BADN pays tribute to Janet Goodwin
It is with great sadness that BADN announces the death of Janet Goodwin at home in Blackpool after a long battle with breast cancer.
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Raising the bar
Raising the bar for dental education
A look at a new Unilever CPD platform for oral health learning
SBDN welcomes SDCEP review
Society of British Dental Nurses welcomes SDCEP review
The Society of British Dental Nurses has welcomed a review into fallow time.
Oral health and cleft care
Focused dental care should be integrated into cleft care
FDI World Dental Federation (FDI) and Smile Train are releasing new Oral Health ...
Helping dental nurses
Health e-Hub helping dental nurses' wellbeing
Balancing everyday life together with the requirements of work and home can ...
Oral health inequalities
Oral health inequalities a major issue in reducing extractions
Targeted Community Water Fluoridation (CWF) should be included in any ...
Impact of COVID-19 on health
New report reveals impact of COVID-19 on nation's oral health
A mouth cancer specialist reveals he received only three referrals during ...
Free flu jab scheme
Free flu jab scheme fails to include dental teams
NHS England will not be extending free flu jabs to cover dental professionals, ...
BADN welcomes survey
BADN welcomes survey on pay concerns
The British Association of Dental Nurses (BADN) has welcomed the survey by the ...
Ban misleading '1 of your 5 a day' claims on so-called healthy snacks
Ban '1 of your 5 a day'
Health experts are calling for the government to ensure so-called 'healthy' fruit snacks for children are labelled properly.
PPE respirator masks often fail to fit women and Asian healthcare workers
PPE respirator masks fit issue
Fit-pass rates for filtering facepiece respirators vary widely with lower rates found in females and Asians, a new paper reveals.
New campaign highlights links between gum and heart diseases
New Perio & Cardio campaign
Dental patients with gum disease should be told that they have a higher risk of suffering cardiovascular diseases.
12-month long waiting times for tooth extractions set to lengthen
Waiting times to lengthen
The British Dental Association (BDA) has joined with sector leaders and learning disability charity Mencap to press Matt Hancock to set out an action plan to ease the backlog on tooth extractions in hospitals.
The Happy Dental Nurse
The Happy Dental Nurse
Hayley O’Neill reveals how she plugged a gap in the market with a fun learning pack for trainee dental nurses and their mentors
Report reveals dental access confusion amid the pandemic
Report reveals access issues
A report by a health watchdog reveals that poor communication has led to confusion about access to dental care amid the current coronavirus pandemic.
Get your baby to the dentist by their first birthday, says TV’s Dr Ranj
Get your baby to the dentist
BSPD’s Dental Check by One campaign is being reinvigorated thanks to a video with TV's Dr Ranj as the presenter.
Can artificial intelligence beat humans for dental diagnosis?
Diagnosis: AI versus dentists
New research suggests AI diagnostic systems can identify tooth decay in X-rays with more accuracy and consistency than human clinicians.
BADN honours dental nurse's 'outstanding contribution' to profession
BADN honours dental nurse
The BADN 2020 Outstanding Contribution to Dental Nursing Professional Practice Award was presented to Dr Debbie Reed at the BADN 80th Anniversary Virtual Afternoon Tea.
Dentist to swim the English Channel – without having to quarantine!
Dentist swims English Channel
Dentist Jim Lafferty is preparing to take the plunge and swim the English Channel to raise funds for Dentaid.
Study looks at how to reduce aerosol treatments during a pandemic
Reducing aerosol treatments
The University of Salford and the ICE Postgraduate Dental Institute & Hospital are collaborating in a research project to gain an insight into strategies to mitigate the effect of Covid-19 during dental treatments requiring aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs).
