All Careers and education

A little bedtime reading?

Registration recognises your professional role, but what is expected of you? Priya Sharma outlines the regulator’s requirements

What are the options for those who wish to follow their dreams, but haven’t the required A-level subjects or grades to apply for BDS and BSc Dental Therapy programmes? Joanne Bowles talks to Fiona Ellwood

Giving patients back

Nimota Olabisi Owolabi talks about the orthodontic therapist apprenticeship – a dental nurse career pathway

‘Humbled’

Dental nurse Mary Chati shares her enriching experience as dental nurse in Zimbabwe after working in the UK for 10 years

Defence Dental Care

The sharing of ideas and celebration of successes are vital to developing close team relationships. Sarah Armstrong talks about a conference designed to strengthen the bond between military and civilian dental care professionals.

More than just an exam

Dental nurse tutor Heidi Grimwood reveals why her passion for teaching student dental nurses goes beyond gaining a qualification

Why we all need more

John Fowler discusses the importance of trust, honesty and objective appraisal within a successful mentoring relationship

Life on the other side

Fiona Ellwood investigates dental nursing career opportunities, with a look at how passion and hard work paid off for one of the students at Warwick University, orthodontic therapist Lilly-Rose Cairns

Back to the classroom?

Dawn Walsh discusses why dental nurses should consider the ‘teaching’ role of oral health educator

Oral health champions

A look at how Ailsa Gordon and Miranda Moodie are helping to change the oral health status of some of Scotland’s young and old

Proactive, proud...

Dental nurse Sophie Jackson shares her career journey and her enthusiasm for all things dental

Do you have...

Can a dental nurse also be a great manager? John Fowler suggest that the attributes required by both can work well together

NHS training

We join Kerry Tilbury to take a look inside a new £100 million project where a dedicated DCP training facility is raising the bar in dental nurse training