An interesting contrast between legal cases which involve dental practitioners, and those which involve medical practitioners, is that medical practitioners are often accused of 'failing to treat' or of 'delaying treatment' but rarely 'over treatment'.

Ayesha Khan is a final year student at Leeds University and she hopes to qualify in 2014. This article focuses on her invaluable experiences gained from carrying out a dental volunteering placement in Cambodia.

Every new practice is an opportunity to gain new experiences, meet new patients, work with new professional colleagues, try different things and hopefully learn and develop in some way.

Patient interest in obtaining a pleasing aesthetic result shows no signs of diminishing.

Raise your hand if you've ever had an unsatisfied patient. My guess is that everyone's got their hand up. If you haven't, unfortunately it will happen at some point.

Sarah graduated from the University of Leeds in 2012 she is currently undertaking a DF2 post in Primary Dental Care. Sarah says "I want to encourage others to consider a community position as a great deal can be learned and experienced."

It has long been recognised that there are particular risks associated with treating patients who we know little or nothing about.

Allegations of overtreatment take many different forms, but the majority of such allegations imply an improper motive on the part of the clinician.

Jen Cheah is a 3rd year dental student from Victoria, Australia. His article tells of a dental student's experience into the wide world of rural and remote dentistry faced against the challenges and limitations of cultural barriers and a lack of electricity and water supply to overcome the dire oral health issues that face Mildura and Robinvale in rural and remote Victoria.

Alexandra Lyne (Lexy) qualified from Manchester University and is currently doing a DF1 year in London.

Thomas Coates is a Partner and Head of The Dental Team at LCF Law. In this article he explains the steps you should take if you are considering buying a dental practice.

After graduating from Cardiff University School of Dentistry I embarked on entering the big bad world of work.

When complaints involving dentistry for children do arise, their management is complicated by a number of factors over which the clinician has little or not control.

If you are applying for dental foundation training this year, read a personal perspective of the latest recruitment process, it's issues and how this may effect you.

Catherine spent two weeks volunteering in Nepal during 2012 with some of her friends, where they set up a dental camp which provided free dental care to rural communities that had little or no access to dentists before.

Michelle Middleton qualified from Birmingham Dental School in July 2012 with Honours and Distinction in Clinical Dentistry.

A detailed history is an essential element in understanding the background to a patient's oral health and planning effectively for their present and future treatment.

Nelson Wan qualified from the University of Glasgow in 2013. He is part of the West 1 VT scheme and work as a Foundation Dental Practitioner (FDP) in Ayrshire and Arran in a mixed NHS/Independent/Denplan practice. He has interests in endodontics, restorative dentistry and cosmetic dentistry - especially short-term orthodontics.

Haris Batley graduated in 2008 from The University of Manchester. He worked in a general practice before commencing foundation training in an Oral and Maxillo Facial Surgery.

In this article Michelle Middleton demonstrates some practical tips on how to maximise your study leave whilst still in dental foundation training to boost your dental career while you have extra time available.

Sam Osborn is a recent dental graduate working in the Australian Regular Army. In this article he provides a brief insight into his life as a Dental Officer.

Theesan Vedan studied at the University of The Western Cape in January 2013 and has since taken up a position as a military dentist for the South African Defence.

Work the World's Dental Outreach Projects highlight the problem of oral health within rural communities in the developing world.

When the General Dental Council (GDC) introduced its Dental Complaints Scheme for private patients, the profession was told that complaints were to be welcomed.