Championing the professional vision of dental nurses, paving the way for a fulfilling career and achieving goals with ‘a can do‘ approach. We know only too well how hard dental nurses work and what it takes to be excellent at what you do… We are stronger together.
1. Influencing policy and informing change.
2. Enhancing the capacity and ability of our membership.
3. Placing education, learning, experience, growth and development at the heart of the society.
4. Recognising national and local priorities and our role within these areas.
5. Dedicated to the education and support of dental nursing students.
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Latest Updates

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
Are making it a criminal offence for people who are not qualified as a nurse to use the title and mislead the public. Dawn Butler

General Dental Council Publishes the Systematic Review on Sexual Misconduct in Dentistry
The Society has led on this work since 2023 and attended several stakeholder events. As a result of the extensive work, the Society has developed

CDS Delivers Successful Free Pop-up clinic for Luton’s UNDER-10S.
PRESS RELEASE Date: 26th April 2025 CDS delivers successful free dental pop-up clinic for Luton’s under-10s. Community Dental Services CIC (CDS) has partnered with Luton Borough

GDC Publishes Dentists’ Working Patterns Data
On the 10th April, the General Dental Council published the working patterns data of general dental practitioners (dentists). This is the single largest source of