Lisa Dunbar

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Bracing the nation

Priya Sharma talks selfies, celebrities, straight teeth and the boom in popularity of clear aligners – and what all this means for you

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Clinical diabetes

Sophie Gray considers the disease with relevance to the dental team

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The explosive rise of electronic cigarettes

Priya Sharma considers the idiom ‘where there’s smoke, there’s fire’ in relation to patients’ oral health

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Preparing to impress

Top tips in impression taking and upskilling

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How clean is clean?

A look and the reduction of protein adhesion to dental instruments using a pre-treatment foam with Dentisan’s Technical Director Peter Bacon, who evaluates the results of some in-house research

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Are you up to standard?

‘You must protect patients and colleagues from risks posed by your health, conduct or performance’ – Glenys Bridges suggests the pressure is on for dental nurses...

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End of an era...

Professor Robert Ireland delivers a final lecture and encourages dental nurses to ‘take up research and challenge the traditional’

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Is this the ‘black box’ of dental insurance?

A new app is being lauded as an innovative disruptor of the oral hygiene market

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There is never a 'wrong' answer

When it comes to safeguarding, nobody will condemn you for reporting a genuine concern

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Adolescents and teen spirit

Hygienist and former dental nurse Katy Amber considers the challenges in engaging with adolescents

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Time for change

Priya Sharma considers next year's enhanced continuing professional development

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Philanthropy and dentistry

A look at BrushUpUK’s mission to improve the oral health education provided to substance and alcohol misuse rehabilitation projects in South West England

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Hard to reach

How best to pitch your oral health education when it comes disadvantaged groups

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Forward thinking dental care and famous faces

The life of an award-winning dental nurse in the capital – Nina Tetra on her fun and fast-paced role

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A straight path to a sense of achievement

Orthodontic dental nurse Carly-Ann Duggan shares her journey