02/06/2015 Let's Talk About Mouth Cancer Preview Article Let's Talk About Mouth Cancer Time to read article: 5 mins Close Preview Ewan MacKessack-Leitch graduated in 2011 from Dundee Dental School. Ewan is currently a CT2 in Paediatrics at Dundee Dental Hospital. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Pathology & Radiology
02/06/2015 Getting Your Teeth into Photography Preview Article Getting Your Teeth into Photography Time to read article: 3 mins Close Preview Daniel is a first year longitudinal foundation dentist qualified from Newcastle University in 2014 and is currently working between York hospital and general dental practice. Read more Article contains Text
02/06/2015 Reflections - A Powerful Tool for Your Professional Development Preview Article Reflections - A Powerful Tool for Your Professional Development Time to read article: 4 mins Close Preview Ohsun Kwon graduated in 2013 from King's College London. After completing Dental Foundation Training last year, Ohsun is now working as a Dental Core Trainee in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department at Salisbury District Hospital. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Career Planning
02/06/2015 Working for a corporate; is it really that bad? Preview Article Working for a corporate; is it really that bad? Time to read article: 3 mins Close Preview Adele graduated from Newcastle University in 2013 and has been working in general practice ever since. I have written this article to try and give an insight into my experience of working for a dental corporate, which can often be given a bad name. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Career Planning
02/06/2015 Oral Surgery: When to extract, extirpate or refer... the dilemma Preview Article Oral Surgery: When to extract, extirpate or refer... the dilemma Time to read article: 4 mins Close Preview Claire has written this article to share her experience of surgical extractions during her dental foundation training. She hopes that this will provide advice for newly qualified dentists when undertaking surgical extractions. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Oral Surgery
02/06/2015 The value of dental volunteering Preview Article The value of dental volunteering Time to read article: 5 mins Close Preview Mary Connolly studied at the University of Sheffield and graduated in 2012. She has undertaken a two year foundation training scheme in Newcastle upon Tyne and is now over half way through a year as an SHO in oral and maxillofacial surgery at Sunderland. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Career Planning
01/06/2015 Reflection of a Foundation Trainee: Managing the Difficult Patient Preview Article Reflection of a Foundation Trainee: Managing the Difficult Patient Time to read article: 5 mins Close Preview Katy Martin studied at University of Sheffield and qualified in 2014. She is currently a foundation trainee in London on the UCL Eastman training scheme. Katie is starting a dental core training post in Thames Valley in September 2015. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Communicate
01/06/2015 Volunteering in Malawi - The Warm Heart of Africa Preview Article Volunteering in Malawi - The Warm Heart of Africa Time to read article: 3 mins Close Preview Radhika Kotecha studied at the University of Manchester and graduated in 2013. She is currently working in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery department in Derby. Radhika has written this article to share her experience and inspire other young dentists to embark on a journey of a lifetime. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Career Planning
01/06/2015 Dental Volunteering in The Philippines Preview Article Dental Volunteering in The Philippines Time to read article: 3 mins Close Preview Veronica Pletiak completed her Bachelor of Oral Health at the University of Adelaide, Australia graduating in 2014. She has written this article to share her time volunteering overseas during her degree; she highlights the positive impact this opportunity can have on clinical skills. Read more Article contains Text
29/05/2015 What to expect from your Dental Foundation Year 1 Preview Article What to expect from your Dental Foundation Year 1 Time to read article: 3 mins Close Preview Basmal Ria and Emma Wates both studied dentistry at Kings College London and qualified July 2014. They wrote this article in the hope that their experiences so far in DFT could help future DFTs understand what to expect in their year to come. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Career Planning
29/05/2015 Are dentists replacing the family doctor (GP)? Preview Article Are dentists replacing the family doctor (GP)? Time to read article: 2 mins Close Preview Sana Sadiq is a BDS3 student at King's College London, with a previous Masters in Chemistry, from Queen Mary University of London. Read more Article contains Text
28/05/2015 Where Dentistry Meets Social Media Preview Article Where Dentistry Meets Social Media Time to read article: 5 mins Close Preview Scott Wright is a fourth year dental student currently studying at the University of Glasgow. His reason behind writing this article was to inform other students and young dentists about the impact social media can have on them both personally and professionally. Additionally Scott hopes to give professionals some advice regarding online activity. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Reputation management Professionalism Communicate
