Training and leadership

Opinion

Covid-19: A call for calm

Fiona Ellwood, patron of the Society of British Dental Nurses, shares her insight into the current crisis and offers some timely advice.

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R*E*S*P*E*C*T – how do you treat your dental colleagues?

Like the best-oiled machinery, a spanner in the works at any dental practice can cause untold damage.

Facts, figures – and First Smiles

How dental teams can help conquer childhood tooth decay by getting involved with a new initiative

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Defence Dental Care Professionals Conference

The sharing of ideas and celebration of successes are vital to developing close team relationships. Sarah Armstrong talks about a conference designed...

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Do you have the building blocks for leadership?

Can a dental nurse also be a great manager? John Fowler suggest that the attributes required by both can work well together

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Back to the classroom?

Dawn Walsh discusses why dental nurses should consider the ‘teaching’ role of oral health educator

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My second family

What makes a difference to an award-winning dental nurse? Emma Clithero explains why dental nursing ‘ticks all the boxes’ and why she views her...

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NHS training – at its very best

We join Kerry Tilbury to take a look inside a new £100 million project where a dedicated DCP training facility is raising the bar in dental nurse...

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New appointments at SBDN

​There have been two new appointments at the Society of British Dental Nurses (SBDN) followings its AGM.

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Don’t be a ‘Jack of all trades’

Lisa Bainham explains why outsourcing tasks can sharpen your role as a practice manager

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Forces for the future

Jocelyn Harding and Megan Thomas consider the highlights of the Professor Ireland Lecture Day hosted by the Society of British Dental Nurses

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Save the planet!

Telling our patients to turn off taps when brushing teeth is kinder to the environment. Dental hygienist Tim Ives explains why