
A Small note-Student Mental Health during COVID
The disruption in oral care delivery has been profound for many people. The change has not been limited to check-ups, diagnosis and...

Dental Tourism Affecting Economy
Dental tourism has become popular in South East Asian communities such as Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, where tourism is a major...

PPE Clarification
Public Health England does not advocate double-masking with a surgical mask and a valved respirator to protect the patient more from the...

Side Effects of COVID-19 Vaccines
COVID vaccines aim to provide systemic immunisation. Data from the 2020 worldwide clinical trials reported a 1/10 incidence of sore...

£1.5 mill in ventilation for N. Ireland
The Department of Health have responded to BDA calls to support dental practices via investing in new infection control measures to...

Patients have been understanding throughout the Pandemic
From staying at home to Advice, Analgesia and Antimicrobials to the slow opening of practices and the slow trek of routine treatment, my...

OH for COVID prevention
There appears to be evidence that retail mouthwashes and toothpastes can inactivate the COVID-19 virus. Toothpastes including those with...

An update on literature- a short summary
Confinement to our homes because of the pandemic has unleashed many speculative papers, claiming to have found links between COVID-19 and...

Drop in confidence due to the reduction of quality and quantity?
In the history of science, there is suppression by dictation from the Church and political legislation. The NHS was once seen as a 'low...

5 Thinking Points for Extra Provisions for Patient Care during Covid
Covid talk has donned many articles recently, and here is another...yay! I am not sure if these/ how many of these points have already...

Some points in A Review of AGP's
63 guidance documents from 58 countries were included in the CoDER working group review. 98% of countries said AGPs could be provided for...

What I know about FFP3 fit tests
All masks should abide by 2016/ 425 RSSS regulations, meaning essentially it will do what it is meant to do. As far as I know, masks are...

At University: Covid thoughts
I've been back to uni our external training practice (ETP) for induction now. I can't help feeling an overwhelming sense of being behind...

Kindness in Chaos: Late night thoughts
Just a quick one. I was thinking about how the dental team is taught and loves to follow process. However, the system doesn't allow for...

About Associates
Loss of income has been a real concern for associates, along with a change of working hours or the possibility of not having jobs to...

Loss of Smell and Loss of Taste
Anosmia= Loss of smell Ageusia= Loss of taste - These are the symptoms, lasting a few days to weeks, that were identified in patients in...

COVID crisis: What's happening in Scotland?
The First Minister has announced that dental practices are able to offer routine care using non-aerosol generating procedures from July...




















