Let’s get digital
The pandemic has forced us all much to embrace new technology. We hear from Safa al Naher how her family’s dental clinic has seen an uptake in the dental treatments that start this way
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Be the Best you can be
Be the Best you can be
Dental Nurse Leanna Best looks at how you can maximise your learning to benefit ...
An educational experience
An educational experience
The National Examining Board for Dental Nurses (NEBDN) announces the launch of ...
So, you want to go to
So, you want to go to university…
Dental nurse Jodie Bradley tells Julie Bissett about her ambition, the ...
‘Nice, happy and approachable’
‘Nice, happy and approachable’
Why oral health education for children ticks boxes for Anne Smith
Follow your dreams
Follow your dreams
Dental nurse Haydn Stockley talks about his illness and how he has overcome the ...
Upping your game
Upping your game
Rebecca Morris considers how to achieve your goals despite the pandemic’s ...
You've got this
You've got this
Newly qualified dental nurse and mum of one, Gemma Forsythe, works for ...
Staying connected
Staying connected
During this pandemic, it’s been especially challenging for the older and ...
Imagine that – revision in a flash!
Imagine that
Trainee dental nurse Francesca Walking on how her home-crafted learning tools are helping fellow students visualise a successful future
Visual learning and creative study
Visual learning
Rebecca Joseph reveals the secrets of her study success…
A dental nurse by any other name
A dental nurse
Strive to be the best assistant you can be… Helen Needham talks about titles and responsibilities
Thinking of studying dental hygiene?
Thinking of studying
We join Monika Krumova on her journey from dental nurse to becoming a dental hygienist
Pregnant during lockdown
Pregnant during lockdown
Hulya Colak works in an NHS practice in Thanet in Kent. Here, she talks to Eloise Meldrum about her ‘lockdown’ pregnancy and how it might affect her role as a dental nurse
Alcohol and dentistry
Alcohol and dentistry
Dental hygienist and therapist Sarah Thomson offers a sobering account of her journey – from suspension by the GDC due to her active alcoholism to helping others face their own addictions
‘We were planning a comeback from the moment lockdown happened’
We were planning a comeback...
Dental nurse Danielle Schroven talks about the expansion of duties in a COVID-19 world and how her practice prepared for a return to work
‘An opportunity that didn’t happen by Chance’
‘An opportunity ...
Corporal Sherwin Chance talks about his role as a soldier, dental nurse and a dental nurse instructor at the Defence Medical Academy
The reward of my maternity leave
The reward of my maternity
Dental nurse Leanne Birkett reveals how she blossomed as an oral health educator while off work to have her baby
Dental nurse power
Dental nurse power
Rebecca Power works as a dental nurse at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital in the maxillofacial and orthodontic department. Here, she reveals how her ‘inner geek’ is driving her passion
Postcards from the chairside
Postcards from the chairside
Natalie Bates worked in the travel industry for six years. Now, she is sharing her journey from trainee to qualified dental nurse on Instagram. Here, she reveals why she changed her career destination
