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• GDC forecasts financial reserves below target as fitness-to-practise costs rise
  The General Dental Council (GDC) has forecast that its financial reserves will fall below its target range as rising fitness-to-practise concerns increase its costs. The regulator expects its free reserves to equal 1.5 months of operating expenditure at the end of 2028. Its policy range is between 2.5 and 4.5 months. The forecast was included…
• DHSC to consult on dental hygienist and therapist independent prescribing rights
  The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has opened discussions on prescribing rights for dental hygienists and therapists with the British Association of Cosmetic Dental Professionals (BACDP). The BACDP said it had been ‘invited to present the case for change’, advocating for dental therapists and hygienists to be awarded powers to independently prescribe. The…
• From tea-maker to dental therapist: why I built the diploma I wish had existed
  After starting her career in dentistry making tea at 15, Poppy Dunton has gone on to create a Level 7 postgraduate diploma designed to help dental hygienists and therapists build confidence, develop their careers and understand the business side of dentistry. I started in dentistry making tea. I was 15, helping in a dental practice,…
• Could your clinical photography win you a pro kit?
  What makes great clinical photography? DB Orthodontics is putting that to the test with a competition, giving dental professionals the chance to showcase their best work and win a professional photography kit. What separates a good clinical photograph from a genuinely great one? It isn’t the camera. It isn’t even the lighting. According to senior…
• Treating diastema with periodontal disease: a multidisciplinary case
  Nieves Ros demonstrates how periodontal treatment, Invisalign and composite bonding can be combined to manage diastema and tooth migration associated with periodontal disease. When this 56-year-old patient first came to see me at Smmmile Store Bristol, his concern was clear and immediate: a growing gap between his upper anterior teeth that had been developing over…