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Tooth regrowth drug developer appoints new chief executive
This week’s look across the dental sector includes leadership changes at Toregem BioPharma and Bupa Dental Care, new guidance on…
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UK dental market rebounds as NHS practices sought by DSOs
The UK dental market is showing renewed signs of strength, according to new data, with NHS practice acquisitions back in…
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Dental therapists (not) prescribing: competence vs hierarchy
Alicja Zajac examines whether regulations surrounding dental therapist prescribing rights are proportionate, evidence-based and consistent with the principles of equality.…
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NHS dental activity is on the rise, but has access kept pace?
The government has released new figures showing that NHS dental activity has increased by 6% since last year, but the…
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Dentists are not disappearing. NHS dentistry is.
Dentists are abandoning the NHS, or so the headlines say. Rachel Gilmour MP believes ministers, not the profession, should answer…
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Increasing the number of overseas dentists – overcoming the practicalities
Practice Plan director, Nigel Jones, offers his take on potential solutions to the workforce problem. Patient access has been an issue…
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LDS pass rate under scrutiny as RCS England defends redesign
The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) defended its redesigned Licence in Dental Surgery (LDS) assessment after candidates…
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A-level results day: dental school acceptances hit all-time high
Around 12,550 candidates have been accepted onto dentistry and medicine courses this A-level results day (13 August), a 28% increase…
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Studying dentistry abroad: what one UK student’s route says about dental school capacity
When Eshaa Hafeez narrowly missed her dentistry offer, she began looking at other routes into the profession, eventually choosing to study dentistry…
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Are new dental school places a realistic answer to the workforce crisis?
Nigel Jones offers his views on the recent announcement of 50 new dental school places to be divided between the…
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How Budding Black Dentists is widening access to specialist careers
Around 100 aspiring dentists, dental students, early-career clinicians, specialists and educators gathered at the Royal College of Surgeons in July…
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Dentists’ taxable income rises across UK, with Scotland nearing £100,000
Self-employed dentists with some NHS or health service work saw taxable income rise significantly across all four UK nations in…
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Medicine and dentistry applications hit highest level since 2019
Applications to medicine and dentistry have reached their highest level since 2019 after rising by almost 12% in a year,…
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Cuts to clinical academia pose ‘existential threat’ to dental training
Government cuts to clinical academia funding could leave dental schools without the senior staff needed to train the next generation…
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University of Sunderland to launch new dental academy
The University of Sunderland will open a new dental academy that will offer courses in dental hygiene, dental therapy and…
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Experts slam cuts to ‘vital’ dental public health roles
Experts have warned that cuts to dental public health roles could weaken prevention work in some of England’s most deprived…
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Dentist and rugby player Liz Crake aids England’s Six Nations triumph
Dentist and professional rugby player Liz Crake helped England to another Grand Slam title with victory over France on Sunday.…
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The register doesn’t lie – where have the dental technicians gone?
The GDC has finally said what many of us have known for years about the shortage of dental technicians. But…
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The dental workforce is increasingly female: where are the leaders?
Raabiha Maan discusses changing demographics in dentistry: with so many women in the workforce, how can we ensure leadership evolves…
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