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Which parts of ‘normal’ are worth returning to?
Catherine Gough explores how to choose the areas of our lives we would like to return back to normal as…
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Transitioning from a dental student to a dentist – becoming more efficient
Sidra Suleman explains how to make the move from a dental student to a dentist and become more efficient with…
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Imposter syndrome: what is it and how to deal with it
Blanche Kadjo explains how imposter syndrome affected her and methods she used to cope with it. Do you sometimes feel…
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90 seconds during lockdown with…Hussein Hassanali
Hussein Hassanali explains why the lockdown has caused him to wake up to the sound of an owl at 3…
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Training for the London Nightingale – what’s it like on the inside?
After receiving training for the London Nightingale hospital, Louisa Jarvie and Georgia Ashworth-Davies talk about their experiences. This was not…
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BDS – burnout, depression and suicide
Sorabh Patel gives his account of dealing with depression during university and how it helped form The Deciduous Group on…
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A foundation dentist’s account from the COVID-19 frontline
After her call to help at Northwick Park hospital during the COVID-19 outbreak, Lauren Clark tells us how her experience…
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From Baghdad to The Bearded Tooth Fairy
Hassan Asad looks back at his journey from growing up in pre-war Iraq to launching the Deciduous Facebook group during…
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90 seconds during lockdown with…Beth Bradley
Beth Bradley explains how lockdown has driven her to taking up cycling and how dentistry might change after COVID-19. More…
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90 seconds during lockdown with…Natalie Bradley
Natalie Bradley tells us of her strangest experience during lockdown and what the first thing she’ll do is when everything…
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The DFT guide to coming out the other side of COVID-19
Lorna Gladwin explains how dental foundation trainees (DFTs) can make the most out of the current COVID-19 lockdown. COVID-19 causes…
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A training year on pause – the impact of COVID-19 on foundation dentists
Louisa Jarvie explains what life is like during lockdown for a foundation dentist and how she believes they will bounce…
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Redeployment: dentists in intensive care
Krupali and Gabby recall their experiences when working in an intensive care ward during the COVID-19 outbreak. Little did anybody…
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Volunteering in an ICU – one foundation dentist’s experience
Chandni Nakum, a current foundation dentist, speaks to one anonymous London foundation dentist who is working in a London hospital…
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Young dentists – are we thriving or surviving?
Beth Bradley questions whether young dentists are thriving or surviving in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s six months…
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90 seconds during lockdown with…Yewande Oduwole
Today we hear from Yewande Oduwole, to find out what lockdown life is like for a dental graduate. Yewande Oduwole…
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90 seconds during lockdown with…Jana Denzel
Today we speak to Jana Denzel about his strangest experience whilst on lockdown and what the future of dentistry might…
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90 seconds during lockdown with…Bethany Rushworth
Today we speak to Bethany Rushworth about how she’s finding lockdown and how she’s filling her time. Bethany Rushworth Bethany…
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Your exit plan from NHS dentistry
Many new graduates are put off NHS dentistry from the outset. Fahad Khan explores their options and how to move…
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