On the right track
A career in orthodontics
Protecting the vulnerable
Jenny Watts of the GDC explains why dentists must make it their business to raise concerns about suspected abuse or neglect.
Watching brief
Dentists have a vital role in reducing mortality in mouth cancer.
Crossing the line
MDDUS dental adviser Claire Renton examines some common dento-legal pitfalls that can catch out the unwary trainee
Caution urged over patient gifts
CHRISTMAS is fast approaching and your patients might take the opportunity to offer a gift - but could accepting it compromise your professional judgement?
What did you call yourself? - dental case study
... The dentist doesn't notice that his website designers describe him as a specialist in implantology on his new site. It's not long until a fellow dentist reports him to the GDC, claiming he is misleading the public ...
Student work placements
BUDDING doctors and dentists rely on work experience to get a foot on the career ladder - but these placements are not risk-free.
Screening not 100 per cent - medical case study
...The three-year-old seemed flat-footed but within weeks he was limping. It was only when he was scanned six months later that the real problem is discovered ...
Equal under the law
BIG changes are looming in the world of equality legislation that will have an impact on employment practices.
Conflicting scenarios
...on returning to the surgery the pain in his abdomen was so agonising he could "barely walk" and it had also moved from the epigastric area to "just below the right side of my stomach"...