Professionalism/career development

News

BADN Mother's Day offers

The British Association of Dental Nurses (BADN), has six special Mother's Day deals for their members.

Features

How to perfect a performance

Karen Robinson shares her tips to help you fine tune your management skills so you and your team hit the right notes every time

Features

The art of reflective practice

Priya Sharma considers this cornerstone of dental professional development

Features

Necessity – the mother of invention

The twice-daily struggle to clean her first child’s teeth left entrepreneur Sian Ellingworth at a loss. Seeing a gap in the market, she came up with...

Features

Dental care: the 'bear' essentials

Meet dentist Paul Cassar and dental nurse Charlotte Callaway-Goldstone, who are providing dental care to a very different kind of patient away from...

Events

Network and learn

The Society of British Dental Nurses East Midlands branch is hosting its 4th Dental Symposium in the East Midlands. Louise Smith reports...

News

Helping dental teams optimise their skills

​Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW) has launched a tool to help dental practices maximise and effectively use all of the skills of their...

News

Practices needed to carry out priority oral health research

The Faculty of General Dental Practice (FGDP(UK)) is encouraging dentists, dental care professionals and dental practices to take a short survey to...

News

'High Street NHS dentistry is on the brink'

​Analysis of government data published this week has revealed over 1 million new patients tried and failed to secure access to routine NHS dental...

Opinion

Is your professional antenna switched on?

​Your role as a dental nurse requires you to have an eye for detail and a sixth sense for the nuances of people’s moods – colleagues as well as...

Features

An organically grown career

Award-winning dental nurse Bevlee Langan shares the secrets of nurturing a blossoming career

Features

The perfect match!

Joshtyn Ann Omidvaran is an award-winning practice manager. Here, she offers some insider tips on how to stand out from the crowd in order to secure...