Risk management

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Dental teams confirmed as priority for a COVID-19 vaccine

NHS England has confirmed all dental team members and their support staff in NHS and private settings will receive priority access to the COVID...

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Don't force staff to have COVID-19 vaccination, dentists warned

​Attempting to force the COVID-19 vaccination on an employee could be seen as misconduct.

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COVID-19 rate among dentists is less than one per cent

​Although assumed to be at high risk for COVID-19, fewer than one per cent of dentists in the US were found to be COVID-19 positive, according to a...

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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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Royal recognition for dental nurse support

Laura Edgar shares her top tips on keeping dental practices safe for patients and staff when they reopen

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PPE and training are key to COVID-19 prevention for health care workers

A new study underlines importance of adequate PPE and training for frontline health professionals to prevent COVID-19 infection.

‘There is scope for optimism’

Dental industry expert Edmund Proffitt calls for a collaborative approach to the road to recovery

A guide to face masks

Face masks are high in demand but how do we know what masks are suitable for different environments? Here, the team at Dental Sky offers some insight

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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...