{"title":"Arthur Shelley Prophet CBE (1918-2002), Periodontal Professor and Dean of Medicine and Dentistry","authors":"Stanley Gelbier","doi":"10.1038/s41415-025-8510-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41415-025-8510-0","url":null,"abstract":"Arthur Prophet grew up and was educated during World War II. The award of a Nuffield Dental Fellowship put him on the path to an academic career, gaining first a Diploma in Bacteriology and then a Doctorate in Dental Surgery. Fame came with the award of a Chair in Dental Surgery and then appointment as Director of Dental Studies at University College Hospital Medical School, later Dean of Dentistry and then Medicine. His bacterial knowledge supported his work on the causation especially of periodontal disease. His administrative abilities were especially useful during discussions on reorganisation of medical and dental education, particularly in London.","PeriodicalId":9229,"journal":{"name":"British Dental Journal","volume":"239 6","pages":"423-425"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145135844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Over 2 million toothbrushing packs delivered to school children","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41415-025-9244-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41415-025-9244-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9229,"journal":{"name":"British Dental Journal","volume":"239 6","pages":"431-431"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41415-025-9244-8.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145135876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anastasios Plessas, Martha Paisi, Nilufar Ahmed, Zoe Brookes, Robert Witton
{"title":"The role of community engaged dental education in producing socially accountable graduates in the context of the General Dental Council's Safe Practitioner Framework","authors":"Anastasios Plessas, Martha Paisi, Nilufar Ahmed, Zoe Brookes, Robert Witton","doi":"10.1038/s41415-025-8817-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41415-025-8817-x","url":null,"abstract":"The General Dental Council's Safe Practitioner Framework sets out the required behaviours and learning outcomes for UK graduates across four domains, and social accountability is a new competency in the domain of professionalism. Community engagement is a type of community-based education, which has been advocated as a promising pedagogical approach to help institutions produce socially accountable graduates. It is conceptualised as a form of experiential education which uses community exposure educational programmes or activities (i.e., students are exposed to the population/community of interest usually in a non-clinical setting) to highlight and address community health care needs. Community engaged education can help students appreciate the role of the social determinants of health in shaping oral health; provide opportunities to improve empathy, cultural competence and sensitivity; improve interpersonal skills and communication; and may open the eyes of new graduates into the importance of social justice and health equity in their future professional practice. This paper will describe the key terms involved in social accountability and will discuss some of the benefits of community engaged education in the context of the Safe Practitioner Framework reflecting on the evidence from the international healthcare literature.","PeriodicalId":9229,"journal":{"name":"British Dental Journal","volume":"239 6","pages":"417-422"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145135874","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Report sets out roadmap to tackle regional inequalities in dental education","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41415-025-9231-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41415-025-9231-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9229,"journal":{"name":"British Dental Journal","volume":"239 6","pages":"379-379"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41415-025-9231-0.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145135859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ahmed Jassim, Jose M. Rodriguez, Harpoonam Kalsi, Alicia Vidal-Nicholson, Samantha Salaver
{"title":"Improving patient care through development of dental nurse specialist roles","authors":"Ahmed Jassim, Jose M. Rodriguez, Harpoonam Kalsi, Alicia Vidal-Nicholson, Samantha Salaver","doi":"10.1038/s41415-025-9162-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41415-025-9162-9","url":null,"abstract":"The pioneering of the dental nurse specialist role by Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust aims to tackle rising demand for NHS services by allocating further duties to dental nurses with enhanced qualifications and training. We describe the evolution of the role and its future amidst a dynamic healthcare landscape. Dental nurse specialists provide patient care and advocacy among the multidisciplinary team. They aid in clinical assessments, educate and ensure patient needs are addressed. Additionally, they play a major role in clinical governance by championing innovation, training staff and participating in policy discussions. Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust has developed dental nurse specialist roles alongside the London Southbank University's part-time BSc (Hons) Enhanced Dental Nursing Practice. This first-of-its-kind programme trains dental nurses for a wider breadth of responsibilities, offering diverse career pathways for dental nursing specialists. Several subspecialties are recognised, all of which involve their distinct contributions to patient care. The dental nurse specialist role has developed significantly from its origins, yet progress is needed in protecting the title and establishing a firmer legal framework. The Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust initiative aims to drive role advancement, with the recognised academic programme equipping a new generation of dental nurse specialists to meet the increasing demand for NHS dental care.","PeriodicalId":9229,"journal":{"name":"British Dental Journal","volume":"239 6","pages":"386-390"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41415-025-9162-9.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145135875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hands-on cadaver training for in-depth knowledge","authors":"","doi":"10.1038/s41415-025-9247-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41415-025-9247-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9229,"journal":{"name":"British Dental Journal","volume":"239 6","pages":"432-432"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.nature.comhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41415-025-9247-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145135832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ethics on the edge: commodification, credence and care in general dental practice","authors":"Raj Rattan MBE","doi":"10.1038/s41415-025-9208-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41415-025-9208-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9229,"journal":{"name":"British Dental Journal","volume":"239 6","pages":"409-409"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145135837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}