With the ever-increasing pressure from the media and peers to look good and feel good, the rate of cosmetic dentistry in the UK is greatly increasing
General dental practices are increasingly using implant procedures to replace all the teeth in one arch in one day. Dental nurses need to know about...
Patients are often concerned about pain, bleeding and swelling after an implant has been fitted. Verbal and written instructions can help patients to...
Dental nurses have a central role in implant placement, from explaining the stages of the process to patients and addressing patient concerns to...
Lasers have great potential to improve treatment and are being increasingly used in dentistry. Patients, practice staff and visitors need to be...
Tooth whitening or bleaching is one of the most popular aesthetic dental treatments, and can be carried out in the surgery or in the patient's home....
Dental composites are commonly used in general dental practice, yet many of us fail to understand their evolution and make up. The modern composite is...
Fiona Grist, vice president of the Orthodontic National Group for Dental Nurses and Therapists, and a member of Dental Nursing’s editorial board,...
Lip-enhancing procedures are becoming increasingly popular in dental practice, and dental nurses can advise patients on procedures and their results....
Prophylaxis; it means prevention or at least preventative. We apply the term to the polish that we use to finish the scale and, as the term suggests,...
The use of in-surgery bleaching techniques has increased recently within the profession following the introduction of various new systems.
