BDJ Team

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Oral health education and promotion Welcome to our first themed issue of 2025, all about oral health education and promotion. This issue contains numerous articles from contributors across the dental industry, highlighting the work of dental professionals to inform patients and their communities about good oral health and its links to general health and wellbeing. ©laflor/iStock/Getty Images Plus

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In this issue This month we investigate the 'tongue-tie taboo' and whether the oral healthcare team should be signposting patients and parents; Canadian dental hygienist Katherine explores oral health for patients with absorption-related illnesses; dental therapist Mariam shares tips for treating young patients with special educational needs; we refresh our knowledge on sepsis; and find out what a New Zealand 'oral health therapist' is. ©Shiraz Endo

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Orthodontic DCPs As BDJ Team continues to celebrate ten years, we meet an orthodontic dental nurse; the Chair of the Orthodontic National Group; and glean top tips for preventing orthodontic emergencies from an orthodontic therapist. We also have CPD on managing patients with asthma and find out how dental therapists and hygienists can demonstrate their radiography competence. ©Shannon Wilkes

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The people issue This issue is heaving with people stories including an engineer who married an endodontist and bought then expanded a dental practice in Solihull; a dually qualified dental hygienist and therapist who is also a researcher and writer; a dental nurse who helps patients with their phobias; an orthodontic therapist who is about to start live training sessions; and Fiona Ellwood who reflects on her long career in dentistry. We also have an hour of CPD all about anaphylaxis.