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• Digital dentures with Medit
  Join Spencer Greening on 2 September at 7pm as he discusses digital dentures with Medit. This webinar will help delegates understand digital denture workflows using the four scan strategies (reference denture, pre-prep, ICP, centric tray). Attendees will learn how to set up Medit correctly for denture scanning, troubleshoot common errors and gain practical chairside tips…
• Robot outperforms static guide at tooth transplant preparation
  An autonomous robot prepared tooth transplant sockets more precisely than a conventional static guide-assisted approach, with the greatest improvements seen in complex double-rooted anatomy. Researchers at the Fourth Military Medical University in Xi’an, China, tested the two methods on 40 3D-printed mandibular models. Researchers said the robotic device displayed ‘superior accuracy and geometric fidelity’ compared…
• Dentists are not disappearing. NHS dentistry is.
  Dentists are abandoning the NHS, or so the headlines say. Rachel Gilmour MP believes ministers, not the profession, should answer for the NHS dental crisis. The Liberal Democrat MP for Tiverton and Minehead has proposed giving the government one year to improve NHS dental care in West Somerset. Gilmour has tabled an amendment to the…
• Is your dental practice accessible enough? Maisie Cass on neuroinclusion in dentistry
  What is one thing a dental practice can do today to become more accessible? For Maisie Cass, it starts with curiosity. Cass is a neuroinclusion specialist, chief curiosity officer at Diversity Does, and was diagnosed with ADHD in adulthood. She has spent 20 years helping organisations understand the minds they are missing. In this episode…
• How to go about becoming a mixed dental practice
  As dentists grapple with the tweaks to the NHS dental contract and the introduction of complex care pathways, a number of owners may want to consider becoming a mixed practice. Amy Hansford suggests some things to consider when planning to add private dentistry to your list. Over the past 18 months, NHS dental practices have…