This series of articles is designed to help you explore teaching and learning. It examines your own personal learning and explores how you as a dental nurse may be called upon to teach others. The...
The GDC has confirmed that ‘oral cancer: improving early detection’ is to be included as a ‘recommended’ topic in its CPD scheme. Claire Herbert, Head of Revalidation at the GDC, discusses the...
This article is the third in a series of case studies illustrating the roles and responsibilities of the registered dental nurse. They will also describe the guidance that is available, and the steps...
A demonstration on a phantom head showing how the dentist can stretch the hole in the rubber dam over the tooth while the dental nurse secures it with the clamp held in the rubber dam forceps..
A risk assessment is an important step in protecting dental care professionals and patients, as well as complying with the law. As the Health Safety Executive explains, a risk assessment helps you...
Carole Boyle and Sam Koburunga outline common mental health problems, how these conditions affect managing adult patients in the dental surgery and how dental nurses can assist these patients to...
Dental nurses have responsibilities around safeguarding children and vulnerable adults. Jill Powell outlines the law, regulations and guidance covering safeguarding, and what dental nurses need to...
Hand hygiene is important for the protection of patients and dental nurses. However, during hand washing, hand soaps not only remove soils, but also the natural oils that protect the skin. As such,...
Our bodies' immune system protects us from disease and infection. However, when one has an autoimmune disease, the immune system attacks itself in error, and the body turns on itself. This article...
This article, written by Penny Bowen from DBS, seeks to provide a wealth of information about the ways you and your family can save money and tax, which is sure to prove useful in these straightened...
This series of articles is designed to help you explore teaching and learning. It examines your own personal learning and explores how you as a dental nurse may be called upon to teach others. The...
The incidence of implant-related inferior alveolar nerve injuries is steadily increasing within the UK population.
A combination of patients keeping their teeth longer due to more preventative approaches and advances in materials and techniques has led to an increase in incidence of tooth wear. This article...
Behavioural approaches to the delivery of oral healthcare have the potential to improve oral health and reduce social inequality. This article describes the application of health behaviour change...
Dentistry is undergoing a revolution. The ability to see a patient's teeth and jaws in all three dimensions is now talked about in every sphere of dentistry. What is this technology? What can it do?
