Stephen Hancocks charts the discovery of antibiotics and the positive effect they have had to date.
This series continues to explore the leadership skills of the dental nurse. In this issue, John Fowler asks: do you light up your team?
Using technology to provide a better customer experience is commonplace. But, now dentistry is harnessing it in a new and exciting way by taking a ‘mental X-ray’ of patients…
With more and more tasks and few practices paying overtime, how can dental nurses beat the clock and streamline their workload? Dave Hancock counts the ways
With more women in dentistry than ever before and dental nurses having a bigger role to play in its delivery, what does this mean for those of you heading back into the dental clinic after a gap?
Is your practice safe? Caring? Responsive? Nicki Rowland drills down into those all-essential CQC questions
We all lead busy lives so it is easy to overlook any warning signs of harassment within the four walls of our workplace and beyond – whether we are a bully, the victim or a bystander
We celebrate the winners of the schülke Infection Prevention Team of the Year 2016
John Fowler continues to explore the leadership skills of the dental nurse, with a look at stress
A look at the dental team's care of cancer patients – before, during and after treatment, with Jocelyn Harding
Caring for the elderly requires different skills to caring for other age groups. Charlotte Wake considers them all when meeting best practice as a dental nurse
Clare Roberts reviews the successes and challenges of delivering online training towards a registerable qualification for dental nurses
Defibrillators are now a requirement – but what do they do and how do they work? Jonathan Gilbert explains
How big a step is it to becoming a hands-on clinician? Dr Ian Toibin started his dental career as a dental nurse, moving into dental therapy before qualifying as a dentist. Here, he extols the virtues...
In an ever-evolving dental world, we hear from Nick Barker on how dental nurse practitioners – at present, an aspirational title – are providing preventative clinical care within dentistry
