Dental students at Case Western Reserve University are to be part of a new research project, enabling them to develop their communication skills with live actors and virtual patients. The students will meet Masha, a dental patient in Second Life’s virtual dental office, whose oral health problems will continually change. The middle-aged avatar is an … Continued

A US survey reveals that many dentists are failing to follow the rules when it comes to hand hygiene. The study, of New York practitioners, discovered that recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – including washing hands between patients and using alcohol sanitisers with each glove change – are not being … Continued

Could sacrificing a tooth enable some infertile men to father children? That’s the goal of researchers in Brazil, who suggest that stem cells from human teeth can be coaxed into becoming sperm by injecting them into the testes of mice. The report is published at www.newscientist.com. Researcher Irina Kerkis of the Butantan Institute, São Paulo, … Continued

The well-oiled wheels of the Dentistry Awards machine are now firmly in motion, and with all eyes fixed on the 12 December ceremony, now is the time for Northern Irish practices to stand up and be counted. The Dentistry Awards celebrate success on both a regional and national scale, and have gone from strength to … Continued

Dr Melissa McCullough, a lecturer in the School of Medicine and Dentistry at Queen’s University Belfast, is behind the new MSc in Interprofessional Health and Social Studies, which will bring together a range of health and social care professionals who can learn from and about each other to improve the communication and quality of care … Continued

At the Dublin leg of the Nobel Biocare World Tour, Irish Dentist’s managing editor, Nicola Kramer, was lucky enough to interview four of the pre-eminent speakers: Paul O’Reilly, Andrew Dawood, Michelle Bready and Egon Euwe.   Overall, delegates and speakers alike have hailed Ireland leg of this year’s World Tour a great success. Held at … Continued

Levels of vitamin D in pregnant women may affect the dental health of their infants, new research has revealed. Researchers at the University of Manitoba analysed the vitamin D levels of 206 women in their second trimester of pregnancy and found only 21 (10.5%) of the women had adequate vitamin D levels. High levels of … Continued