BDJ Team

Collection 23 April 2024

Dental nurses

Dental nurses often taken centre-stage in BDJ Team, with features exploring their role, career pathways and working conditions regularly published since BDJ Team was launched in 2014. We have also met and interviewed numerous dental nurses about their careers and aspirations. This collection of content in BDJ Team brings together the best of our dental nurse content.

2024

‘Volunteering is in my nature and this will be the icing on the cake'
- Kate Quinlan
Feature16 Feb 2024 BDJ Team
Careers: sedation and GA trained dental nurse

Feature16 Feb 2024 BDJ Team
What is involved in being a CQC Registered Manager?
- Stephanie Boothroyd
Feature16 Feb 2024 BDJ Team
‘I'm excited to explore more learning opportunities'
- Anne-Marie Moisley
Feature19 Apr 2024 BDJ Team
Dental nursing on a mobile dental unit

Feature19 Apr 2024 BDJ Team
Upholding professional sanctuaries: protecting dental nurses' safe spaces in social media groups
- Rebecca Silver
Feature19 Apr 2024 BDJ Team

Themed issue 2023

SBDN launches investigation into sexual misconduct in dentistry

News20 Oct 2023 BDJ Team
How to develop your career in dental nursing

News20 Oct 2023 BDJ Team
Nyrsio Deintyddol (Cymru) - Dental nursing (Wales)

Feature20 Oct 2023 BDJ Team
Charity overwhelmed by number of applications for its dental nursing grant
- Karen Coates
Feature20 Oct 2023 BDJ Team
Dental nursing in Gibraltar

Feature20 Oct 2023 BDJ Team
'I returned home with great memories'
- Claire Kingsnorth
Feature20 Oct 2023 BDJ Team
'The dental nurse played a vital role in helping to manage the patient'
- Thomas A. Dyer
- Briana Chapple
Feature20 Oct 2023 BDJ Team
Dental nurses in the military

Feature20 Oct 2023 BDJ Team
Leadership and management roles in dental nursing
- Rebecca Anderson
- Aimee Matthews
- Ewen McColl
Feature20 Oct 2023 BDJ Team
The BDIA celebrates 100 years of working with dental professionals
- Edmund Proffitt
Feature20 Oct 2023 BDJ Team
Dental nurse retention in the UK
- Debbie Reed
Feature20 Oct 2023 BDJ Team

2023

From the archive: Chairside assistants

News20 Jan 2023 BDJ Team
A research dental nurse's role in clinical research
- Marina Bozic
- Ewen McColl
Feature20 Jan 2023 BDJ Team
'I feel so happy that dental nursing is being recognised'
- Kate Quinlan
Feature17 Feb 2023 BDJ Team
'I have never woken up and not wanted to go to work'
- Kate Quinlan
Feature17 Feb 2023 BDJ Team
'I have made myself a career and carved it out in my own way'
- Donna Bridger
Feature17 Mar 2023 BDJ Team
'Dental nursing gave me a kick start'
- Aisha Mehmood
Feature17 Mar 2023 BDJ Team
Why do some dental nurses stay in unsatisfactory jobs?
- Rebecca Silver
Feature19 May 2023 BDJ Team
Shining a light on dental nurses and skill mix
- Fiona Ellwood
Feature19 May 2023 BDJ Team
The dental nurse with a fire in her belly
- Caroline Holland
Feature19 May 2023 BDJ Team
Is there really a shortage of dental nurses?
- Rebecca Silver
Feature16 Jun 2023 BDJ Team
'No A-levels, no problem'
- Kate Quinlan
Feature21 Jul 2023 BDJ Team
Dental nursing in Nigeria
- Adeshola Ayinde
Feature21 Jul 2023 BDJ Team
Dental nursing behind bars

Feature15 Sep 2023 BDJ Team
‘My educational journey has become part of who I am'
- Nicola McIntosh
Feature17 Nov 2023 BDJ Team
Saying ‘yes' to every opportunity
- Letitia Choudhury
Feature17 Nov 2023 BDJ Team

2020–2022

'I continue to learn every day'
- Kate Quinlan
Feature21 Feb 2020 BDJ Team
Book review: A Basic Guide to Orthodontic Dental Nursing

