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Report highlights impact of COVID-19 on UK's oral health

​A new report by Align Technology reveals that more than two million dental appointments may have been affected during the first lockdown while mouth...

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Society of British Dental Nurses welcomes SDCEP review

The Society of British Dental Nurses has welcomed a review into fallow time.

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Study looks at how to reduce aerosol treatments during a pandemic

The University of Salford and the ICE Postgraduate Dental Institute & Hospital are collaborating in a research project to gain an insight into...

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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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What COVID-19 means for dentistry

How many of us have questioned out attitudes towards our day-to-day living circumstances in these strange and unpleasant times?

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COVID-19: A guide to face masks

On 28 April, Nicola Sturgeon said there could be 'some benefit' in wearing a cloth face covering in places where social distancing was difficult. But...

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Dental nurses working at drive-through COVID-19 test centres

Dental nurses working in community dental care and from Scotland's Childsmile teams are now working at local drive-through COVID-19 testing centres...

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Are you a myth-busting, empathetic infection control superhero?

​With the coronavirus continuing to create chaos, it perhaps serves as a timely reminder of the importance of evidence-based information sharing.

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Covid-19 crisis – dental nurses on the frontline: a report

​The coronavirus has devastated the world and thrown a global curve ball to healthcare everywhere – and dentistry is no exception.

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Coming clean about sanitisers

​During recent weeks, it has become distressingly apparent that there is a high level of confusion amongst the general public about which sanitising...

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Shortage of personal protective equipment fears

The World Health Organization has warned that severe and mounting disruption to the global supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) – caused by...

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Face mask shortage risks ‘imminent disruption’ to UK dental services

​The British Dental Association (BDA) has warned the shortage of face masks sparked by the coronavirus outbreak now poses an imminent risk of...