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Suction in the sunshine

Sarah Jones combines life as a dental nurse in Abu Dhabi with her passion for deep sea diving. Here, she shares her life – on land and off – with...

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Time to take the next step?

Are you trained to communicate at the optimum level? The role of a treatment coordinator is to remove 90% of non-clinical dentistry from the dentist....

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‘42 years ago, the only rubber gloves were used by the cleaner’

We hear from dental nurse Elaine Cavey who waved farewell to her long career in dentistry earlier in the summer, having worked along the same dentist...

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Dentistry – and a dyslexic mind

Dental nurse Charlotte Griffiths shares her experiences of overcoming the hurdles

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‘Tradition needs disrupting’

From dental nurse to businesswoman, DigiDentistry’s Chloe Barrett speaks about her entrepreneurial venture and how she's revolutionising dental...

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Apprentices ‘r’ us

What is it like to train as dental nurses at an award-winning dental practice? We hear from two apprentices…

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‘I fainted on my first day as a dental nurse’

Dental nurse Nikita White talks new job jitters with Gaby Bissett and shares her experience of those first nerve-wracking weeks in practice

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The ever so useful secrets of an experienced dental nurse

Eyes right, be flexible, find a balance and keep fit – Melanie Newton shares her essential guide to making life easier at work

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Teeth Team trustee Ingrid Perry awarded MBE

​Ingrid Perry, Secretary and Trustee of the award-winning children’s dental health charity Teeth Team, is to be awarded an MBE for ‘Services to...

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Tech-savvy dental nurse designs 3D dentistry tool

Dental students will soon have access to a new 3D visual learning tool thanks to a tech-savvy former dental nurse.

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‘Crying is allowed, quitting is not’

Why dental nurse Sarah Washer shed few tears when she ditched the idea of studying dinosaurs and footprints to step into the wonderful world of...

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Five minutes with…

…Amy Griffiths, a 22-year-old dental nurse and decontamination lead at Beaufort Dental health Care in Burton on Trent in Staffordshire