Latest Blog Posts

• Dentists: are you exceeding your annual allowance for your pension?

  ​The sometimes forgotten issue of the financial implications of exceeding your annual allowance within your NHS Pension came up at a recent BDA "Preparing for Retirement" seminar, and it made me wonder how well informed many dentists are about it.

  Blog Date 20 August, 2018

• Dentists’ pay and expenses - Who is getting what, and when?

  An update on pay and expenses following this summer's pay body recommendations.

  Blog Date 15 August, 2018

• Myth-busting about natal teeth: dental anxiety and good oral health

  Charlotte Waite explains why and how babies born with natal teeth can be treated and seeks to reassure parents and carers that their baby will feel no pain if the tooth needs to be removed.

  Blog Date 9 August, 2018

• Academic pensions: at a stalemate?

  An update on the issues facing the Universities Superannuation Scheme's financial difficulties and how this might impact on dentists working in universities signed-up to this pension scheme.

  Blog Date 8 August, 2018

• Disappearing dentures: A simple way to ensure dentures don't get lost in hospital

  A new campaign might help the problem of dentures 'disappearing' in hospitals and save the NHS money, as well as saving patients' dignity.

  Blog Date 8 August, 2018

• The state of teeth in Wales: is enough being done?

  Tom Bysouth explains why we need your help to make the case to Welsh Government that maintaining the status quo for dentistry is not enough.

  Blog Date 7 August, 2018

• Action is needed on protected slots for urgent dental care

  Nick Stolls says there is a need for more urgent care slots to be commissioned to ensure dental patients can be treated quickly and appropriately, especially out-of-hours.

  Blog Date 7 August, 2018

• Helping smokers to quit is key to fighting oral cancer in Scotland

  We know that smoking is one of the main causes of oral cancer, so it is deeply concerning that in Scotland there was a 40% drop in GP prescriptions for smoking cessation products between 2005-06 and 2016-17.

  Blog Date 30 July, 2018

• How is the NHS Pension Scheme faring?

  Head of Pensions, Phil McEvoy takes a look at what the NHS Pension Scheme looks like today, as well as where he hopes it will be in the future.

  Blog Date 30 July, 2018

• NHS or private dentistry? What's your future career plan

  If you are wondering whether to focus your future career aims on working in the NHS or moving into private practice, here's some information to help you in your career planning.

  Blog Date 26 July, 2018

• Scotland dentists: pay uplift 2018

  We've called on the Scottish Government to clarify how it will use the pay review body's recent report to uplift dentists' pay.

  Blog Date 26 July, 2018

• Northern Ireland dentists left in limbo: pay uplift 2018

  Dentists working in Northern Ireland will receive the 'good' news that UK government has recommended a minimum two per cent uplift in pay for GDPs and salaried dentists across the UK, with a slight pinch of salt.

  Blog Date 26 July, 2018

• Three young dentist hacks from the YDC #1

  Three top tips from the BDA's Young Dentists Committee to help you get ahead in your career.

  Blog Date 25 July, 2018

• Here’s a fact for you: HPV vaccines will now be offered to boys

  Why young dentists should be interested in the news that the HPV vaccine will now be offered to boys, as well as girls, to help prevent cases of oral and oropharngeal cancer.

  Blog Date 25 July, 2018

• The changing structure of the dental workforce: what do young dentists want today?

  What can the research on millennials tell us about the careers of dentists starting out in practice today? BDA Policy Adviser, Tom King, investigates.

  Blog Date 24 July, 2018

• Dental enamel: could we 'grow' it back?

  Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have developed a new way to grow mineralised materials which could regenerate hard tissues such as dental enamel and bone - lead researcher Dr Sherif Elsharkawy explains.

  Blog Date 20 July, 2018

• Boys in Scotland to get protection from oral cancer-causing HPV

  The HPV vaccine has been recommended to be extended to boys in England and dentists are pleased that Scottish Government has now committed to funding this programme - find out why.

  Blog Date 19 July, 2018

• Boys in Northern Ireland must be included in vaccines for oral cancer-causing HPV

  We’re pleased to hear the news that the HPV vaccine has been recommended to be extended to boys in England, and we will now work to insist that Northern Ireland follows suit, writes Northern Ireland Council Chair Roz McMullan.

  Blog Date 18 July, 2018

• Putting prevention to work: Boys in Wales to get protection from oral cancer-causing HPV

  The HPV vaccine has been recommended to be extended to boys in England and dentists are pleased that the Welsh Assembly has now committed to funding this programme - find out why.

  Blog Date 18 July, 2018

• Filling in the gaps on OHIP

  Scottish Council Chair Robert Donald explains why we have reached out to new Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport Jeane Freeman for clarity on resourcing the Oral Health Improvement Plan.

  Blog Date 17 July, 2018