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      *The following press release was provided by The British Association of Dental Nurses (BADN) The British Association of Dental Nurses (BADN), the professional association for dental nurses in the UK, is delighted to announce that Chief Executive Pam Swain has been awarded an MBE in the 2025 New Year’s Honours list for […]

Earlier this year we opened our annual Special Recognition Awards (SRAs) for individuals or a group who had a major impact on Dental Nursing developments, Dental Nursing education and training, or general operations and developments for NEBDN. We would like to take this opportunity to recognise four worthy recipients of NEBDN’s Special Recognition Awards for […]

Nascot Dental Team Trainings Head Tutor Verne Rice has been NEBDN Qualified 30 Years and talks about her Dental Career  I can’t quite believe I have now been qualified 30 years, after passing my NEBDN qualification in November 1992. My clinical career as a Dental Nurse started in summer 1989.  I have since this time […]

SmileWisdom, an NEBDN accredited Delivery Site, has worked with NEBDN since 2011. Their Admissions Director, Rebecca Madigan, gives us an insight into the working relationship and how SmileWisdom work with NEBDN to encourage dental nurse career progression. At SmileWisdom we are passionate about dental nurse training and development along with jobs and recruitment, so it […]

Introduction There are currently 61,879 registered dental nurses according to the latest General Dental Council’s (GDC) figures. As Dental Care Professionals (DCP), they play a vital role in the delivery of care for patients, and often take on more advanced clinical and non-clinical responsibilities in addition to their main duties. As a result of the […]

This month we hear from Sangita Marahatta, Founder and Director at Forward Academic Team Ltd. to share her success and experience working as a course provider for NEBDN and talk about how she built her business up from one centre to eight, sitting approximately 150 students a year. Sangita founded Forward Academic in 2016 and has kindly […]

This month we hear from Wayne Thomas, Dental Nurse at The University Dental Hospital of Manchester, to share his experience from trainee dental nurse to working as an Associate Examiner for NEBDN. My association with NEBDN goes back a long way. It started back in 2010, when I began my journey as a trainee dental […]

This month we hear from Ellen Davison, Manager of Dental Nursing and Technology at Leeds Dental Institute, to share her experience working as a course provider for NEBDN whilst navigating through a global pandemic. Ellen shares information on how Leeds Dental Institute run their courses and how they operate a successful business. Ellen has successfully […]

NEBDN is supporting its course providers by sharing monthly articles named ‘Crowning Courses’, to highlight the Post-Registration qualifications on offer for accreditation. The articles are also useful for qualified dental nurses wanting to progress their careers, or those thinking of becoming a course provider wanting to know more about the qualifications we offer and how […]

NEBDN is supporting its course providers by sharing monthly articles named ‘Crowning Courses’, to highlight the Post-Registration qualifications on offer for accreditation. The articles are also useful for qualified dental nurses wanting to progress their careers, or those thinking of becoming a course provider wanting to know more about the qualifications we offer and how […]