All Careers and education

Gossip girls (and boys)

Chitchat and tittle tattle may serve to help keep patients safe and organisations healthy, research finds. So, how can we turn ‘toxic’ chat into something positive?

Operation: oral health enhancement

Glenys Bridges considers how best to develop extended dental nursing skills to the benefit of our patients

From bottom to top – and everything in between

He has worked in almost every role within the dental business, including as a dental nurse. Here, Hassan Mushaid explains why he will never stop learning

Are you a visionary?

This series continues to explore the leadership skills of the dental nurse. In this issue, John Fowler asks: do you light up your team?

How to… be more efficient

With more and more tasks and few practices paying overtime, how can dental nurses beat the clock and streamline their workload? Dave Hancock counts the ways

Delivering online training

Clare Roberts reviews the successes and challenges of delivering online training towards a registerable qualification for dental nurses

How big a step is it to becoming a hands-on clinician? Dr Ian Toibin started his dental career as a dental nurse, moving into dental therapy before qualifying as a dentist. Here, he extols the virtues of dental therapy in practice

‘Dental nurse practitioners’ – what are they?

In an ever-evolving dental world, we hear from Nick Barker on how dental nurse practitioners – at present, an aspirational title – are providing preventative clinical care within dentistry

Your role in implant care

We take a look an implant education specifically for dental nurses at the ADI Team Congress 2017

A dental nurse's role in… direct restorations

You don't have to look too far into Levison, the dental nurse's bible, or Carol Hollins' book to revise what a dental nurse's role is when carrying out restorations, says Christine Macleavy, but…

‘Same meal, different kitchen’

Fiona Welsh is a dental nurse at Community Dental Services – a member of the Association of Dental Groups. Here, she discusses an ‘average’ day…

Mindfulness – a power boost for a busy lifestyle

Glenys Bridges considers how harnessing this philosophical practice may redress the balance when the many demands of your professional world take over

Training – vital for practice growth

Good governance can help to drive your practice forward. Nicki Rowland looks at staff training and how learning is essential to practice growth

‘If I had learned the truth at 17’

Kathryn Marshall reflects on her career and considers how she would have done things differently, knowing what she knows now – it may even help you find the right pathway!