Advice centre

There are many young practitioners who seem to think that working in private dentistry must be the equivalent of living in Utopia.

There can be very few practitioners who have never been faced with a shocked and tearful child, who has just suffered an injury to their front teeth.

Recently I needed a new toothbrush.

Francine Fletcher and Surrinder Poonian write about their ten day trip to Quito in Ecuador providing dental aid for the Dental Community Fellowship during March 2012.

Patients usually attend for removal of their 'wisdom teeth' fearing the worst.

Alex Holden gives advice on how a young dentist should handle themselves when embarking on a DF1 (Dental Foundation Training Year 1) scheme.

Francine Fletcher and Surinder Poonian write about their experiences working at the Dental Community Fellowship Mission as dentist volunteers abroad in Ecuador.

Are you giving your patients enough information? Whenever a new topic is discussed with a patient in the dental surgery, the bulk of the verbal discussion will be forgotten very quickly, almost 80%...

There are many reasons why it is important that the honesty of a healthcare professional can be consistently relied upon.