The experience of your patients is critical to improving your performance, but how do you get them to mark your scorecard?
This article explains the importance of the primary impression, while describing the important and necessary clinical stages involved in making an impression of the complete and partial dentition
This article looks at the different areas that can be audited in radiology, the cycle of events, and key points to remember when carrying out a clinical audit
This series has been exploring how dental nurses can develop their skills by writing for professional publication
To help ensure that safeguarding of children and adults is fully understood and carried through into daily practice this article focuses on a five-point plan to ensure your practice is well prepared...
This article will introduce a significant biological complication that has developed involving dental implants: peri-implantitis. It provides an overview, how it is caused, and what dental nurses can...
This series of articles explore the practical issues of writing for professional publication. This article encourages you to take the final practical step and asks you to put pen to paper
This three-part series examines pain in the orofacial region. The first article provides an overview of pain in the trigeminal sensory region
Even in a world of text messages and emails, the spoken word is an essential ingredient in communication and here, Stephen Hancocks explores the importance of having a ‘voice’ individually and just as...
I am a paediatric dentist who has been working for over 20 years with the families of children who are on the autistic spectrum. This article is based not only on my own experience but also the...
Attitudes to whistleblowing are changing in all businesses, including dentistry. Dental nurses need to know when to metaphorically put the whistle to their lips and blow, as Dave Hancock explains
In this article, Richard Harris describes what the Care Quality Commission regulations mean and what a practice might expect from an inspection under the new system
