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There are many challenges the dental team face on a daily basis. Challenging contracts – internally as well as NHS – always seems to top the list, but improving patient compliance and shifting toward a preventive world remains one of, if not the greatest challenge of modern dentistry. Dental Hygienist and winner of the BSDHT's and WOHP ‘Oral Hygiene by Design’ Award Michelle Coles, gives us her 10 top tips for improving patient compliance.
Newly-elected Robin Mills shares his vision for term in office with the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD) in this month's President's Column.
The nights are drawing in, the temperature is dropping and Christmas is just around the corner bringing with it, and often dreaded by employers, the staff Christmas party!
In recent years there has been considerable interest in possible links between periodontal disease and systemic diseases. The general public are increasingly aware that such links may exist and in some cases are concerned about the implications for them as individuals. Nearly half of all adults in the United Kingdom have some form of periodontal disease,1 and as such present to dental practices every day. It is essential that all members of the dental team are aware of the periodontitis-systemic disease link, and can provide clear evidence-based advice and information to patients. The aim of this article is to summarise the current state of knowledge so that members of the dental team can convey appropriate advice and guidance to patients.
In this month's President's Column, Jenny Godson, President of the British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry (BASCD) gives us her views on the latest in dentistry.
Patients with additional needs may require you to give additional thought into how they access your service. All patients have individual needs specific only to them so care must be tailored to each patient. Dental Nurse Nicola Sherlock thinks the following ten top tips may help the dental team when treating some of the many patients with more complex needs.
Passions run high when it comes to job titles. So, what should dually qualified dental hygienists and dental therapists call themselves – and why? Here, we poll the BADT council
Sarah Buxton* is a dental specialist employment solicitor who acts for dental practice owners, practitioners and managers up and down the country. Here, Sarah tells BDJ Team readers everything they need to know about employment status.
It shocked the nation into action, with his petition reaching 100,000 signatures within 48 hours of the documentary airing, but what did we as a profession make of it? After all, the British Dental Journal has been banging on about sugar for 100 years, so what impact could a 60 minute show by a TV chef possibly have? We ask five healthcare professionals for their opinion.
A children's story which is being published to raise money for the charity Meningitis Now and as a lasting legacy to a teenager who died from the infection has won the backing of the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry.
‘I'm 22 years into working with dental teams, and I've solved every business challenge there is with the exception of one – performance and behaviour.’
