Table of contents
Editorial
Caring at Christmas - p3
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Star Letter
STAR LETTERConvince the dentists - p5
Donna Pickersgill
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Letters
A unique omission - p5
Fiona Ann Blinkhorn, Dr
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Correction - p5
Female dictatorships - p6
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Diary
Winter Diary - p7
Association contacts - p7
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News
Tackling kids' tooth decay - p8
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Positive response to DCP registration - p8
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Increased support for practices - p8
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Turn over a charitable leaf - p8
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British Dental Receptionists' Association closes - p9
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A mouth's eye view - p9
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Hygiene and therapy award launched - p9
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Digital images help toddlers with oral disease - p10
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Hearing loss and high-speed dental tools - p10
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Chewing gum with added bite - p10
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The two little germs that lived in a tooth - p12
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Spotlight on dental nurses - p13
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Focus on deaneries
Discover your deanery - pp14 - 15
Just who is your local deanery? What do they do? How can you contact them? Kathryn Marshall, DCP Tutor for Kent, Surrey & Sussex Deanery, offers some advice.
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Reviews
CD review - p16
Special Care Dentistry: an interactive learning programme for the dental team. Produced by J. Fiske MBE and R. Davies. Smile-on Ltd .Copies of the CD can be obtained from Smile-on Ltd on 020 7400 8989, or email e-mail: info@smile-on.com. There is a small charge of £25 + VAT for further copies.
Book Reviews
Book review - p17
Basic guide to dental instruments. C. Scheller. Blackwell Munksgaard. £19.99 ISBN: 1405133791
Competition winners – autumn issue - p17
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Features
Registration
Registration revision — Dental technicians - pp18 - 19
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Vital guide
Vital guide to Adhesive dentistry - pp21 - 24
Christopher Lynch
Welcome to the fourth article in the Vital Guide Series. At the end of the article are some CPD questions, which are designed to get you thinking about the article and to help you remember some of the key points. Here, Christopher Lynch explains contemporary adhesive dental techniques and their application.
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Interview
Heralding a hygienic future - pp28 - 29
Do dental hygienists get the recognition they deserve within the dental industry? Arveen Bajaj spoke to new BDHA President Michael Wheeler.
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Australian therapy
What is a toothbrush? Dental therapy in the Northern Territory - pp30 - 32
Performing extractions under a tree, explaining what a toothbrush is, rescuing an accident victim in the middle of nowhere ... it's all in a day's work for Australian dental therapist Debbie Beldham. By Kate Craig
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Technician Survey
Professional development for dental technicians - pp33 - 36
Will dental technicians welcome new CPD legislation with open arms? Drs Michael Reeson and Nicholas Jepson set out to investigate. Adapted from a BDJ article1 by Rowena Milan.
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Advice
So what happens now? - pp37 - 38
Leo Briggs, the Dental Defence Union's dento-legal adviser, offers a helping hand to newly-registered DCPs.
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Cover feature
Accessible to all: removing barriers to good oral health - pp39 - 41
Are you confident in your approach to every patient who enters the surgery? Let Associate Specialist Janet Griffiths introduce you to Special Care Dentistry.
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On Your Feet
Hop, skip and click - p43
Do you fancy being a dab hand at downloading from your digital? Then strike a pose, please, for Julie Ferry.
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Retro recipes - pp44 - 45
Out of the archive and into the oven... Kate Maynard found some inspiring recipes in an unlikely place.
Best foot forward - p46
Team sports, ball skills, lycra shorts and gym subscriptions not on your agenda? Then discover the benefits of walking. Arveen Bajaj stretches her legs.
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Last Word
Marketplace
Paste for pulpitis - p47
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Fluoride releasing restorative - p47
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Have your cake and eat it - p47
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A wonder hoe - p47
Popular sample packs - p48
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A healthier lifesmile - p48
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Educate your neighbours - p48
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Sugarfree gum launch - p48
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Avoid litigation - p49
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Enjoying the view - p49
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Automatic dispenser - p49
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Practical workwear solutions - p49
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Crossword
Prize crossword win! - p51
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In the bleak mid water - p52
As we plunge headlong into the darker days of winter there are not just the long evenings to contend with but also the change in the weather. In the practice that means raincoats for example, and hats, and boots and ... umbrellas... Stephen Hancocks dodges the drips.
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