Volume 4 Issue 9, October 2017

Professor Keith Horner, University of Manchester, Co-editor of FGDP(UK)'s Selection criteria for dental radiography, has reviewed the draft Ionising Radiation Regulations 2017 and draft Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2018 and what they mean for dental practices.

Paula Ennis, 45, is a dental nurse and oral health educator at WRE Livingston Dental Health Care at Bangor in County Down.

Priya Sharma explains the GDC's new CPD scheme due to start on 1 August 2018 for DCPs.

An insight into the work of UK dental volunteers in the Philippines and interview with volunteer Ruth Potterton, a dental hygienist and therapist.

There is a lot of confusion among the general public around sugar, sweeteners, ‘no added sugar’, ‘naturally occurring sugars’, ‘free sugars’ and sugar alternatives such as Xylitol. We commissioned Elaine Gardner of the British Dietetic Association [the other BDA!] to sort fact from fiction and provide advice that you can share with your patients on the effects of sugars and alternative sugars on general and oral health

Few people planning trips abroad consider a dental check-up before they go, says Sandra Grieve.¹ What help and advice can dental professionals provide?