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31/08/2014

Memoirs of a foundation dentist

Memoirs of a foundation dentist

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Today I said goodbye to my work fellows at the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel where I spent the last six months and part of my year as a senior house officer in oral and maxillofacial surgery; and what a year it was!

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31/08/2014

Adhesive dentistry

Adhesive dentistry

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Over the past few years patient demand for better aesthetics has been met with an amazing spectrum of new materials and techniques.

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31/08/2014

Why an Irish graduate dentist chose to do foundation dentistry in Sco...

Why an Irish graduate dentist chose to do foundation dentistry in Scotland

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Davina Graham graduated with honours from Trinity College Dublin in 2012. She is currently working as a Foundational Dental Practitioner (FDP) at Millersneuk Dental Practice, in Glasgow, Scotland.

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31/08/2014

Orthodontics

Orthodontics

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For many years orthodontics has been regarded as a relatively low-risk field of dentistry with few dento-legal problems arising. Times have changed and we are currently seeing an increasing number of claims and complaints involving orthodontics.

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31/08/2014

Diary of a Bridge2Aid dental volunteer

Diary of a Bridge2Aid dental volunteer

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Arti Hindocha reflects on some of the achievements made by Bridge2Aid and the satisfying and worthwhile friendships she has made whilst volunteering.

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31/08/2014

Never make assumptions during your dental career

Never make assumptions during your dental career

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The people we work with, the materials, instruments and equipment we use and the dental laboratories with whom we work, and professional colleagues to whom we refer patients or who refer patients to us, are all part of our clinical routine and ‘comfort zone’.

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31/08/2014

Dental Tourism: Home and Away

Dental Tourism: Home and Away

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This article looks at the many aspects that need to be addressed for patients considering undergoing dental treatment abroad.

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31/08/2014

Dental records as a tool for improvement

Dental records as a tool for improvement

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In the Internet age, dental records have never been easier to create and share. Online you can find text, videos, digital images, sound files and every combination of these.

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31/08/2014

Ethics, values and the law

Ethics, values and the law

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For undergraduate dental students, law and ethics, or ethics and 'jurisprudence' (that is, the science that teaches the application of every branch of dental knowledge, to the purposes of the law) tend to be intertwined and inseparable.

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31/08/2014

Protecting your financial future with income protection

Protecting your financial future with income protection

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Kat Wainwright DipPFS, Dental Student Adviser at MedDen Financial Services, explains the need for income protection and exactly what it covers.

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31/08/2014

Aren't you too young to be a dentist?

Aren't you too young to be a dentist?

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Reena Wadia reflects on her experiences so far as a young dentist and the challenges she faced.

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31/08/2014

CPD - a Curse Post Dental school?

CPD - a Curse Post Dental school?

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Most of us will have been in formal education for pretty much our whole lives, going from sixth form and college straight to four or five years of dental school.

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31/08/2014

Stress. How you can overcome it

Stress. How you can overcome it

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Tim Newton was a speaker at the 2012 YDC conference. The Adult Dental Health Survey provides information on the common reasons for members of the public avoiding dental treatment...

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31/08/2014

My year working in Maxillofacial surgery - was it worth it?

My year working in Maxillofacial surgery - was it worth it?

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I've now returned to general dental practice after completing a year in max fax. But it was only after leaving I realised that during the course of the whole year, I hadn't actually taken the time to reflect on why I wanted to do it and what I'd actually gained from it.

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31/08/2014

Morality and decency

Morality and decency

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The public has a high expectation of the moral standards that should be maintained by anyone who employs a position of trust in society.

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31/08/2014

My elective in Vanuata (South Pacific)

My elective in Vanuata (South Pacific)

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In May 2012 I travelled to Vanuatu, a South Pacific island situated between Australia and Fiji to volunteer dental treatment abroad.

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31/08/2014

Hindsight is a wonderful thing; looking back at DF1/VT

Hindsight is a wonderful thing; looking back at DF1/VT

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So DF1/VT is over and my DF2/SHO begins.I wanted to share the thoughts I had during my first year as a qualified dentist, and hopefully give some advice I wish I had been given.

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31/08/2014

Your first year - the other side

Your first year - the other side

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Surinder Poonian reflects on her first year and the many opportunities now available to the newly qualified dentist.

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