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Dentistry needs dental nurse support at every appointment to ensure a ‘workable way forward’ when practices reopen

Dentistry can only be delivered with dental nurses at chairside for all clinicians if the profession is to find a workable way forward amid the...

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Dental nurses – highest potential exposure to COVID-19 but no higher rate of death

Whilst dental nursing is the occupation with the highest potential exposure to disease, healthcare workers were not found to have higher rates of...

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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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NHS acts against coronavirus fake news

​The NHS has today unveiled a package of measures in the battle against coronavirus fake news – working with Google, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook –...

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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...

Battling contagious diseases

Laura Yates looks at precautions to take to prevent the spread of infection within the dental practice

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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...