Did Not Attend v Was Not Brought
How a child missing their dental appointment could be the first sign of a safeguarding concern
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Thoughts for the season
Thoughts for the season
Lisa Bainham takes a slightly more serious look at the upcoming fun and ...
Retaining and destroying
Retaining and destroying patient records
Complaints and claims for clinical negligence can arise many years after ...
Children do not call the shots
Children do not call the shots
The BDA has launched a new toolkit to support the safeguarding of children and ...
A 'whole team' approach
A 'whole team' approach
The Importance of open communication in safeguarding within the dental setting
Domestic abuse
Domestic abuse – do you know the signs?
It is your professional responsibility to have an awareness and understanding ...
Is your dental ad whiter
Is your dental ad whiter than white?
Ethical sales and the dental practice – we look at the dos and don’ts of ...
All for one
All for one
Why taking an all-staff approach to safeguarding in the dental practice is ...
Flexible and effective
Flexible and effective
Practice life can get very busy – but online safeguarding training for dental ...
Plain and simple
Plain and simple
When speaking to patients, simplicity is the key goal so ditch the jargon and remember the KISS principle – ‘keep it simple, stupid’
Confidentiality – and the dental nurse
Confidentiality
Professor Bob Ireland considers this important element of patient care
Personality clash at work?
Personality clash at work?
Not all relationships in the dental practice are perfect. Dento-legal expert Andrew Collier offers some sound advice on how best to handle them
Why do dental safeguarding certificates expire?
Certificates expire?
‘I didn’t think it was my responsibility to arrange safeguarding training’
Making legal and ethical issues a part of your ethos
Making legal and ethical issue
Identifying, resolving and prevention within a DCP’s role
Is it in the patient’s best interests?
Is it in the patient’s
Patients may request treatment, but what if it is not in their best interests? Andrew Collier looks at the dilemmas dental teams can face and offers some tips
FGM – understanding the effects
FGM
How does this form of child abuse affect your role as a dental professional?
Building healthy relationships
Building healthy relationships
What are the essential elements of a practice's ethos that create professional mutual trust?
Parental consent – can anyone else give it?
Parental consent
Difficulties can arise if a child is brought to the surgery without one or both of their parents. Andrew Collier looks at this dilemma and suggests some solutions
Ring any alarm bells?
Ring any alarm bells?
Safeguarding children is second nature. Here, we look at how to recognise the subtle signs of child abuse
