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Regulatory inspections of pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors	John Taylor	TT January 2009
Regulatory inspections – the technician’s perspective	David Whitton	TT January 2009
CAD/CAM – an introduction	Ashley Byrne	TT January 2009
What ethical guidance does the GDC offer DCPs?	Dental Protection Ltd	TT January 2009
Scope of Practice	Sue Adams	TT March 2009
Your professional duty	Author: David Whitton	TT March 2009
Research in the workplace	Tony Griffin	TT March 2009
Case report: Aesthetic challenges – restoration of a single maxillary central incisor	Kavit N Shah	TT March 2009
Don’t let recession lead to depression	Editorial	TT March 2009
What are your ethical obligations to patients?	Dental Protection Ltd	TT March 2009
Medical emergencies and the dental technician	Chris Kurt-Gabel	TT May 2009
Improving infection control practices in dental laboratories	Dr Rebecca Taylor	TT May 2009
Ethics: other ethical implications for DCPs	Dental Protection Ltd	TT May 2009
Dental technicians down under	Author: Vikki Harper	TT May 2009
Registration – creating patient trust and colleague confidence	Author: Duncan Rudkin	TT July 2009
Declaring your CPD	Tony Griffin	TT July 2009
Cardiac emergencies, including chest pain	Chris Kurt-Gabel	TT July 2009
Why bother about your image?	Author: Carole Stacey	TT July 2009
Meet David Smith	Vikki Harper	TT September 2009
Current orthodontic technology techniques – an overview Part 1	Author: Paul Mallett	TT September 2009
Acrylic partial dentures revisited	Robert Jagger	TT September 2009
Increasing your career visibility	Carole Stacey	TT September 2009
Looking to the future (revalidation)	Edward Bannatyne	TT November 2009
Current orthodontic technology techniques – an overview Part 2	Author: Paul Mallett	TT November 2009
The use of pressed ceramic over zirconium	Glenn Harger	TT November 2009
Nine nifty ways to pay less tax	Vikki Harper	TT November 2009
Dealing with dental complaints	Hazel Adams	TT February 2010
Stop complaining… and get better business results	Vikki Harper	TT February 2010
No clasps please! Part 1	Author: Ulrich Heker	TT February 2010
All change for educational outcomes	Tony Griffin	TT February 2010
Silicosis and the dental technician	Vikki Harper	TT February 2010
No clasps please! Part 2	Author: Ulrich Heker	TT April 2010
Winning friends and influencing people	John Stacey	The Probe Reproduced in TT June 2010
Dimensional stability of alginate (irreversible hydrocolloid) impression materials over time	Ella Woodward & Dr Rebecca Taylor	TT June 2010
No clasps please! Part 3	Author: Ulrich Heker	TT June 2010
How effective is your laboratory’s infection control policy?	Richard Musgrave	TT June 2010
Dental appliances: how new GDC standards affect you	Tom Peplow	TT June 2010
Tax and the new tex year	Glenn Collingbourne	TT June 2010
Advice for those who employ dental professionals	General Dental Council	TT June 2010
An overview of current orthodontic techniques	Paul Mallett	TT August 2010
An introduction to health and safety	Susan Bruckel	TT August 2010
DeguDent/ Dentsply training courses	Author: DeguDent/ Dentsply	TT August 2010
Straumann CAD/ CAM study club	Author: Straumann	TT August 2010
Get involved – become a GDC panel member	Author: Alison Lockyer	TT August 2010
GDC secures ninth illegal practice prosecution of 2010	The General Dental Council	TT October 2010
No clasps please! Part 4	Ulrich Heker	TT October 2010
An introduction to health and safety Part 2	Sue Bruckel	TT October 2010
Teeth whitening	Andrew Tinkler	TT October 2010
Medical emergencies, an introduction	Tony Griffin	TT October 2010
Explaining the annual retention fee	Alison Lockyer Chair of the General Dental Council	TT October 2010
Training staff – tax advantage or tax pitfall	Glenn Collingbourne	TT December 2010
Did you know smoke-free rules extend to work vehicles?		TT December 2010
The recent increase in the annual retention fee	Alison Lockyer Chair of the General Dental Council	TT December 2010
Bleaching trays are custom made devices		TT December 2010
An introduction to health and safety Part 3	Sue Bruckel	TT December 2010
Update on medical emergencies for dental technicians	Rebecca Cookson	TT December 2010
Planning your working future or your holidays?	Tony Griffin	TT December 2010
Forward thinking lab director aims to improve dentists’ skills	Ian Taylor	TT December 2010
Tax planning tips	Glenn Collingbourne	TT February 2011
Professionalism	Janet Collins	TT February 2011
A sore spot shown to parliamentarians	Tony Griffin	TT February 2011
Fabrication of the lower locator denture – a walk through	Andrew Tinkler	TT February 2011
Model production using the original model-tray system	Advertorial	TT February 2011
Responding to cardiac arrest	Rebecca Cookson	TT February 2011
Professional responsibilities	The General Dental Council	TT April 2011
Predictable single-tooth implants	Willie Jack	TT April 2011
Nipple prosthesis - a walk through	Andrew Tinkler	TT April 2011
Asthma and anaphylaxis	Rebecca Cookson	TT April 2011
Teamwork	Chris Maryan	TT April 2011
Allergy to methylmethacrylate?	Andrew Barber & Robert Jagger	TT June 2011
A word about websites		TT June 2011
Update on medical emergencies: fainting and choking	Rebecca Cookson	TT June 2011
Forming bridges between education and the professional world of dental technology		TT June 2011
Leadership in a period of further change	Tony Griffin	TT August 2011
Why should dental technicians visit BDTA Dental Showcase?		TT August 2011
Natural selection: how to recruit stars and keep them	Richard Mander	TT August 2011
Infection control: how scrubbed up are you?	Rebecca Taylor, Aaliyah Hameed & Leanne Williams	TT August 2011
The advantages, disadvantages and the myths of Valplast (flexi) dentures	Katie Mason	TT August 2011
Take 5 with John Stacey		TT August 2011
HR facts: the art of engagement	Richard Mander	TT October 2011
Customer complaints	DTA	TT October 2011
Do you hear the ticking of a CPD time bomb?	DTA	TT October 2011
Getting the right visual information	Mark Ambridge	TT October 2011
Take 5	Barry Appleby	TT October 2011
All Party Parliamentary Group for Dentistry	Tony Griffin	TT December 2011
Keeping fitness to practise fit for purpose	Neil Marshall	TT December 2011
HR facts: flexibility in the workplace	Richard Mander	TT December 2011
Denture repairs	Alec Maryan & Chris Maryan	TT December 2011
Using visual communication to get the best from e.max all ceramic	Mark Ambridge	TT December 2011
Dental digital photography		TT December 2011
praxis: a sideways look at occlusal vertical dimension	Tony Griffin	TT December 2011
One student's view of oral bacteria	Emma Harrison	TT December 2011
Take 5	Mike McGlynn	TT December 2011
praxis: around the articular condyles	Tony Griffin	TT February 2012
Dental Technology Show (DTS)	Vikki Harper	TT February 2012
Denture repairs: the financial, legal and ethical challenges	Alec Maryan & Chris Maryan	TT February 2012
HR facts: how sick is your business	Richard Mander	TT February 2012
Respiratory disorders in the dental laboratory	Elizabeth King & Robert Jagger	TT February 2012
GDC udpate	GDC	TT February 2012

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