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BRITISH DENTAL ASSOCIATION

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We are the voice of dentists and dental students in the UK. We bring dentists together, support our members through advice and education, and represent their interests.

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Honours and awards: Mili Doshi receives new Award for Excellence

Scotland: Update on Quality Improvement Activity 2022-25 cycle and Enhanced Domiciliary Care Fees

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Advice following measles outbreak

The NHS have released guidance following a measles outbreak in the Midlands and Yorkshire areas, stating that organisations should have immunisation status/records available for all staff (clinical and non-clinical).

Provisional registration plans: Ministers try to fill leaky bucket

Once again government is failing to address the root causes of the crisis in NHS dentistry, with plans to fast-track in overseas dentists through a new system of provisional registration.

Reality check: Migrants not to blame for crisis in NHS dentistry

With government backbenchers and Reform Party leaders trying to pin the crisis in dentistry on migrants, we’ve spelled out the facts.

Northern Ireland: We urge Health Minister to include dentists in imminent negotiations on pay

Now Stormont is back, we have written to Health Minister Robin Swann outlining the mounting pay issues impacting dentistry.

Victorian dentistry in 21st Century Britain

A recovery plan for NHS dentistry is seemingly just days from publication, and it couldn’t come any sooner.

Children paying the price for dental crisis

Once again we’re seeing the results of Ministers dragging their heels on policies that could narrow the huge oral health gap among children.

Dentists in NI have spoken: Real reform won’t wait

Dentists across Northern Ireland have spoken with one voice: officials are asleep at the wheel, and Health Service dentistry is caught in a death spiral without radical action.

Scotland: Updated requirements for waste audits

NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) have provided further clarity on recently published waste audit requirements.

Treasury tokenism won’t stop dental crisis becoming election issue

According to recent media reports, “hundreds of millions” could be coming in the Spring budget. We welcome the change in tune from the Treasury, but the shape of this policy raises some real questions.

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2024 General Election

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28 March 2025

A day with Pascal Magne

Dr Pascal Magne is coming to the UK! Don’t miss your chance to hear from him first hand learn more about how the perception and definition of an aesthetic smile is influenced by both objective and subjective criteria. During this day-long event, Pascal will present a tentative checklist for aesthetic dentistry and demonstrate that beauty and charm is not defined by a mathematical equation or a standardised recipe but is rather a complex sum of balanced elements creating a positive emotional response.

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Blog Tuesday 15 Feb 2022

The road to rebuilding NHS dentistry

New Chair of the Northern Ireland Dental Practice Committee, Ciara Gallagher, tells us about the work being done to reform and secure the future of NHS dentistry.