Book Review17 Apr 2020 BDJ Team
Awe-inspiring dental nurses
- Caroline Holland
Feature19 Jun 2020 BDJ Team
'I miss my dental colleagues massively'
- Kate Quinlan
Feature19 Jun 2020 BDJ Team
'Like crossing a six lane highway with your eyes shut'

Feature16 Oct 2020 BDJ Team
A degree for dental nurses

Feature20 Nov 2020 BDJ Team
COVID-19 and dental nursing
- Richard Holliday
- Kimberley Pickering
- Fiona Ellwood
Feature15 Jan 2021 BDJ Team
Evaluation of a dental nurse-led triage system in a private dental practice during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Angela Cowell
- Louise Goodwin
- Colin Campbell
Feature15 Jan 2021 BDJ Team
The impact of COVID-19 on dental nursing - The forgotten profession
- Matthew Dingle
- Colette Balmer
Feature19 Mar 2021 BDJ Team
Dear dental nurse...
- Sharif Islam
Feature21 May 2021 BDJ Team
'To get such an accolade is beyond amazing!'
- Kate Quinlan
Feature16 Jul 2021 BDJ Team
The dental nurse researcher
- Kate Quinlan
Feature17 Sep 2021 BDJ Team
'I'm really proud that I did so well'
- Kate Quinlan
Feature17 Sep 2021 BDJ Team
'I was over the moon with the achievement'
- Kate Quinlan
Feature17 Sep 2021 BDJ Team
The importance of surgery assistance and maintenance: a plea for the employment of the trained dental nurse
- M. M. Loretz
Feature15 Oct 2021 BDJ Team
Where have all the dental nurses gone?
- Rebecca Silver
Feature19 Nov 2021 BDJ Team
Dental nurse indemnity
- Leo Briggs
Feature19 Nov 2021 BDJ Team
What are the challenges facing the dental nurse profession?
- Cat Edney
Feature19 Nov 2021 BDJ Team
Dental nursing in a neuro-disability hospital
- Louise Gallagher
Feature19 Nov 2021 BDJ Team
'Continuous learning is contagious'
- Preetee Hylton
Feature19 Nov 2021 BDJ Team
'I had found my passion, all of it!'
- Stacy Topping
Feature19 Nov 2021 BDJ Team
'I feel touched that patients know my name'
- Megan Viney
Feature19 Nov 2021 BDJ Team
The dental nurse who sings in a band
- Josie Malone-Griffiths
Feature19 Nov 2021 BDJ Team
What can a dental nurse do?

Feature19 Nov 2021 BDJ Team
'I am loving all aspects of the job'
- Jade Topping
Feature19 Nov 2021 BDJ Team
The history of dental nursing
- Debbie Reed
Feature19 Nov 2021 BDJ Team
'Interacting with staff and patients is the highlight of my day'
- Tony Benford
Feature19 Nov 2021 BDJ Team
'The patient journey is of the utmost importance to me'
- Kate Quinlan
Feature18 Mar 2022 BDJ Team
A week in the life of a hospital-based dental nurse
- Molly McCabe
- Zahra Yasen
Feature18 Mar 2022 BDJ Team
Jessica the dental nurse
- Kate Quinlan
Feature14 Apr 2022 BDJ Team
'It is a great course with amazing support'
- Kuljeet Battoo
Feature14 Apr 2022 BDJ Team
'I'm officially a teeth geek!'
- Kate Quinlan
Feature14 Apr 2022 BDJ Team
'I learned English and dentistry at the same time'
- Kate Quinlan
Feature14 Apr 2022 BDJ Team
'I've never looked back since starting in dentistry'
- Kate Quinlan
Feature20 May 2022 BDJ Team
Extended duties in dental radiography
- Chloe Foxhall
Feature20 May 2022 BDJ Team
From dental nurse to managing director
- Kate Quinlan
Feature20 May 2022 BDJ Team
Living the locum life
- Caroline Holland
Feature16 Sep 2022 BDJ Team
Dental nurse led teaching - From Plymouth to Antarctica
- Karen Burn
- Lisa Griffiths
- Michael Daldry
Feature16 Sep 2022 BDJ Team
‘Together we can all play a part'
- Kate Quinlan
Feature16 Sep 2022 BDJ Team
Call for dental practices to form partnership with schools to achieve ‘massive change'

News16 Sep 2022 BDJ Team

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