As general practitioners, how can we help? In 2012, the General Dental Council (GDC) made ‘early detection of oral cancer’ a recommended topic in dentists' CPD syllabus. That would seem to be a...

Both misinformation, ie information published wrongly, and disinformation, ie material maliciously published, are termed fake news. Some ‘fake news’ items are easily detectable, whilst others are...

‘Life, is of course a misnomer, since viruses, lacking the ability to eat or respire, are officially dead, which is in itself intriguing, showing as it does that the habit of predation can be...

I and the team at Dental Update are delighted to welcome Ian to the Dental Update Editorial Board. Ian qualified from Leeds in 1998 and went into general practice in the North-West of England. In...

Dentists and doctors are each one of the 32 regulated occupations. Both professions are regulated by bodies established by UK law, the General Dental Council (GDC) and the General Medical Council...

Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak in early 2020, all dental procedures (including AGPs) were carried out using level 2 PPE – FFP1 masks, gloves, scrubs and eye protection. Even if this is now more...

In 2019, a Parliamentary select committee inquiry was established to examine the state of UK dentistry..

There are 17 Dental Schools in the UK and, in general, Universities report applicant to place ratios of between 8 to 16 applicants per place (unpublished data reported by Admissions Staff at UK Dental...

Traditionally, our existing patient base refers our new patients to us. As a rule of thumb, if the referring patient is nice, the friend or family member is cut from a similar cloth. It's like a...

I am delighted to welcome Dr Subir Banerji to the Editorial Board of Dental Update, in the knowledge that he will be a superb addition to our Board. Subir brings a wealth of experience, by way of his...