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Success or failure at sales and acquisitions—What is it going to be?

In practice sales and acquisitions, it does not always have to be something major that causes a sale to fall through. Sometimes, it is a simple case of a ...

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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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Dentist loses registration after committing child sex offences

LONDON & LIVERPOOL, UK: A Merseyside dentist sentenced for a number of child sex offences by the Liverpool Crown Court last year has been struck off 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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The “good life” of learning

It would be hard to find two more disparate figures in history than physicist Albert Einstein and American Civil War general Robert E. Lee—who has been ...

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Musculoskeletal frailty: Number of teeth and dentures matter

LONDON, UK: The occurrence of fractures at an older age may depend on the number of teeth the person has left. A study conducted by King’s College London ...

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Dental care system in crisis an international disgrace, dentists say

LONDON, UK: Dentistry in the UK is “an international disgrace”, dentists from across the country have said. In a letter sent to the Daily Telegraph this...

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Facebook & Co.: Could 2018 be the death of digital advertising?

In an article by business author Jaron Lanier in the Jan/Feb 2018 edition of Wired UK magazine, he reminds us that Facebook and Google now account for 75 ...

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Surge of New Year Honours for dental professionals

LONDON, UK: A number of prominent names have once again made it onto the 2018 New Year Honours list, including the first British astronaut, Helen Sharman, ...

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Dental Tribune UK in 2018: New website, topical newsletters and Online Shows

MANCHESTER, UK/LEIPZIG, Germany: With a new website, e-news for specialists and online dental shows, Dental Tribune is expanding its media offering in 2018....

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Rise in dental fellowships limited to early career stage

LONDON, UK: Dental fellowships in the UK have increased threefold in the last decade, but only for dentists in the early stages of their career, figures ...

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British Orthodontic Society announces leadership change

LONDON, UK: Prof. Jonathan Sandler is the next president of the British Orthodontic Society (BOS), the organisation has announced. The 60-year old ...

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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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What would Dr Mo Lar do? Part 11

Over the course of this 11-part series, the 4dentists group has explored ways to tackle a number of personal and professional challenges by providing advice...

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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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Ancient fish scales and vertebrate teeth share an embryonic origin

CAMBRIDGE, UK: Two new studies focusing on the evolutionary origin of teeth and of vertebra have provided further evidence of the human connection to marine...

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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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What would Dr Mo Lar do? Part 10

Over the course of an 11-part series, the 4dentists group is exploring ways to tackle a number of personal and professional challenges by providing advice ...

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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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"This new protocol is almost universal"

With Trefoil, Nobel Biocare recently introduced a new implant solution or protocol for achieving a fixed, definitive fixed full-arch restoration of the ...

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Fossil teeth trace human lineage to rat-like creature

PORTSMOUTH, UK: According to new research from the University of Portsmouth in England, fossils from the oldest mammals belonging to the line that led to ...

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Report: Policymakers given steps to act against dental caries

LONDON, UK: A new report, published last week by the Alliance for a Cavity-Free Future (ACFF) and the Policy Institute at King’s College London in the UK,...

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GDC publishes first results from fitness to practise analysis

LONDON, UK: Dentists who are male and have an Asian background are more likely to be investigated by the General Dental Council (GDC), an independent ...

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Newly launched device makes every toothbrush smart

LONDON, UK: A new, innovative device designed to support patients in their toothbrushing routine has been launched in the UK today. Brushlink tracks ...

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Mouth Cancer Action Month: How to get involved

LONDON, UK: General awareness of mouth cancer in the UK remains dangerously low, despite more than 7,500 people being diagnosed with mouth cancer annually. ...

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Legislative parity and transition period priorities for dental industry post-Brexit

LONDON, UK: The British Dental Industry Association (BDIA) has called on the negotiating heads of both the UK and the European Union to agree to a ...

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What would Dr Mo Lar do? Part 9

Over the course of this 11-part series, Managing Director of the 4dentists group Richard Lishman will explore ways to tackle a number of personal and ...

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Cleaning is key

Completely disinfecting the canal system is challenging when all factors are considered. If we are looking at the nano level there are approximately 76,000 ...

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New survey reveals how often Brits skip toothbrushing

LONDON, UK: Only two-thirds of British people brush their teeth the recommended two times a day, a new survey has found. The remaining third only use their ...

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