National Dental News
- Keir Starmer resigns as Prime Minister: what this means for dentistryAs Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces his resignation, the dental profession is left asking what its political future holds. Today (22 June) the Prime Minister said he accepted with ‘good grace’ that he was no longer best placed to lead his party into the next general election. He said: ‘Every decision I’ve taken has been…
- Prevention will fail if communication does not landA few months into his role as senior editor of Dentistry.co.uk, Patrick Johnston comments on one theme that keeps coming through in almost every conversation: dentistry talks about prevention constantly. The harder question is whether patients and families are hearing us. At the Birmingham Dental Show, Bupa Dental Health Is Live and the General Dental…
- Tightening up your game: dental lessons from the FIFA World CupChris Nicholson explores the parallel between the FIFA World Cup tournament and dental practices thinking about stepping away from the NHS. As the World Cup gets underway, it’s a good reminder that success at the highest level of football is something that requires preparation and planning. The teams that go deep into the tournament have…
- Eddie Scher 1950-2026: pioneer who helped implant dentistry find its place Eddie Scher, a defining figure in UK implant dentistry and former ADI president, has died after a career in clinical education. A specialist prosthodontist and oral surgeon, lifelong educator and one of the architects of the Association of Dental Implantology, Eddie helped guide implant dentistry from its pioneering years towards the respected discipline it is…
- Navigating dental therapy in the NHSWith skill mix being hailed as the new way of working for the NHS, does dental therapy really benefit? Or is it a wolf in sheep’s clothing? On one hand, we are hearing more than ever about prevention, access, workforce pressures, skill mix and reform. Dental therapists are finally being recognised within NHS policy conversations…