Dental hygienist

How I did it – Joanna Knox from Pure Dental Hygiene

Dental hygienist and practice principal, Joanne Knox, explains how she came to open Pure Dental Hygiene, her hygiene-only practice in…

Private Practice

Philips and Dentex join forces to upskill and empower dental hygienists and therapists

Philips and Dentex have embarked on an initiative to help upskill the dental hygienists and therapists who work for the…

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Flying Smiles – the dental hygienist offering treatment in gardens

Fiona Perry – the founder of Flying Smiles – talks to Dentistry about her new way of working and why…

Dentistry

The trials and tribulations of returning to practice after COVID-19

With many in dentistry back in the practice, Amber Ojak explains how the COVID-19 experience has changed the way hygienists…

Oral health

Confessions of a retired dental hygienist

Mandy Monger discusses her time working as a dental hygienist and why she’s made the decision to step back from…

Dentistry

When COVID-19 struck – Steven Scannell as a new dental hygienist

Steven Scannell reveals the struggles he faced as a recently qualified dental hygienist in the COVID-19 pandemic. When we were…

Dentistry

Adventures in hygiene with Andrea Hung

Andrea Hung details her dental hygiene career from Venezuela to Manchester via Barcelona. When Andrea Hung came to England in…

Oral health

The value of a dental hygienist in managing and preventing periodontitis

Are hygienists being fully utilised in today’s practices? Claire Berry gives her top tips on how to refer patients to…

Young Dentist

How to unite the perfect dental team

Anna Middleton speaks to Dentistry.co.uk about why uniting your dental team as a workforce is so important in terms of…

Oral health

Healthy and happy

With the concepts of prevention and minimally invasive care here to stay, Faye Donald, a dental hygienist who strives to…

Oral health

Be a harried hygienist no more

Anna Middleton explores the need for dental hygienists and therapists feeling out of sorts to look at their motivating factors…

Dentistry

A third of adults have never visited the dental hygienist

Almost one third of adults in the UK have never visited a dental hygienist, new research from Tepe has shown.…

Oral health

New masters course for dental hygienists and therapists in development

The UCL Eastman Dental Institute is looking to develop a new masters course for dental hygienists and therapists. Based in…

Oral health

Empowering dental hygienists

Renowned dental hygienist Karen Walker is urging dental professionals to stand up and be counted, following the success of a…

Oral health

The role of dental hygienists and therapists

Michaela O’Neill, president of the British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy (BSDHT) asks are hygienists and therapists playing a…

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Dental hygienist moves mountains for mouth cancer awareness

Dental hygienist Gillian Fenwick has climbed Ben Nevis in a bid to raise awareness and valuable donations for mouth cancer.…

Oral health