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Interview: 'Every dentist should have a website'

London-based company Dental Focus has been advising UK dentists on how to attract new patients through online marketing since 2001. For Dental Tribune ...

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BDIA Dental Showcase has promising start

LONDON, UK: The BDIA Dental Showcase started off promisingly yesterday with hundreds of dental professionals from all around the country already swarming ...

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BDIA Dental Showcase has promising start

LONDON, UK: The BDIA Dental Showcase started off promisingly yesterday with hundreds of dental professionals from all around the country already swarming ...

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Interview: “We want to be a forerunner”

A familiar face at every BDIA Dental Showcase is GC UK. On Thursday, Dental Tribune sat down with Managing Director Chris Brown to discuss what is in store ...

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Enlighten considers patient’s oral health with new whitening toothpaste

LONDON, UK: Teeth whitening specialist Enlighten has unveiled its evo-white toothpaste at the BDIA Dental Showcase in London. The new product, that boasts ...

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Interview: 'The UK is a glass market'

With its GCP product range featuring Glass Carbomer technology, GCP Dental is introducing its unique restorative portfolio on a large scale to the dental ...

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Interview: 'The UK is a glass market'

With its GCP product range featuring Glass Carbomer technology, GCP Dental is introducing its unique restorative portfolio on a large scale to the dental ...

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BDIA Dental Showcase sees UK premiere of promising filling technology

LONDON, UK: One of the most successful species in evolution, sharks have been roaming the earth’s oceans for at least 400 million years. The key ...

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BDIA Dental Showcase sees UK premiere of promising filling technology

LONDON, UK: One of the most successful species in evolution, sharks have been roaming the earth’s oceans for at least 400 million years. The key ...

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Excitement peaks for the UK’s dental event of the year

LONDON, UK: With only hours left before the doors of the ExCeL London Exhibition and Convention Centre open for this year’s BDIA Dental Showcase, ...

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Barts study on severe periodontitis reveals looming crisis

LONDON, UK: Figures by the National Health Service indicate that at least one in 15 adults in the UK currently suffers from the most severe form of ...

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GDC suspends dentist in rare case of malpractice

LONDON, UK: The General Dental Council (GDC) has reported that it is suspending the registration of a dentist from Northern Ireland, after a public hearing ...

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Dental experts call for radical rethink on free sugars intake

LONDON – Sugars in the diet should make up no more than 3 per cent of total energy intake to reduce the significant financial and social burdens of ...

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Cricket legend attends Prima Dental market launch in India

NEW DELHI, India: Kapil Dev made a star appearance at the launch of UK dental manufacturer Prima Dental into India’s dental market here at the 2014 ...

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Easier and safer: Webinar presents new endodontic technique

LEIPZIG, Germany: A new instrumentation technique, which is designed to improve safety, efficiency and user friendliness of shaping procedures, will be ...

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HIV-positive dentist loses licence over dishonesty

PAISLEY, UK: The General Dental Council has removed a Scottish dentist from the register because he failed to disclose his HIV status to authorities. Along ...

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More English adults see NHS dentists

LEEDS, UK: The number of adult and child patients who visit a National Health Service (NHS) dentist is rising, but only the North of England has recorded an...

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Teeth reveal details of Richard III’s lifestyle

LEICESTER, UK: Isotope analysis of bone and tooth material from King Richard III has revealed previously unknown details of his early life and the change in...

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Brighton builds waste house with 20,000 toothbrushes

BRIGHTON, UK: Students, apprentices and volunteers from Brighton in South England have built a house completely made of waste. Among DVDs, jeans and many ...

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Prima Dental to enter Indian market

GLOUCESTER – Dental bur manufacturer Prima Dental has announced that it will be entering the Indian dental market with the launch of a full range of ...

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UK dental students not informed about domestic violence

MANCHESTER, UK: Most victims of domestic violence have injuries around the head and neck region. Thus, dentists are in a prime position to spot signs of ...

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World champion misses competition owing to infected tooth

LONDON, UK: In an interview with the BBC, the UK public broadcasting corporation, British distance runner Mohamed “Mo” Farah, CBE, has ...

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Study finds highly inconsistent recommendations on toothbrushing

LONDON – A comparison of advice on toothbrushing for adults and children given by dental companies, textbooks and dental associations has found that ...

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Straumann team embarks on charity bike ride

CRAWLEY, UK: From 2 to 6 September, a team composed of staff members from the UK division of dental implant manufacturer Straumann and customers will ...

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Electric toothbrushes outperform manual toothbrushes in long-term study

MANCHESTER, UK: From a review of studies on different kinds of toothbrushes, researchers from the UK have found that electric toothbrushes are more ...

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UK adults believe that correction of their smile could improve confidence

RUGBY – A UK survey commissioned by the British Dental Health Foundation and dental company Align Technology has found that over a quarter of people ...

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Almost half of Brits do not visit or take their children to the dentist

LONDON – A recently published report about the UK dental consumer market has shown that only 52 per cent of the UK population visited the dentist ...

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Tooth extractions are main reason for children's hospital admissions

LEEDS – The main reason for English children of primary school age being admitted to hospital is multiple tooth extraction. According to the latest ...

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Instrumentarium Dental exhibits at major ortho congress

WARSAW, Poland/TUUSULA, Finland: In June, participants at the 90th Congress of the European Orthodontic Society in Warsaw in Poland had the opportunity to ...

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