The use of in-surgery bleaching techniques has increased recently within the profession following the introduction of various new systems.
Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is characterised by a continuous painful burning sensation in an oral cavity that appears clinically normal. The burning...
Healthcare staff with a high occupational exposure to latex gloves, such as dental care professionals, have a higher than average incidence of latex...
Impacted teeth have several causes and can lead to problems if left untreated. Their management includes extraction, long-term orthodontic treatment...
In today's modern era, patients expect easy and instantaneous methods of booking a dental appointment. The days of waiting on the telephone to speak...
It is often said that, ‘Failing to plan is planning to fail.’ Business planning in a dental practice is important. Without sound analysis, clear...
Missed dental appointments waste staff time, increase time spent waiting for appointments, incur financial costs and damage dental health. This...
Sleep apnoea can lead to feeling excessively tired during the day and poses a risk to health. The condition can be managed, however, with the use of...
This article describes how preventive encounters in dental practice can be most effective if each of the characters involved play their part. It...
We all work in a dental organisation of some sort, some big and some small, and it is a fact of life that when people work together, there will be...
Dental fear is considered to be one of the most frequent problems in paediatric dentistry.
Dental care professionals and patients need their eyes protected against body fluids, chemicals, fragments of objects and other substances. Different...
Dental decay is the most common preventable childhood disease. Oral health educator for the British Dental Health Foundation, Karen Coates, discusses...
Dental nurses must be able to select and appraise literature that is relevant to their field, and understand the implications of research findings. In...
Dental nurses need to hold professional indemnity to be able to practise in the UK. It is offered by employers and by dental defence organisations;...
