Dental practitioners are the highest-ranking occupation when it comes to mental health struggles, new data reveals. On a list assessing the health and wellbeing of
The guidance, first published on 1 June, supports dental professionals to take a risk-based approach to providing safe care, whatever the national COVID-19 threat level,
The number of missed dental appointments in England has reached 14 million as a result of COVID-19. This is according to official activity data seen
‘A benchmark of 15 to 30 minutes’ – this is the new fallow time recommendation endorsed by the Faculty of General Dental Practice UK. In
Over the past two decades, the world has experienced three outbreaks of very fatal coronaviruses including the current pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2. COVID-19 has posed
Three quarters of dentists report they will not provide a full service this year or do not know when they will be able to. Additionally,
While the pandemic has had a significant effect on dental practices, it has taken an especially large toll on periodontal practices in the United Kingdom,
We have been thrown in the deep end of the “back to work” waters. Waves of anxiety over personal protection equipment (PPE), financial recovery, and
A parliamentary committee is calling on NHS England to set out the next steps to secure sustainable and efficient dental services. Published today (1 October),
Dental practices will have access to free PPE as part of the UK government’s new second wave strategy. In its newly-released PPE plan, the government
Experts are calling for a sustainable solution to PPE in dentistry as the profession responds to the COVID-19 crisis. In a new report published in
The SDCEP document, published today, represents the agreed positions of a working group comprising dental professionals from across primary care, secondary care, academia and public
