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The General Dental Council (GDC) received 1,766 new fitness to practise concerns in 2025, a 26% increase on the previous year. The rise was particularly marked among dental care professionals, with concerns relating to dentists increasing by 21% and concerns relating to dental care professionals rising by 45%. However, the number of dental professionals erased…
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The General Dental Council (GDC) expects to save £3.2 million over five years by leaving its long-standing Wimpole Street headquarters. The regulator will relocate its London office to Eastbourne Terrace in Paddington, leaving the Wimpole Street address it has occupied since 1956. Contracts have been exchanged and the GDC expects to begin the transition this…
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As MPs begin hearing evidence on England’s student loan system, new data on public attitudes to higher education raises a specific question for dentistry: is NHS dentistry making full use of the clinicians it trains? The latest British Social Attitudes (BSA) data from the National Centre for Social Research found that 77% of people in…
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Is chairside digital dentistry quicker, more conservative and worth the investment? Those were the questions behind Dr Simon Fieldhouse’s Dentistry Live Q&A on dental inlays and onlays. Following a live demonstration of an inlay/onlay with cuspal replacement, Fieldhouse answered practical questions on milling versus printing, material choice, preparation design, cementation and return on investment. Milling…
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Chronic oral inflammation impaired ovarian function and reduced fertility in a mouse model, according to a study published in the Journal of Dental Research. The study, led by Prof Michael Klutstein and Prof Asaf Wilensky at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Hadassah Medical Center, examined implant-associated oral inflammation in mice and tracked how immune signals…
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Researchers have identified a specific immune mechanism that could help explain why peri-implantitis treatment with antibiotics often fails, pointing to a potential drug target for a condition affecting up to one in five implant patients. The study, published in PNAS Nexus by researchers at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine in the United States, found that bacteria corrode…
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A regulatory body sitting on a bottleneck. A workforce that trains, qualifies, then finds the door to progression closed. A pipeline drying up while institutions and regulators trade accusations. No, not the UK. This is South Africa, where Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Durban University of Technology and Tshwane University of Technology have taken the…
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A Derbyshire dentist is taking direct action on children’s oral health and NHS dental access, handing out toothbrushes in local schools after discovering that a quarter of children in his area had never registered with a dental practice. Kirk Hallam-based Kev Chavda has handed out more than 6,000 toothbrushes across 35 primary schools and nurseries…
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Antibodies passed from mother to child before birth and through breastfeeding may programme the immune system towards lifelong gum disease prevention, according to new research published in Nature Communications. The study, led by Professor Avi-Hai Hovav and DMD/PhD student Reem Naamneh at the Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, found that maternal immunoglobulin…
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Get your tickets for Dentally Live from Henry Schein One – an all-new customer experience event designed for practices that want to stay ahead of the curve. What is Dentally Live? A one-day innovation summit exploring what’s new in Dentally, what’s next for dentistry, and how forward-thinking practices can move confidently into the future. Explore the wider Dentally ecosystem and the innovative…
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Internationally qualified dentists face a 65% increase in the cost of sitting Part 2 of the Overseas Registration Examination (ORE), the General Dental Council (GDC) has confirmed. The regulator also announced exam dates and capacity for the first year of its new contract with UCL Consultants Ltd (UCLC). The Part 2 ORE fee rises from…
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Researchers at King’s College London’s Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences have developed a keratin-based membrane derived from wool that could offer a more structurally effective alternative to collagen in guided bone regeneration (GBR). Collagen membranes are currently the gold standard barrier in GBR and guided tissue regeneration (GTR) procedures, preventing soft tissue ingrowth…
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Dental practice profits rebounded across private and mixed practices in 2025, with NHS profits also rising, according to the latest benchmarking report from the National Association of Specialist Dental Accountants and Lawyers (NASDAL). The annual report, compiled by Humphrey and Co from data pooled by NASDAL accountant members, draws on figures from 650 principals and…
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A recent Dentistry Live session with Dr Robbie Hughes and Dr Jameel Gardee walked through a fully guided, same-day veneer workflow using FirstFit veneers, completing a full-arch case from preparation to cementation in a single visit, without temporaries. The session set out to show how a digitally planned protocol can reduce clinical time while maintaining…
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A woman whose mutilated body was discovered in northeastern France in 2005 has been identified after more than two decades, with a distinctive Richmond dental crown playing a key role in keeping her case alive. Hakima Boukerouis had been known to investigators for years as ‘the woman with the Richmond dental crown’. The crown is…
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