Throughout November, the British Dental Health Foundation runs Mouth Cancer Action Month, a campaign that aims to reduce incidences and deaths caused by mouth cancer, by raising awareness of the...
A range of leadership and management skills are needed to fulfil the decontamination lead role effectively. The decontamination lead should work as part of the management team alongside the Registered...
Dental practices are areas of high risk of cross infection if standards for infection prevention and control are not met. This article discusses the accountability of dental care professionals and...
Leavy P, Templeton A, Young L, McDonnell C (2014) Reporting of occupational exposures to blood and body fluids in the primary dental care setting in Scotland: an evaluation of current practice and...
One year ago, the Tooth Whitening Information Group was formed to address the urgent need to look into the practice of illegal tooth whitening. Karen Coates discusses the latest aims of the group and...
Practices need to prevent and treat microbiological contamination of water in dental unit water line systems to minimise the risk of infection
Since the original article was written in 2012, there have been changes in relevant guidance, and new standards are being introduced. In this article, the law, regulations and guidance covering...
The third article in this series from the NEBDN discusses what discrepancies exist between research and practice in relation to delivering education and training
There are more and more people having implants placed and the need to maintain these implants is the most important aspect of dental treatment. We need to educate our patients on how to look after...
This article will explore the likely oral health requirements of the nation in the future, and the possible role that dental nurses may take with regard to delivery of such care
This is the second of two articles featuring a number of dilemmas that may be faced by dental nurses concerning their role when treating patients and with regard to individual professional...
To maintain a healthy body, adequate nutrition is required. A poor diet is a risk factor for chronic diseases and conditions. Dental nurses should know about nutrition and oral health, so that they...
With the ever-increasing pressure from the media and peers to look good and feel good, the rate of cosmetic dentistry in the UK is greatly increasing
Xylitol can be used to prevent many oral and respiratory diseases. It is now incorporated into a wide range of products, giving the professional and patient many different options
Figure 1.It can be more difficult for dental care professionals to identify the presence of hyposalivation than identifying xerostemia.
