Congratulations to Dr Shane Byrne of Ardee, County Louth, the winner of Irish Dentist’s K Club experience. Dr Byrne’s name was the first drawn out

A London dentist is giving patients check-ups over the Internet – and believes that ultimately the technology could mean people getting a check-up in the

On 12 December 2007 the Minister for Health Promotion and Food Safety, Pat The Cope Gallagher TD, launched the report on the Evaluation of the

Community First for Treatment has been accused by the UK dental regulator, the General Dental Council (GDC), of the illegal business of dentistry on two

Scientists in the US have discovered a connection between the incidence of oral cancer and race and ethnicity. The investigation is part of an epidemiologic

The NHS is being given guidelines for the use of conscious sedation for patients with an innate fear of the dentist. The conscious sedation of

The Dental Practitioners Association (DPA) has accused Chief Dental Officer Barry Cockcroft of being ‘in denial’ over the damning figures revealing that seven million patients

NHS dentistry is in a crisis – and only the government can resolve it. That’s according to the British Dental Association (BDA) who is calling

The Irish Medicines Board (IMB) has issued its second warning in 18 months about bisphosphonates, a class of drugs used to combat bone thinning. A

Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston can identify and quantify specific protein markers in human saliva to provide an early,

The Scottish government has been accused of conning the north east of Scotland over promises that a new dental school in Aberdeen would relieve the

Q. My private practice is very successful. I have 2000 loyal patients but because many of them have been with the practice for over ten