP for Central Glasgow – a role for which he has big ambitions Read more
The waiting room
Ian Wilson's remarkable training clinic and charity in Africa is bringing much-needed dental care to some of the continent's poorest people, writes Richard Goslan Read more
Tick talk
As the deadline for paying GDC fees for DCPs approaches, Hew Mathewson, former President of the GDC, looks at how the registration scheme is performing Read more
Professional opinions
Hugh Harvie and Kevin Lewis from Dental Protection, the UK's leading provider of indemnity for the dental team, hosted the latest Scottish Dental round table evening Read more
A look at the big picture
team approach to treating oral cancer has huge benefits for patients, reports Tim Power Read more
Head of the class
Bruce Oxley finds the dental School at Coatbridge College that is set to become the envy of other educational centres across the UK, thanks to the drive of its head, Jennifer Lowe Read more
If you’re not on the list
Implantology and all the latest issuessurrounding one of the fastest-growing areas of dentistry were brought to the table last month at Scottish Dental magazine’s first-ever round table evening Read more
Answer the question
Scotland’s Chief Dental Officer Margie Taylor is under pressure from the profession on a number of critical issues. Here, she faces the questions you wanted asked Read more
The ‘tooth doc’ from Barlinnie
Kieran Fallon talks about his experiences treating patients at the notorious HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow’s East End Read more
Treatment planning
Predictability and complication management – a 10-year case study Read more
Orthodontics against the odds
Raja Mahesh tells the story of Kayleigh Wilson, a young girl who suffered years of bullying due to her appearance, and the remarkable effect his award-winning orthodontic treatment has had on her life Read more
Continuing problems?
Will Continuous Registration mean huge lists or lead to a more stable patient relationship? Scottish Dental investigates Read more