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FGM – understanding the effects

How does this form of child abuse affect your role as a dental professional?

Parental consent – can anyone else give it?

Difficulties can arise if a child is brought to the surgery without one or both ...

Building healthy relationships

What are the essential elements of a practice's ethos that create professional ...

Ring any alarm bells?

Safeguarding children is second nature. Here, we look at how to recognise the ...

Everybody’s business

The role of a designated safeguarding professional in the dental practice

All change!

Dentistry, yet again is at the brink of another regulatory legislative change – ...

Periodontal records – staying out of trouble

Periodontal treatment can be a significant cause of patient complaint or claim. ...

Is your patient information safe?

All dental professionals have an obligation to respect a patient’s ...

Confidentiality – it’s essential

Andrew Collier discusses a fundamental requirement of patient trust

Time to talk?

Bullying in the workplace is a legal issue. Sarah Buxton considers best options

A hands-on guide... to offering work experience

Can you play host to a school-age child keen to get into dentistry? The experts ...

Are you really listening?

Why effective listening is your most precious asset

The importance of greeting and listening

The importance of greeting and

First impressions can often be key – and the dental nurse helps to create the most positive initial relationship between a patient and the team

The horrors of FGM

A look at child protection and your role in protecting children from abuse

‘Abuse exists’

How to give children a voice in the surgery – the BSPD reports on the NSPCC conference, How Safe are our children?

What lies beneath

The dental nurse plays a vital role in facilitating the first crucial conversation, which can provide the best opportunity to get to know a new patient

An interesting safeguarding thought – should ‘Did Not Attend’ be recorded as ‘Was Not Brought’ when it comes to our younger patients? We listen to the evidence in favour of the change re: child appointments

Adults at risk

Continuing our look at safeguarding in the workplace

The tricks of the trade – engaging under-18s

The tricks of the trade – ...

How best to pitch your oral health education when it comes to your younger patients?

How to write up a…

John Fowler continues to explore the variety of ways in which dental nurses get involved with written communication with a look at ‘capturing the patient journey’