Professionalism/career development

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Succession planning

This series continues to explore the leadership skills of the dental nurse. With John Fowler

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Orthodontics – and me

Meet perfectionist Ana Adumitroaei – a long way from her home country of Romania and on the straight road to success in the world of private...

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Challenging patient interactions

Priya Sharma discusses the art of handling a challenging patient interaction

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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...

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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...

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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?

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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...

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Turning a negative into a positive

Is your practice safe? Caring? Responsive? Nicki Rowland drills down into those all-essential CQC questions

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Delivering online training

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

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One step beyond

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...

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Your role in implant care

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

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‘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…