NHS England has published dental workforce data which confirms the worst suspicions of many in the profession. Around one fifth - 21% - of NHS dentist vacancies were unfilled in March 2024.  The impact of this new revelation means a loss to the NHS of nearly half a million days (495,774). 

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This stark warning was issued by the British Dental Association (BDA) following the publication of a survey which reveals that almost a third - 29% - of community dentists in England are contemplating retirement over the next five years,

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Read more: Community Dental Service Faces 'Crisis of Sustainability'

Michael Watson, retired dentist and ‘veteran‘ of the profession, has died following a short illness. He was 82. During a long and distinguished career Mr Watson made a contribution that extended far beyond his surgery door. He cared passionately about dentistry, and possessed a visceral understanding of the challenges it has seemingly always faced.

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Following a recent Fitness To Practise case the British Orthodontic Society (BOS)  has issued a Statement which sets out to clarify its position on the issue of claims that may be made about orthodontic treatment.

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The long running struggle between the dental regulator and a controversial orthodontic philosophy, has reached its conclusion. The man behind the TikTok phenomenon of “mewing” and second generation proponent of ‘orthotropics,‘ Michael Mew, is to be erased from the dentists register.

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