The Council of the College of General Dentistry convened for the first time on Friday, 23 July 2021, welcoming new members to expand representation across the dental team. The Council is elected by the membership, and continues its work from the Board of the Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK), which is in the process (more…)

College of General Dentistry makes commitment to building careers for all dental professionals The College of General Dentistry, in partnership with Colgate Palmolive UK,announces an important programme to build career pathways for all those working in a professional capacity in primary care and general dentistry, which will be rolled out in the coming months following (more…)

Members of the College are part of a strong community of professionals from across the dental team, dedicated to upholding standards of clinical and professional excellence, brought together for the first time in one professional home. And now our membership scheme is fully open, we are welcoming more dental colleagues and peers to join us (more…)

I am not one for re-inventing the wheel, therefore I suggest that you have a look at this website on instrumentation in perio. https://www.iperiopal.com/

I have put up a list of instruments I think may be useful for anyone getting back to scaling by hand.

Im still needing some help with this. If you could spare just a few minutes of your time, my students and I would really appreciate it. IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO JUST BEFORE YOU QUALIFIED AND TELL YOURSELF ANYTHING, WHAT WOULD IT BE? I am a tutor on the BSc Oral Health sciences course (more…)

Strange and challenging times ahead for us all. So much uncertainty for most of us whether employed or self employed. We as Dental Care Professionals have so much to offer with the skills we already have (I won’t list them all). Needless to say the government would be remiss not to utilise us. We don’t (more…)

The GDC has set the ARF for the next three years. DCP’s – £114 Dentists – £680 This sees a reduction in the ARF albeit a small reduction.

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I thought you may all be interested in a new project set up by James Goolnik: As you know the number one reason  5-9 year olds are admitted to hospital in the UK is from Tooth decay. Shocking in this day and age.   As a parent I am fed up of fending off the (more…)