The Peterborough Dental Access Centre was last night named as the third winner of the British Dental Association (BDA) Good Practice Scheme Practice-of-the-Year Award.
The award, open to all members of the BDA Good Practice Scheme, recognises outstanding commitment to patient care by the whole dental team. The winning team was applauded for delivering a comprehensive [...]

The British Dental Association (BDA) has called once again for a full review of the evidence base for the HTM 01-05 guidance document on decontamination in dental surgeries. The BDA has written to the Department of Health (DH) renewing its 2007 call for a National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) review of the [...]

An “unacceptable and growing chasm” exists in the UK between those with good and poor oral health, according to the British Dental Association’s (BDA’s) Oral Health Inequalities Policy which is published today. The policy highlights the close association between low socio-economic status and poor oral health, calling for more focus on preventive care. It also [...]

The newly redeveloped Shirley Glasstone Hughes Trust Fund website puts research commissioning into the hands of the primary dental care team. Members of the site are now able to vote online for the questions they need answers to, to help their practice.

The British Dental Association (BDA) has urged the Department of Health to press ahead with consultation on the proposals put forward by Professor Jimmy Steele in his review of NHS dentistry following the publication of two reports today by the NHS Information Centre. The reports reveal a small increase in the number of patients able [...]