The Society are delighted to announce the Wales dental nurses study day. Many dental nurses are ken to take a look into the wider field of dentistry and secondary care working – there will be no better event than this one. We are delighted to say that on this occasion the event is being sponsored […]
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Annual Update: V9 Dental nurses are often unsure what their postnominals are on gaining qualification/becoming a General Dental Council registrant. What is paramount is that you do not mislead the public. The registrable title is ‘Dental Nurse’, this is a protected title and can only be appled to a dental nurse who is registerd with
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Every year the Society hosts an Annual Lecture for Prof. Ireland, who did so much for the wider dental team and applied skill-mix long before many of us qualified/graduated and contributed to core reading for dental therapists, dental hygienists, and dental nurses. Every year Prof. Ireland shares some of the memories and is full of
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The Society are pleased to share the pictures of those dental nurses who came forward to celebrate the NHS 75the Anniversary. Some pictures are of some of our award winners/runners-up for 2022. Can you spot a colleague? The nhs is marking 75 years of service on the 5th July 2023 – a huge milestone. In
Dental Nurse Poster – Wall of fame for the NHS Celebrations Read More »
SBDN have organised 2 webinars for members which are free as a member benefit, guests are welcome . The first webinar is 05/07/2023 7.00pm, which looks at ECPD – Getting it Right First Time It is so much easier to take the time in obtaining the right CPD, over the right period of time and
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SBDN are encouraging you to respond to the consultation in response to FtP reporting and having information in one place. It is worth noting that not everyone is familiar with what might happen and how to respond. Secondly the GDC have pulled together the important components of indemnity to help registrants to make good decisions.
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Please see the notice below frmo the General Dental Council Last week we announced that we were looking for around 40 new people to join out fitness to practise panel. We are particularly keen to hear from dental care professionals (DCPs) (all titles) for this important role, as DCPs are currently underrepresented on the fitness to practise
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As you know the Society of British Dental Nurses have been and continue to be heavily involved in Mental Health Weallness in Dentistry MHWD.ORG.UK Mindset UK looks closer at mental health and is currently indertaking an important piece of research which will inform future thinking and ways of working. SBDN are asking all members of
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Despite the progress in understanding LONG-COVID, there is still much to learn. We know that the Office of National Statistics reported in March 2023 that an estimated 1.9 million people living in private households in the UK reported suspected having long COVID. Many have reported day-to-day activities being limited, feeling fatigued, complained of muscle ache
Long- COVID – More and more is known about Long-COVID. DENTISTRY IS NOT IMMUNE … Read More »
31/03/2023 Mental Health and Its Impact on Dentistry (31/03/2023) Many of you will know that the Society are very much part of the Dental Professional Alliance (DPA), the DPA have a sub-group of Mental Health Wellness in Dentistry and the collaborative work has been incredible MHWD.ORG.UK Our Executive Director (Fiona Ellwood BEM) has been the
Royal College of Surgeons England: faculty of Dental Surgery Read More »
