Advice booklet 04/11/2016 Ending professional relationships advice booklet Preview Article Ending professional relationships advice booklet Close Preview Download our Handling Complaints advice booklet for dentists in the UK. Read more Article contains PDF Tagged in... Communication England Complaints Scotland Wales
Advice booklet 03/11/2016 Referral to the General Dental Council advice booklet Preview Article Referral to the General Dental Council advice booklet Close Preview Download our Referral to the General Dental Council advice booklet for dentists in the UK. Read more Article contains PDF Tagged in... UK Professionalism Scotland Wales Probity England
Advice booklet 02/11/2016 Referral to the General Dental Council Preview Article Referral to the General Dental Council Close Preview Download our Handling Complaints advice booklet for dentists in the UK. Read more Article contains PDF Tagged in... Scotland Communication Wales England Complaints
Articles and features 15/08/2016 Infection control Preview Article Infection control Time to read article: 3 mins Close Preview In addition to several references in the press to “dirty dentists” this is the month that the case of Dr D’Mello returned to the GDC. More importantly, when the case is reported in the national press it has the potential to suggest that dental surgeries may not be safe or that cross - infection standards have been disregarded. One way to avoid such suspicion is to share your infection control routines with your patients at an early stage when they first come for treatment; adopt an “open house” policy. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... ENT Managing Clinical Risk Infection Control Professionalism Generic Dentistry
11/08/2016 Ending a relationship with a private patient: Jane Merivale Preview Article Ending a relationship with a private patient: Jane Merivale Close Preview Find out why you need to put your reasons in writing, and be clear and focused on why the relationship needs to end. Read our advice booklet on Ending Professional Relationships Read more Article contains Video Tagged in... Generic Dentistry
11/08/2016 Ending a relationship with a patient's wider family: Jane Merivale Preview Article Ending a relationship with a patient's wider family: Jane Merivale Close Preview Learn why this raises important questions about confidentiality, and your duty of care towards other family members, in particular, children. Read more Article contains Video Tagged in... Communicate Generic Dentistry Confidentiality
11/08/2016 Ending a professional relationship with a patient: Jane Merivale Preview Article Ending a professional relationship with a patient: Jane Merivale Close Preview Dr Jane Merivale, Senior Dentolegal Adviser at Dental Protection, explains why discussion around ending a relationship should always be couched in terms of the best interests of the patient. Read more Article contains Video Tagged in... Generic Dentistry
Press release 01/07/2016 Removal of registrants' full address from the online register Preview Article Removal of registrants' full address from the online register Time to read article: 1 mins Close Preview Dental Protection welcomes this opportunity to respond and give its support to the General Dental Councils (GDC) proposals to remove registrants' addresses from the online register. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Compliance Generic Dentistry Managing Clinical Risk
Case study 31/05/2016 Management of dental pain Preview Article Management of dental pain Time to read article: 1 mins Close Preview Allocate sufficient time to form a diagnosis & record both the diagnosis and the treatment indicated in the patient’s record. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Generic Dentistry Prescribing Managing Clinical Risk
Case study 11/05/2016 When work threatens to destroy your life Preview Article When work threatens to destroy your life Time to read article: 4 mins Close Preview I’m the sort of person that cares too much and becomes emotionally committed to my patients. While kind and caring patients appreciate this, when a patient sets out to destroy you it takes over your own life instead... Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Generic Dentistry Patients Complaints
21/04/2016 Does requesting advice affect my annual membership subscription rate? Preview Article Does requesting advice affect my annual membership subscription rate? Close Preview We do not, and never have, used the number of telephone calls from a member seeking advice as part of our risk assessment of a member. Read more Article contains Video Tagged in... Generic Dentistry
Case study 19/04/2016 Buying a practice versus starting from scratch Preview Article Buying a practice versus starting from scratch Time to read article: 2 mins Close Preview When I started out, beginning from scratch was almost always better. There was a shortage of dentists in many rural areas, and you could open and be instantly busy. Those days are gone. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Generic Dentistry Financial Management Practice management Professionalism
Case study 17/03/2016 More than I bargained for Preview Article More than I bargained for Time to read article: 3 mins Close Preview I didn’t really want to work for anyone else when I graduated, I just liked the idea of being my own boss and so I found my own premises to set up in. I’m happy still with the decisions and choices I made, although it came with challenges... Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Negligence System Errors Practice management Reputation management Generic Dentistry
Advice booklet 09/03/2016 Confidentiality advice booklet Preview Article Confidentiality advice booklet Close Preview Download our confidentiality advice booklet for dentists in the UK. Read more Article contains PDF Tagged in... Confidentiality England Wales UK Scotland
News and updates 07/03/2016 Your antibiotic prophylaxis questions answered Preview Article Your antibiotic prophylaxis questions answered Time to read article: 5 mins Close Preview Here you can find some of the most common questions surrounding antibiotic prophylaxis, and read our advice on this and NICE guidance. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Generic Dentistry
Advice booklet 07/03/2016 Consent advice booklet Preview Article Consent advice booklet Close Preview Download our Consent advice booklet for dentists in the UK. Read more Article contains PDF Tagged in... Consent Scotland England Wales
Advice booklet 03/03/2016 Starting work in a new practice advice booklet Preview Article Starting work in a new practice advice booklet Time to read article: 1 mins Close Preview Download our Starting work in a new practice advice booklet for dentists in the UK. Read more Article contains PDF Tagged in... Wales England Scotland Career Planning UK
Case study 12/02/2016 Measure twice, cut once Preview Article Measure twice, cut once Time to read article: 3 mins Close Preview A guide to help prevent extraction of the wrong tooth on referral from an orthodontist by Dr Steven Burlinson Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Communicate Managing Clinical Risk Handover Professionalism Orthodontics
Event 19/01/2016 Premier Symposium 2015 - Richard Porter Preview Article Premier Symposium 2015 - Richard Porter Close Preview The cracked tooth Read more Article contains Video Tagged in... Generic Dentistry
Event 19/01/2016 Premier Symposium 2015 - Dr Paul Redmond Preview Article Premier Symposium 2015 - Dr Paul Redmond Close Preview Don't all talk at once Read more Article contains Video Tagged in... Generic Dentistry
Event 19/01/2016 Premier Symposium 2015 - Martin Kelleher Preview Article Premier Symposium 2015 - Martin Kelleher Close Preview Primum est non nocere (above all, do no harm) Read more Article contains Video Tagged in... Generic Dentistry
Event 19/01/2016 Premier Symposium 2015 - Professor Iain Chapple Preview Article Premier Symposium 2015 - Professor Iain Chapple Close Preview Too little too late: Early diagnosis saves teeth - but maybe not implants! Read more Article contains Video Tagged in... Generic Dentistry
Event 19/01/2016 Premier Symposium 2015 - David Croser Preview Article Premier Symposium 2015 - David Croser Close Preview HIV/AIDS then and now - 30 years of infection control and the dental team. Read more Article contains Video Tagged in... Generic Dentistry
Case study 13/01/2016 The day my patient nearly died Preview Article The day my patient nearly died Time to read article: 6 mins Close Preview I was working as a young graduate dentist some years ago. I had three years of experience since graduating, and like many dentists starting their careers I worked at two different practices. I had recently started doing three days per week at a practice unsupervised and I felt confident in my clinical experience to do this, comforted by the knowledge that I could refer if required... Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Confidentiality Equipment System Errors Generic Dentistry Anaesthetics