Rebecca Harris from Liverpool University has been doing some research into the reasons why patients don't attend and has produced a toolkit to help encourage dental visits - she's sharing the findings at a free event in February.
Blog Date 15 January, 2020
Hina Patel is a dentist, a nutritional therapist and a stress management coach. She shares some tips and tools for helping you to manage stress and highlights the resources and support available for dentists.
Blog Date 22 October, 2019
Amaar Hassan has recently taken on a new role as an academic clinical fellow at the St Helens and Knowsley NHS Teaching Hospitals. He explains his role and why he's passionate about doing research.
Blog Date 24 September, 2019
Roz McMullan explains why we've recently launched a new service for our members, partnering with the award-winning employee assistance programme from Health Assured
Blog Date 6 September, 2019
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
Victoria Mellish is Head of Oral Surgery at James Cook University in rural Australia, she tells us about her day…
Blog Date 11 February, 2019
Jo Batt is Clinical Lecturer in Restorative Dentistry and Admissions Tutor for Dentistry at the School of Dentistry, University of Birmingham. She tells us about her day...
Blog Date 25 January, 2019
Alexander Holden is a senior lecturer in dental ethics, law and professionalism in Sydney, Australia. He tells us about his day…
Blog Date 18 January, 2019
We feel that dentistry is often forgotten when it comes to getting a share of NHS funding, but we've set out to Government why we feel committing more resources to NHS dentistry can massively improve oral (and general) health outcomes for patients.
Blog Date 5 November, 2018
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
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
We provide the facts about dental amalgam and high-strength MRI scanners, and highlight some useful resources for your patients on discussing the usage of dental amalgam.
Blog Date 28 June, 2018
Should we make sugar the 'new tobacco' and campaign for producers to be clear, not just about the amounts of contained in products, but also about the health impacts of eating their products, including oral health?
With the World Cup in full flow, we take a look at some shocking facts about the state of sports peoples' teeth.
Blog Date 27 June, 2018
Some recent research shows self-medication for dental pain with paracetamol is a significant cause of accidental overdose and potential liver failure. Charlotte Currie looks at the evidence and highlights some useful resources for dentists to use to be aware of the problem.
Blog Date 21 May, 2018
Dental professionals across the globe are invited to tweet using #Dentistry24 to celebrate the good work of the dental profession on 24 May 2018.
Blog Date 18 May, 2018
An academic dentist explains her personal frustrations about the fiasco of the USS pension scheme and how she feels this will be detrimental to encouraging the much needed staff into the academic sector.
Blog Date 13 March, 2018
As part of our 'We are dentistry' campaign, Christine Goodall tells us why she loves working in dentistry and why she set up a charity to help prevent violence.
Blog Date 18 January, 2018
It looks like it's been a busy year for everyone – so, just in case you missed it, here are our top pick of the BDA's blogs during 2017.
Blog Date 19 December, 2017
Charlotte Currie, Clinical Fellow in Oral Surgery, takes a look at the current evidence on why patients often resort to self-medication with painkillers, and encourages dentists to be on the look-out for patients who might be at serious risk of overdose.
Blog Date 25 July, 2017
