There are numerous post-qualification options available to dental nurses, one of which is the Oral Health Education qualification. This is a great qualification to undertake, and it can increase the value to patients of attending your practice.

In this article, I aim to provide you with information about oral health days during 2017. I have included a summary of each campaign and ways in which you, as a dental nurse, can get involved by supporting, fundraising, or promoting. I have also included details of how to find out more information in case you want to plan an event to support any of the campaigns.

After the recent claims in the press about flossing, I would guess that everyone who is reading this has been busy answering questions on the subject! For those of you who have somehow managed to avoid the news, I will provide a brief recap.

Today’s blog aims to inspire all dental nurses to use their Oral Health Education (OHE) qualification to its full potential. After I completed my OHE qualification in 2014, I wanted to keep using the knowledge and skills that I had worked so hard for.

Once again, it seems to have come around so quickly – the time to declare our CPD logs for the year and to pay the annual retention fee that is required from us in order to remain part of the GDC; this ever-growing professional body working in the UK.