A vaccine is being developed that will treat periodontitis – and could be available to dentists if human trials are a success. Australian drug makers

The inauguration of the BDTA’s new president, Edward Attenborough, took place at the Association’s Midwinter Meeting in London on Thursday (10 December). His presidency officially

I have to be honest with you, I won’t be sorry to see the back of 2009. It started off nicely enough – for me

Applications for 2010 to a dental school have risen by 32% following a phenomenal 122% last year. The figures for the Peninsula Dental School –

Scientists are suggesting mercury amalgam dental fillings may be less toxic than previously thought. That’s the verdict of a new study appearing online in ACS

The 2009 Dentistry Awards was a resounding success, leaving winning dental practice teams ‘on a high’ after claiming they’d had ‘a night we will never

The Department of Health will not be seeking NICE guidance on the HTM 01-05 decontamination guidelines for dental surgeries, despite calls to do so from

If you think that hailing a cab for patients and paying for it to get them to their appointments on time is a bit excessive,

Dentists are being offered a new service designed to wrap up the business of website design in one easy package. Dentistry magazine and are offering

I’ve been in my current role for three years. I am responsible for co-ordinating a variety of oral health improvement programmes within NHS Lanarkshire. Most

Alison White has been appointed as interim chief executive and registrar of the General Dental Council (GDC). Alison has a strong track record of strategic

A Newcastle dental student has won the Junior Colgate Prize at the British Society for Dental Research (BSDR) conference in Glasgow. Rhiannon Davies (BDS 2009)