Latest Blog Posts

• What’s it like being a... GDP in a dental corporate with an interest in implants? Kunal Rai

  ​Kunal Rai works as a GDP for a dental corporate in West Yorkshire and is currently working towards an MSc in implantology. He tell us about his day...

  Blog Date 25 March, 2019

• Is Government serious about the survival of NHS dentistry?

  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

• Supervised brushing – a key tool in decay prevention

  What action can we take on child tooth decay, asks Sandra White, PHE's National lead for Dental Public Health in a guest blog to mark World Oral Health Day.

  Blog Date 20 March, 2019

• Why a new oral health strategy in Northern Ireland is needed

  ​We've been campaigning for a new oral health strategy for many years. That's why BDA Northern Ireland Director Tristen Kelso and I were delighted to highlight the need for it, and to point out some of the shocking stats on the state of our children's teeth on Northern Visions TV recently.

  Blog Date 19 March, 2019

• Commemorating two pioneers of jaw injury treatment during WW1

  The BDA Library and Museum were delighted to be invited to the unveiling of a blue plaque at Birmingham Dental School, for two lesser-known but important, pioneers of jaw injury treatment and prevention during World War One.

  Blog Date 19 March, 2019

• The crisis in oral health care for older people in Northern Ireland must be tackled now

  Ageing population issues are just one visible demonstration of why we need a new oral health strategy now – one that we can put into action to benefit our full range of patients, says Caroline Lappin.

  Blog Date 15 March, 2019

• What’s it like being a... practice owner and principal dentist in Wales? Lauren Harrhy

  ​Lauren Harrhy owns a mixed dental practice in Pontypool, Wales, and works as the principal dentist with a team of 11 staff. She tells us about her day…

  Blog Date 12 March, 2019

• What’s it like to be a... GDP with an interest in children's oral health? Sahar-Tara Aghababaie

  Sahar-Tara Aghababaie is GDP in a mixed practice in Northern London. Having recently done a DCP paediatric post, she has in interest in children's oral health and provides teaching with paediatric consultants in a hospital, and visits local nurseries and primary schools promoting good oral health.

  Blog Date 8 March, 2019

• Teeth make kids: Northern Ireland Branch event

  It was great to see our recent Northern Ireland Branch event, 'Teeth Makes Kids', so well attended, and the day was delivered in a very practical 'hands-on' style, to give attendees information about managing child dentition and focusing on prevention.

  Blog Date 7 March, 2019

• Concerns over the future of the Public Dental Service in Scotland

  Graham Smith says continuing cuts to the PDS are causing serious concerns about the future of the service in Scotland.

  Blog Date 5 March, 2019

• What’s it like being a... clinical fellow working in a busy oral medicine department? James Ashworth-Holland

  James Ashworth-Holland is a Clinical Fellow in Oral Medicine/OMFS at Bristol Dental Hospital. He tells us about his day…

  Blog Date 1 March, 2019

• Lilian Lindsay: a woman who didn't take no for an answer

  For International Women's Day we will be celebrating some of the inspiring women in our profession from the past, as well as some of the female dentists working today.

  Blog Date 27 February, 2019

• The wonderful legend of the tooth fairy

  BDA Museum volunteer Olivia Gambold investigates the history of the tooth fairy and discovers that she is a relatively new invention, but a great one for helping children today look after their teeth.

  Blog Date 27 February, 2019

• What’s the long-term plan for community dentistry? Three things you need to know...

  Community dentist Charlotte Waite sets out what she hopes the NHS Long Term Plan will mean for community dental services and for patients.

  Blog Date 26 February, 2019

• A perfect storm: Brexit and the future of the dental workforce in Wales

  News from the GDC that about a third of the UK's 6,300 European-qualified dental registrants intend to leave UK dentistry after Brexit, is a blow for the future of dentistry in Wales.

  Blog Date 20 February, 2019

• Tackling stress: Scotland's dentists accessing support services

  The occupational health services that we fought for dentists to have access to is proving to be useful. We encourage any dentist who feels they need support to access the service to help tackle the growing rise of stress in our profession.

  Blog Date 19 February, 2019

• Whats it like being a... locum dentist for a corporate group? Gareth Edwards

  Gareth Edwards is working as a locum dentist for a corporate group. He tells us about his day....

  Blog Date 19 February, 2019

• A dental student’s view: promoting oral health in the local community

  A dental student from Peninsula Dental School tells us why she got involved in doing an oral health promotion activity at a local children's centre.

  Blog Date 15 February, 2019

• BDA Hospital Study Day 2019: how it happened...

  As part of my role on the YDC as a hospital dentist, I attend events to find out what is happening in our field. The BDA held its second ever Hospital Dental Services Study Day on 6 February, designed to bring together hospital dentists and discuss some of the key issues of the day. Here's what happened…

  Blog Date 14 February, 2019

• Whats it like being a... head of oral surgery in rural Australia? Victoria Mellish

  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