BSPD’s Outstanding Innovation Award (OIA) for 2024 has gone to Lindsy Vallayil, assistant clinical director, Community Dental Service, Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust, for delivering a simple and reassuring animation for sedation.
Alcohol is the most commonly used substance, while vaping is now more common than cigarette smoking among young people, according to a new WHO/Europe report coordinated by researchers at the University of Glasgow.
An award-winning Wiltshire practice run by three sisters has marked a decade of providing quality dental care at the “heart of the village”.
Public health experts are calling for a ban on alcohol industry-funded education programmes in UK universities and schools, which they say normalise drinking and downplay the long-term health risks of alcohol.
Clementine Rees Brown, editor of the Dental Nursing Journal, will walk 10 km in September to support the Mouth Cancer Foundation.
Photographer Rankin is leading a campaign with Aquafresh to help British children smile confidently.
The General Dental Council (GDC) has published the findings from research designed to help it unlock the potential of GDC fitness to practise data.
Smoking among women under 45 from more advantaged social groups in England appears to have increased over the past decade, according to a study by University College London (UCL) researchers.
Dental nursing is 99 per cent female – and dentistry overall is now more than 50 per cent female - so childcare is a big consideration for working families in dentistry.
Research shows that patients referred to the NHS’ Digital Weight Management Programme lose, on average, over eight pounds in just 12 weeks.
Rafina O’Brien, a dental hygienist from Yeovil, will be running an incredible 300km over three events during the summer of 2024 in support of Dentaid The Dental Charity.
Following an open recruitment process, NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care has announced Jason Wong's appointment as chief dental officer for England.
Shauna Carter, a mother of three, has written a book to help teach children positive oral health habits and routines.
A Cheshire dental practice has had a surprise visit from a patient’s assistance dog.
The MPS Foundation has partnered with the FDI World Dental Federation (FDI) on a project aimed at raising awareness of the importance of managing mental health and developing further resources for oral health professionals.
