The essence of good oral health
Rebecca Smith relays the importance of oral hygiene for an ageing population.
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Beating the new year blues
Beating the new year blues
Rochelle Fisher and Emily Chadbourne discuss how best to get through those ...
Running through life
Running through life
Cheryl Goodenough shares how to embrace wellness as a dental nurse.
Equipping the team
Equipping the team
Claire Wassall and Steph Charles discuss normalising mental health ...
Facing the challenges
Facing the challenges
Nina Garlo offers a guide for oral health professionals on aiding patient’s ...
All I want for Christmas…
All I want for Christmas…
Hoda Wassif reminds us of the need for human connection.
Paying attention
Paying attention
Hannah Burrow discusses the myths and misconceptions around patient education.
Handling complaints
Handling complaints
Charlotte Wake reviews how to best manage patient complaints.
Creating a safe space
Creating a safe space
Claire Frisby discusses the current calls for a DCP wellbeing community with dental therapist Victoria Wilson.
A good rule of thumb
A good rule of thumb
Jo Bates shares a handy solution for childhood thumb sucking.
Texting triumph
Text messaging to communicate
Mark Garner emphasises the use of text messaging in keeping patients connected.
It’s confidential
It’s confidential
Dena Andrews looks at the stresses on mental health within dentistry, and who to can reach out to.
What’s the relationship?
What’s the relationship?
Hannah Burrow explores the relationship between dental and mental health.
Learning through observation
Learning through observation
Charlotte Wake emphasises the importance of observational learning for a dental nurse.
It all starts with the patient
It all starts with the patien
Hannah Burrow outlines the importance of patient participation.
What to expect…
What to expect…
Charlotte Wake discusses periodontitis, pregnancy, and the oral health of newborns.
What can be done?
What can be done?
Rebecca Waters ponders how we can address the use of plastics in dentistry.
The blurring of problems
The blurring of problems
Fiona Ellwood, on behalf of the Society of British Dental Nurses, outlines the challenges of confusing current issues in dentistry, and having the wrong conversations at the wrong table.
