Scottish Dental

Articles from February 2025

• Averting disaster

  Will the recently announced £3m for additional dental training places have the desired effect?

• From dental nurse to therapist

  Highland dental professional Keira Leigh Matheson's journey with Clyde Munro

• From gunfighters to rockers

  Many dentists throughout history have led colourful lives

• Combining dentistry with facial aesthetics

  A journey in appreciating how facial aesthetics can go hand-in-hand with dental care

• Saliva proteins linked to gum disease progression

  Finding may lead to a saliva proteins test kit that periodontitis patients could use at home

• A personalised approach to care

  Allowing you to achieve care outcomes that really matter to people

• What to expect in 2025

  With a new year upon us, Martyn Bradshaw, Director of PFM Dental, discusses whether 2025 should be the year to sell your dental practice

• Employment rights change on the horizon

  Employers should begin reviewing their policies and practices now, writes Emma Campbell

• Pre-nuptial agreements – a good investment

  Jennifer Broatch from Thorntons Law tells us why pre-nuptial agreements are not just for the super-rich and may be advisable for many, including dentists

• Key considerations for practice sales

  If you’re thinking about selling your dental practice in 2025, Joel Mannix shares five key things to consider

• Do new inheritance tax reforms affect you?

  EQ Accountant’s Anna Coff discusses the impact on dental practices

• The blueprint for sale

  Dental Accountants Scotland's Victoria Forbes discusses maximising the value of your dental practice sale

• Leading paediatric dentist appointed as Chair of exams board

  Appointment follows agreement between the four Royal Colleges in the UK and Ireland to develop a new approach to assessment of 10 dental specialties.