Five seats on the BDA’s Principal Executive Committee (our ‘Board’) are currently up for election. Step up and nominate yourself here: bit.ly/3CsOg2w Nominations close on Monday 23 October. You can find out more here: bit.ly/37EiAFU

In 2020, I pondered whether #oralcancer #mouthcancer rates would rocket as a result of the pandemic and the resulting effects. Looks like we were correct nature.com/articles/s4140…

December is for prosecco, mince pies and a themed edition of #BDJInPractice focusing on private dentistry. Enjoy nature.com/bdjinpractice/…

Tuesday means we’re a day closer to the end of the week than we started, and BDJ In Practice’s private collection is now live! go.nature.com/PrivateDentist…

Happy Friday, Xitter bunnies. I'm looking to speak to someone who is, or has, recently been jobseeking. It can be anon, but keen to hear about your experience of the job market. Slide into my DMs or email me

An extraordinary amount of chocolates and cake in the office today

Great piece here with new British Dental Students’ Association President Afra Rahim nature.com/articles/s4140…

A huge thanks to Oral Health Foundation Chief Exec Dr Nigel Carter for his thoughts in a recent issue looking at this worrying topic

Thoughts and prayers going out today to all the misplaced apostrophes #NationalDentistsDay

New issue of BDJ, featuring a rather large announcement… (In the industry they call this a tease) nature.com/bdj/volumes/23…

Miranda speaks to BDJ in Practice about the impact of dental hygienists and dental therapists on the wider team

Community dentistry friends. Have you noticed an increase in phobic patients after the pandemic?

The contrast in these two images is stark #LDCConf2024

Thank you ⁦BDJ Portfolio⁩ for publishing a summary of our Spring conference. nature.com/articles/s4141…

Teams transcript service won’t be taking my job anytime soon. Here’s a clip from a chat this morning… ‘Hey, I don’t think you found this phone, but here at the Terminator, do not forget to. Their tools that really did have already been done’. Can anyone guess the topic?!

My colleague Tim & I have written up our interviews with dentists involved in previous efforts to prototype NHS dental contract reform. Clear that there are lessons to be learned as we try to reform the contract again. nature.com/articles/s4140…

Thinking about re-engaging with this platform. Is it still a valuable outlet?