Case study 28/04/2015 Simply the worst day of my practising life Preview Article Simply the worst day of my practising life Time to read article: 5 mins Close Preview Nobody gets up in the morning intending on harming someone, I know that, and I am no different. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Professionalism Competence Oral Surgery Generic Dentistry Negligence Maxillofacial surgery
15/04/2015 Oral surgery and the Extraction Crisis: What are we going to do about... Preview Article Oral surgery and the Extraction Crisis: What are we going to do about it? Time to read article: 6 mins Close Preview Megan graduated from King's College London (GKT) in 2012. Since then she has worked in private and NHS practices in Essex. Megan is currently the young dentist representative for the Essex local BDA. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Oral Surgery
15/04/2015 Dental Care for the Young Patient with Special Requirements Preview Article Dental Care for the Young Patient with Special Requirements Time to read article: 4 mins Close Preview Jon Benton is a 4th Year dental student at Manchester. 'My article is designed to give advice and some helpful tips for the first time a young dentist begins treating their new paediatric patients with special requirements, based on my own experience. The purpose of this article is to share my knowledge by giving a helping hand on how to deal with patients with autism, ADHD and other mental health disorders.' Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Professionalism
02/04/2015 Leave your mark on the World Preview Article Leave your mark on the World Time to read article: 4 mins Close Preview Hannah Darby studied at the University of Sheffield and graduated in 2014. She is currently half way through her first year of foundation training in London on the South East scheme. Hannah has written this article to share her experience and inspire other young dentists to embark on a journey of a lifetime. Read more Article contains Text
Articles and features 31/03/2015 How Dental Protection can help you prepare for a CQC inspection Preview Article How Dental Protection can help you prepare for a CQC inspection Close Preview Here are the Dental Protection resources which you may find helpful as part of your preparation for your inspection. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... CQC Compliance
20/03/2015 Community Dentistry - What It Really Is Preview Article Community Dentistry - What It Really Is Time to read article: 5 mins Close Preview Nikki Patel graduated from Kings College London in 2010. Having completed her foundation training year within the Oxford Deanery, she then spent two years as an associate in general dental practice. Following this she decided to gain secondary care experience working as a dental core trainee in oral and maxillofacial surgery, before securing a post as a community dental officer. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Career Planning
17/03/2015 A reflection on the use of CAD/CAM technology Preview Article A reflection on the use of CAD/CAM technology Time to read article: 7 mins Close Preview Rosie is currently a final year student at Barts and the London. During her fourth year she went on an Erasmus Exchange to the Karolinska Institute in Sweden for three months. Rosie says, "Whilst there, I was able to treat patients and it was a good experience to both practise dentistry and to live in another country." Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Restorative
12/03/2015 Different Generation - Different Techniques Preview Article Different Generation - Different Techniques Time to read article: 3 mins Close Preview Rosie studied at the University of Sheffield and qualified in 2011. "Having been qualified for over three years, I've worked in five different practices, along with many older dentists. I'm always interested to see how other dentists work, and what works for them. I have written this article to share the different techniques and approaches used by dentists trained at different times." Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Professionalism
Case study 10/03/2015 Broken endodontic instruments and the importance of radiographs Preview Article Broken endodontic instruments and the importance of radiographs Time to read article: 1 mins Close Preview Radiographs are vital tools to determine what is happening in a patient’s mouth. Without this knowledge, problems can arise... Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Consent Managing Clinical Risk Generic Dentistry Negligence Professionalism
Advice booklet 09/03/2015 Choosing a new practice advice booklet Preview Article Choosing a new practice advice booklet Close Preview Download our Choosing a new practice advice booklet for dentists in the UK. Read more Article contains PDF Tagged in... Wales UK Scotland England Confidentiality
09/03/2015 Foundation Dentistry - Are You Unsure Of Which Path To Choose? Preview Article Foundation Dentistry - Are You Unsure Of Which Path To Choose? Time to read article: 4 mins Close Preview Katherine qualified from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 2010 with BDS and gained her MFDS from The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in May 2012. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Career Planning
03/03/2015 A Beginners Guide to Lateral Cephalometric Radiographs Preview Article A Beginners Guide to Lateral Cephalometric Radiographs Time to read article: 5 mins Close Preview Lydia Harris graduated from Bristol dental school in 2012 and is currently working as a Maxillofacial SHO in Bath. This article discusses the uses, indications and basic anatomical features present on a Lateral Cephalometric Radiograph, as well as discussing the basic definitions of points and planes used in cephalometric analysis. Read more Article contains Text Tagged in... Pathology & Radiology