Dentsply Sirona has unveiled DS Core – an open cloud-based platform that integrates the whole workflow of digital dentistry across… Read more
‘Treat your gums’ is the slogan for Gum Health Day 2022, a worldwide awareness campaign organised by the European Federation… Read more
Immersify Dental, the interactive learning resource for dental students created by Immersify Education, aims to become the go to platform for educational… Read more
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The European Aligner Society has announced the programme for its Summer Meeting which is being held in Porto, Portugal, and… Read more
The British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry (BASCD) invites entries to the Keith Woods Essay Competition. This competition… Read more
A leading dental professor is encouraging decision makers to consider employing more dental therapists in a bid to help tackle… Read more
Having recently invested in £250,000-worth of 3D intra-oral digital scanning technology to revolutionise a range for dental treatments for patients, First Alba Healthcare has… Read more
This week has seen publication of the latest results from the NASDAL (National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants and Lawyers)… Read more
Sam Waley-Cohen, the founder of Portman Dental Care, won the Grand National at the weekend. A keen amateur jump jockey,… Read more
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of Edinburgh dental practice, McCutcheon & Ballantyne. McCutcheon & Ballantyne is… Read more
The RCSEd competition finalists
A dental student from the University of Birmingham has come out on top in a prestigious national competition featuring entrants… Read more
One in seven children are affected by Molar Incisor Hypomineralisation (MIH) of one or more teeth. Yet, the precise aetiology… Read more
The College of General Dentistry has recognised the late John Craig FFGDP(UK) with the posthumous award of a President’s Commendation.… Read more
Collette Scobie, David and Gillian Logan, Sharon Robb
An Ayrshire dental practice which has been in the same family for 50 years has joined a rapidly expanding Scottish… Read more
The College of General Dentistry has launched a new route to fellowship, based on experience, and has issued an open… Read more
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of 1Smile Dental Clinic. 1Smile Dental Clinic is a mixed-income dental practice… Read more
The Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP) at NHS Education Scotland (NES) has published the second edition of its highly… Read more
Charlie McGill
Scotland’s largest dental group has launched a dental nurse trainee programme in a bid to tackle major staff shortages in… Read more
The British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry (BASCD) has organised a summer scientific meeting in Glasgow on 9–10… Read more
Dentists and other producers of healthcare waste are being encouraged to respond to a consultation on the storage and treatment… Read more
L-R Dentist James Dunaway, dentist, Courtney Forrester, practice manager, Louise Thomson, nurse, with Gabriel Matthias Schoenhofen, patient
Dentists working with Scotland’s largest dental group have pledged their time in the urgent fight to stem a growing oral… Read more
Following recent discussion among the Scottish Dental Practice Committee (SDPC) about the latest proposals for an interim funding model for… Read more
Revised payment arrangements for NHS dentists will be linked more closely to the number of patients they see under changes… Read more
Katrina Trocka and Fotis Pappas, of KF Dental in Edinburgh
A Leith-based dental practice is under new ownership following its acquisition by Scotland’s largest dental group. KF Dental, on East… Read more
Health Minister Maree Todd, pictured on a visit to a nursery school in 2017, said that children 'are a key focus as we recover NHS dental care'
The Scottish Government today defeated an opposition motion that was calling for the prevention of the “collapse of NHS dentistry… Read more
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) today announced that a new company, resulting from the proposed demerger of its consumer healthcare business later this… Read more
The General Dental Council (GDC) has today announced the full re-starting of Parts 1 and 2 of the Overseas Registration… Read more
Today’s dental professionals are required to work at a fast pace and this is reflected in popular trends with monolithic… Read more
People in Ireland, Lithuania and Azerbaijan take better care of their teeth than those in the UK, according to a… Read more
The Scottish Dental Association’s (SDA) inaugural conference is set for Saturday 5 March, at the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.… Read more
An animation promoting good oral health and healthy eating for young children was unveiled by the Lanarkshire Chinese Association (LCA)… Read more
Business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of Moray Orthodontics in Elgin. Established in 2014, Moray Orthodontics is a two-surgery, mixed-income… Read more
Philip and Christopher Friel
The Scottish Dental Care Group – a national dental provider, offering the full range of NHS and private treatments –… Read more
Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has announced the sale of Meadowbank Dental Practice in Edinburgh. With an even mix of NHS and… Read more
Geraldeen Irving
NHS Lanarkshire has welcomed its new clinical director of public dental service, Geraldeen Irving. Geraldeen, who lives in Kilsyth, started… Read more
Jim Hall, CEO, Clyde Munro, and Stephen White, Head of Origination, Growth Capital at Investec
Clyde Munro Dental Group has been given a further £25m in funding for acquisitions. Already Scotland’s biggest independent dental group,… Read more
The British Orthodontic Society (BOS) has released its guidance on teledentistry and remote interactions in orthodontic care. Further to statements… Read more
Dental scrap metal is possibly not currently top of your practice agenda. What does the money that you occasionally receive… Read more
Ian Mills has become the first recipient of the prestigious College Medal, the highest honour bestowed by the College of General Dentistry… Read more
The British Dental Association Scotland has called on the Scottish Government to “strongly support” NHS dentistry in addressing the significant… Read more
Merz Aesthetics UK & Ireland has added two new learning platforms to enhance and support Healthcare Professionals with their medical… Read more
The British Dental Association Scotland has said the higher fees for examination announced last month1 will do little to address… Read more
The number of dentists on the UK Register, following the recent annual renewal period, has remained stable and in line… Read more
The testing of new ways of providing NHS dental care – with an increased emphasis on preventing dental disease –… Read more
It’s tempting to think that dentists rarely get good press coverage – that the profession is seen by journalists as… Read more
Art in Clinical Training (A.C.T.) is an initiative developed at Dundee Dental School during lockdown, giving dental students a community… Read more
Given the number of COVID-19 outbreaks, particularly those caused by Omicron, Public Health Scotland (PHS) is urging people to ‘defer’… Read more
Members of the Henry Schein Dental Rewards loyalty programme will want to know that this January is Redemption Month. Every… Read more
The Scottish Government has collated a list of resources to help support staff wellbeing. It unveiled the Workforce Specialist Service, which… Read more
A new academic course, MSC Anthroengineering, which for the first time brings together Engineering (the science of technology) and Anthropology (the science… Read more
New standard operating procedures for dentists published today will not restore access to pre-COVID levels, the British Dental Association has warned. With… Read more
Humza Yousaf at a Scottish Government press conference, 21 May 2021.
Six cases of the COVID-19 omicron variant have been identified in Scotland, the Scottish Government announced this morning. Four cases… Read more
The results of research undertaken in 2020, designed to better understand professionals’, students’ and other stakeholders’ perceptions of the General Dental… Read more
The NHS oral health improvement team in Shetland embarked on a walk around Lerwick yesterday to raise awareness of mouth… Read more
The launch of the 2022 NASDAL Dental Check by One Practice of the Year award has been announced by the… Read more