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2023 British Dental Conference and Dentistry Show: UK’s leading dental event to open its doors

BIRMINGHAM, UK: The British Dental Conference and Dentistry Show (BDCDS) will take place at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham on 12 and 13 May. ...

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Exocad supports joint UK digital dentistry event to showcase full ChairsideCAD workflow

DARMSTADT, Germany: Germany-based CAD/CAM company exocad has confirmed its participation in the “Digital Dentistry Hands-on” events series for dentists ...

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UK dental world reacts to COVID-19 vaccine approval

LONDON, UK: The UK has become the first country in the world to approve a clinically tested COVID-19 vaccine after the Medicines and Healthcare products ...

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Antibody testing for SARS-CoV-2: “We need to talk more about it”

LONDON, UK: Despite dental settings presenting a significantly elevated risk of infection for those in and beside the chair, testing patients for the ...

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CloserStill Media postpones two major UK dental shows to 2021

BIRMINGHAM, UK: The organiser of the British Dental Conference and Dentistry Show (BDCDS) as well as the Dental Technology Showcase (DTS) has decided to ...

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UK government under pressure about lack of water fluoridation

LONDON, UK: Currently, six million people in the UK are supplied with fluoridated water, and around 300,000 are supplied with water which contains naturally...

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US dentists prescribe 37 times more opioids than English dentists do, study finds

CHICAGO, U.S.: With the overprescription of opioids causing many severe health and addiction issues in the U.S., it is imperative that dental professionals ...

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Survey: UK schools rank last in provision of oral health education

GENEVA, Switzerland: Today on World Oral Health Day (WOHD), FDI World Dental Federation has released the results of a survey conducted in 13 countries which...

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First report released on progress by food and drink industries on cutting sugar

LONDON, UK: Sugar and its harmful effects on the population have been an ongoing focus in England for some time. In 2016, as part of a broader government ...

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Carestream and clear aligner provider ArchformByte partner

HEMEL HEMPSTEAD & SHEFFIELD, UK: Users of the CS 3500 or CS 3600 intra-oral scanner from Carestream will soon have more treatment options available, as the ...

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Dental practices no longer allowed to charge for non-cash payments

LONDON, UK: A new regulation is being introduced by government this week, which will ban businesses in the UK, including dental practices, from charging ...

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Surge of oral cancer in young men

LONDON, UK: Young men are more likely to develop oral cancer than any other demographic in the UK, new figures by Cancer Research UK suggest. While men in ...

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National standards for implant dentistry announced

LONDON, UK: National standards for implant dentistry will be released by late next year, the Faculty of General Dental Practice UK (FGDP(UK)) has said. ...

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Only small adjustments needed to improve treatment of autistic children

PLYMOUTH, UK: Giving paediatric patients with autism a choice on things like the colour of their mouthwash or brightness of the lights could significantly ...

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Dental regulation in UK must overcome climate of fear, GDC exec says

MANCHESTER, UK: The deteriorating relationship between dentistry and its regulatory body has to be addressed, Executive Director of Strategy at the General ...

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Mechanism behind oral candidiasis discovered

LONDON, UK/PITTSBURGH, US: A recently discovered peptide toxin has been identified by a team of UK and US researchers as the cause of the development of ...

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Dentist under crossfire after “Prosecco smile” warning

LONDON, UK/ROME, Italy: That the consumption of sweet, carbonated and alcoholic drinks—which are all main characteristics of Prosecco—lead to tooth ...

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