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Dental publication based in UK, with news, blogs and a forum. Published news daily. Established 1997
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More Details of 2026 Contract Changes Emerge

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More Details of 2026 Contract Changes Emerge
More details have been released by NHS England about the forthcoming NHS dental contract changes for April 1st 2026.
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January 15, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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The Small World of Dentistry - Simplified Registration and Pension Concerns

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The Small World of Dentistry - Simplified Registration and Pension Concerns
Two recent stories are likely to chime with UK dental teams, although they come from outside the UK.
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January 15, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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The Small World of Dentistry - Simplified Registration and Pension Concerns

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The Small World of Dentistry - Simplified Registration and Pension Concerns
Two recent stories are likely to chime with UK dental teams, although they come from outside the UK.
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January 15, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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Tooth and Consequences - how insurance fraud put colleagues in jail . . .

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Tooth and Consequences
The temptation to make a dental pun proved too much for City of London Police when it came to reporting the results of one of their recent investigations.
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January 13, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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Better Oral Health for a Longer Life

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Better Oral Health for a Longer Life
Fresh evidence to support this message has come in the form of two separate large-scale studies by researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University and the Institute of Science Tokyo, which concluded that...
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January 12, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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Will AI Render Traditional Dentistry Obsolete?

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Will AI Render Traditional Dentistry Obsolete?
As the profession, training establishments and the NHS grapple with workforce planning, they may merely need to fill a short gap before the transition to a vastly different way of delivering dental ca...
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January 9, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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Rush to Retire Adds to Workforce Woes

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Rush to Retire Adds to Workforce Woes
Two recent stories have provided a reminder that the ‘leaky bucket meme remains a remarkably accurate representation of the UKs approach to dental workforce planning.
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January 6, 2026 at 9:59 AM
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The Press and Healthwatch Digest Contract Reforms

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December 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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GDC Reported to Wes Streeting – By Their Own Regulator

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GDC Reported to Wes Streeting – By Their Regulator
There is one area where the GDC can be relied upon by registrants and the public.
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December 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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The Nation’s Oral Health is Making Progress – Backwards

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The Nation’s Oral Health is Making Progress – Backwards
TheNational Centre for Social Research(NatCen) founded in 1969, is the largest independent and not-for-profit social research organisation in the UK.
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December 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Lukewarm Response to Vague NHS Contract Proposals

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Lukewarm Response to Vague NHS Contract Proposals
It is a safe bet that Minister for Care Stephen Kinnock does not lay awake at night worrying what GDPs will make of the reforms to the NHS dental contract.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Major NHS Dental Contract Changes Announced

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December 16, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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GDC “Completely Transparent” About ORE Troubles

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GDC “Completely Transparent” About ORE Troubles
The Financial Times wrote about the UK dental scene in the summer of 2025 with a glowing story about the University of Suffolk CIC.
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December 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Conservative Policy Makers Turn to Dentistry

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Conservative Policy Makers Turn to Dentistry
As His Majesty‘s Opposition in the House of Commons begin to emerge from their post-election doldrums, one sign of renewed confidence is that the Conservatives have begun to talk about dentistry.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Quieter Handpieces to Reduce Patient Anxiety?

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Quieter Handpieces to Reduce Patient Anxiety?
Dental anxiety remains a major barrier to routine attendance and preventive care, with auditory triggers—particularly the characteristic high-frequency noise of the high-speed handpiece—playing a sign...
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December 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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The Tarnished Golden Hello Has Flopped

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The Tarnished Golden Hello Has Flopped
The £20000 ‘Golden Hello scheme was set up to provide an appealing incentive that would encourage dentists to go and work in some of the dental deserts where NHS care was not available.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Urgent Care Incentives: NHSE Blink First

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Urgent Care Incentives: NHSE Blink First
Pre 2006, fee per item NHS dentistry was often described as a game of snakes and ladders which, in theory, balanced out.Despite this, dentists were accused of gaming the system by focussing on alleged...
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December 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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New GDC Chair’s Vision Emerges

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New GDC Chair’s vision emerges
What is important to Dr Helen Phillips, the new GDC Chair who succeeded Lord Toby Harris on October 1st 2025?
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December 5, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Pharmacists and GP’s View Dental Style Departure from NHS

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Pharmacists and GP’s View Dental Style Departure from NHS
Amongst the various professions delivering healthcare, dentists and in particular GDPs, have been heading to the NHS exit door in large numbers.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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The Smoking Gun in Suffolk Dental Shambles

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The Smoking Gun in Suffolk Dental Shambles
There is good news and not so good news about the University of Suffolk University Community Interest Company Dental (CIC).
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December 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Odd Allies Agree - Rachel Reeves Does Not Understand

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Odd Allies Agree - Rachel Reeves Does Not Understand
What do a group of Private Dentists and a pressure group founded by Communist Party of Britain members have in common?
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November 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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What Happens on WhatsApp May Not Stay on WhatsApp

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What Happens on WhatsApp May Not Stay on WhatsApp
The late lamented Kevin Lewis used to tell the story of his advice to a disgruntled dentist who wanted to send a letter to a particularly trying patient, telling them just what he thought of them.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Schein Set Out to Reassure Exact Users

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Schein Set Out to Reassure Exact Users
Like most emerging markets, dental software initially saw a plethora of small companies competing with a wide range of products.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Time Is Up at Suffolk for Former CDO Hurley

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Time Up at Suffolk for Former CDO
It appeared to have gone quiet in Ipswich at the project led by former CDO, Sara Hurley.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Sunderland Uni: Trying to Fill the Leaky Bucket

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Sunderland Uni: Trying to Fill the Leaky Bucket
Another University has set out its ambitions to have a dental school.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:58 AM