You can access advice, request assistance with claims for negligence, damages and the associated legal costs and receive support when you need it from more than 70 dentolegal advisers who are here to help. During normal daytime working hours or in an emergency we have someone to take your calls, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Get all the hints and tips you need to get through Dental School with our student e-bulletin, Bitesize. Published three times a year, you can also read blogs from fellow dental students, as well as recently qualified dentists offering advice on making those big career decisions.”

When you graduate you'll also receive, Riskmatters, our magazine especially for newly qualified dentists.

Access to Prism, our online learning platform including our 12 ethics and 36 risk management modules, including modules on consent and record keeping. Perfect for exam revision!

Electives can be an exciting time but, if you are going abroad, you also have to be prepared for the clinical challenges you may face. Communication and cultural differences, together with varying standards of risk management and infection control, can all test your professional integrity.

You may come across circumstances and situations which are a legal, ethical or clinical challenge, and we can offer you best possible professional protection including access to emergency telephone advice to help you through any dilemmas you may encounter whilst you are away.

As experts in risk management – with 68,000 dental members worldwide – we are perfectly placed to support you, but it is vital that you get in touch with us before you travel to ensure we can provide the correct elective protection for your trip.

You can access advice, request assistance with claims for negligence, damages and the associated legal costs and receive support when you need it from more than 70 dentolegal advisers who are here to help. During normal daytime working hours or in an emergency, we have someone to take your calls, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Whether you are facing a complaint from a patient, or disciplinary proceedings, our dentolegal advisers and local advisers will work closely together on your behalf. The dentolegal advisers can ably navigate the ethical and legal maze on your behalf; and our local advisers are here to support you every step of the way, should you need it. 

We can help you formulate a response to a complaint and assist and support you through to its resolution. We can work with you to look at why complaints arise and how to minimise the risks of recurrence.

Should you attract adverse publicity, we can issue press statements and act as a spokesperson to the media to shield you as far as possible from having to deal directly with the press.

We offer access to a counselling service if you are suffering from stress and anxiety as a result of complaints, claims, or dental council hearings. This service is tailored to your requirements and delivered by fully trained, qualified and registered psychologists and counsellors, and is entirely independent and confidential.

Gain verifiable continuing professional development at our events, workshops and lecture programmes and via Prism, our online CPD and learning portal, offering a wide range of modules plus access to our award-winning publications.