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For undergraduate dental students, law and ethics, or ethics and 'jurisprudence' (that is, the science that teaches the application of every branch of dental knowledge, to the purposes of the law) tend to be intertwined and inseparable.

Reena Wadia reflects on her experiences so far as a young dentist and the challenges she faced.

Most of us will have been in formal education for pretty much our whole lives, going from sixth form and college straight to four or five years of dental school.

Tim Newton was a speaker at the 2012 YDC conference. The Adult Dental Health Survey provides information on the common reasons for members of the public avoiding dental treatment...

I've now returned to general dental practice after completing a year in max fax. But it was only after leaving I realised that during the course of the whole year, I hadn't actually taken the time to reflect on why I wanted to do it and what I'd actually gained from it.

The public has a high expectation of the moral standards that should be maintained by anyone who employs a position of trust in society.

In May 2012 I travelled to Vanuatu, a South Pacific island situated between Australia and Fiji to volunteer dental treatment abroad.

So DF1/VT is over and my DF2/SHO begins.I wanted to share the thoughts I had during my first year as a qualified dentist, and hopefully give some advice I wish I had been given.

Surinder Poonian reflects on her first year and the many opportunities now available to the newly qualified dentist.