Latest Blog Posts

• Taking dentistry in Wales foward

  Looking towards the future developments of dentistry in Wales, Tom Bysouth, Chair of the Welsh General Dental Practice Committee gives some updates on UDA reform and makes a call to those intested in steering the profession forward.

  Blog Date 17 April, 2019

• A long time coming: We've got a result on the CDS contract in Northern Ireland

  We've welcomed news that the Department of Finance has now given approval to implement our long-awaited Community Dental Services Contract in Northern Ireland.

  Blog Date 17 April, 2019

• How to hold Commissioners to account

  What is an HOSC? If you haven’t come across this before, it’s the Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee. I have been working with our local HOSC in Norfolk for many years and in my region, the County Council committee consists of around 15 councillors from all political parties, often chaired by an ex MP. Physically, it resembles a House of Commons Select Committee in as much as the councillors sit behind a horseshoe desk with those giving evidence before them. Some of the councillors will have had a role in healthcare in their 'other life' but many are less well informed.

  Blog Date 12 April, 2019

• What is a sustainable dentistry scholar? And how you can be more green at work...

  Sara Harford and Darshini Alexandra Ramasubbu tell us about their journey as Centre for Sustainable Healthcare scholars in dentistry, what they've achieved and why you should think more about how green you are in practice.

  Blog Date 11 April, 2019

• Highlighting the state of children's teeth in London: 1 million are missing out on free NHS dental check-ups

  Len D'Cruz recently gave oral evidence to the London Assembly Health Committee's investigation into child dental health. Your responses to our survey helped to show the challenges being faced by dentists on the ground and to make the case for what we need to improve oral health inequalities.

  Blog Date 11 April, 2019

• How much sugar is in your Easter egg? The impact on children's teeth

  In our practice, we believe in focusing on prevention for oral health, and in the run up to Easter, we decided to highlight the shocking facts about the amount of sugar in the chocolate products, particularly to those marketed to children.

  Blog Date 8 April, 2019

• Dentistry's recruitment and retention crisis in Wales: making the case for pay uplifts

  We've asked the pay review body to be bold and to make a recommendation on pay uplifts that will make dentistry a viable and attractive option in Wales.

  Blog Date 3 April, 2019

• Getting a fairer deal for dentists in Scotland: making the case for pay uplifts

  We made the case for dentists working in Scotland to the pay review body, highlighting the key issues facing our profession and the need for change.

  Blog Date 3 April, 2019

• 5 things you need to know about NHS dental charges

  NHS dental charges in England go up on 1 April. We can take no pleasure in a system that acts as a cover for huge cuts and punishes those who need us most, writes Henrik Overgaard-Nielsen.

  Blog Date 1 April, 2019

• What it's like being a... private dentist with an interest in oral surgery and paediatrics? Elisa Paraschou

  Elisa Paraschou grew up in Greece, studied dentistry in Bulgaria, and has worked in four different European countries. She currently is working as an associate in a private practice in London, focusing on oral surgery and paediatrics.

  Blog Date 28 March, 2019

• What’s it like being a... GDP in a dental corporate with an interest in implants? Kunal Rai

  ​Kunal Rai works as a GDP for a dental corporate in West Yorkshire and is currently working towards an MSc in implantology. He tell us about his day...

  Blog Date 25 March, 2019

• Is Government serious about the survival of NHS dentistry?

  It’s a simple idea, but UK governments are only just waking up to it: you can’t have NHS dentistry without NHS dentists.

  Blog Date 21 March, 2019

• Supervised brushing – a key tool in decay prevention

  What action can we take on child tooth decay, asks Sandra White, PHE's National lead for Dental Public Health in a guest blog to mark World Oral Health Day.

  Blog Date 20 March, 2019

• Why a new oral health strategy in Northern Ireland is needed

  ​We've been campaigning for a new oral health strategy for many years. That's why BDA Northern Ireland Director Tristen Kelso and I were delighted to highlight the need for it, and to point out some of the shocking stats on the state of our children's teeth on Northern Visions TV recently.

  Blog Date 19 March, 2019

• Commemorating two pioneers of jaw injury treatment during WW1

  The BDA Library and Museum were delighted to be invited to the unveiling of a blue plaque at Birmingham Dental School, for two lesser-known but important, pioneers of jaw injury treatment and prevention during World War One.

  Blog Date 19 March, 2019

• The crisis in oral health care for older people in Northern Ireland must be tackled now

  Ageing population issues are just one visible demonstration of why we need a new oral health strategy now – one that we can put into action to benefit our full range of patients, says Caroline Lappin.

  Blog Date 15 March, 2019

• What’s it like being a... practice owner and principal dentist in Wales? Lauren Harrhy

  ​Lauren Harrhy owns a mixed dental practice in Pontypool, Wales, and works as the principal dentist with a team of 11 staff. She tells us about her day…

  Blog Date 12 March, 2019

• What’s it like to be a... GDP with an interest in children's oral health? Sahar-Tara Aghababaie

  Sahar-Tara Aghababaie is GDP in a mixed practice in Northern London. Having recently done a DCP paediatric post, she has in interest in children's oral health and provides teaching with paediatric consultants in a hospital, and visits local nurseries and primary schools promoting good oral health.

  Blog Date 8 March, 2019

• Teeth make kids: Northern Ireland Branch event

  It was great to see our recent Northern Ireland Branch event, 'Teeth Makes Kids', so well attended, and the day was delivered in a very practical 'hands-on' style, to give attendees information about managing child dentition and focusing on prevention.

  Blog Date 7 March, 2019

• Concerns over the future of the Public Dental Service in Scotland

  Graham Smith says continuing cuts to the PDS are causing serious concerns about the future of the service in Scotland.

  Blog Date 5 March, 2019