Professionalism/career development

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Win a FREE place on a £1,000 oral health promotion course

​Philips is offering dental nurses the chance to win a sponsored place on Smile Revolution’s course designed to help them launch their own oral health...

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What lies ahead? ‘Potential wave’ of dental nurse job losses or upcoming recruitment challenges?

​A dental professor has voiced concerns about what he sees as a ‘potential wave’ of dental nurse jobs being put at risk within a profession plagued by...

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PPE respirator masks often fail to fit women and Asian healthcare workers

Fit-pass rates for filtering facepiece respirators vary widely with lower rates found in females and Asians, a new paper reveals.

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Imagine that – revision in a flash!

Trainee dental nurse Francesca Walking on how her home-crafted learning tools are helping fellow students visualise a successful future

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A pioneer in dental nursing

Louise Belfield is a trustee for the National Examining Board for Dental Nurses. Here, she shares her career journey – from dental nurse to lecturer...

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Visual learning and creative study

Rebecca Joseph reveals the secrets of her study success…

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Upping your game

Rebecca Morris considers how to achieve your goals despite the pandemic’s effect on dental nurse education

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BADN calls for recognition of dental nurses’ contribution to dentistry

The British Association of Dental Nurses (BADN) has announced its supports for the campaign by the British Society of Dental Hygiene & Therapy (BSDHT)...

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DENTAL NURSING EXCLUSIVE: How to prepare for a second wave of COVID-19

Having been one of the first dental nurses to have experienced a second lockdown whilst working in Leicester, Louise Smith, of the Society of British...

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‘We were planning a comeback from the moment lockdown happened’

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

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Thinking of studying dental hygiene?

We join Monika Krumova on her journey from dental nurse to becoming a dental hygienist

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My role as an NHS Test and Trace worker

Dental nurse and newly qualified dental hygienist Sarah Hartle rapidly switched her professional plans in response to the urgent need for NHS Test and...