• Maple Dental Care Ltd, in the Brooklands area of Manchester, has been named BDA Good Practice Scheme Practice of the Year. The practice were due to receive their award at the BDA Honours and Awards Dinner taking place on 21 November.

  • The BDA says that the Department of Health must act immediately to avert the possibility of UK dentistry graduates being denied foundation training places again in 2013. The warning follows an announcement that the number of applicants invited to take place in the applications process exceeds the estimated number of available training places by almost 200. Thirty-five applicants were not allocated places this year.

  • There are five days left to enter a ballot to attend the 2012 BDA Christmas Lecture. Professor Alastair Sloan will address the subject of Regenerative dentistry and stem cells; current thoughts and research on the evening of 13 December 2012. BDA members can apply for a free ticket by sending an email to xmaslecture@bda.org stating their name, BDA number, postal address and telephone number. The draw for tickets will take place on 29 November.