FREE podcasts from the DPA, for everyone interested in UK dentistry...

Perfect for the busy professional. To get the latest news and interviews and information about a range of issues affecting high street dentists in the UK read the easy-to-follow instructions at the bottom of this page.

The Lemon of Acceptability - (Listen Now)

19 June 2007 - A report from the International Dental Showcase in Cologne, featuring BioOss, VoCo's new shade system, circular composites and metal castings that rise like a sintered phoenix from the laser flames.

Private Income Rules - (Listen Now)

7 March 2007 - Dentists are earning more from the private sector for the first time since 1947, tooth whitening, desensitisation and what it takes to be a TV makeover dentist.

Genesis - (Listen Now)

15 December 2006 - Genesis is a social enterprise dental group where the profits are ring-fenced. Will enough PCTs and dentists work with them to realise their vision for the future of the NHS?

American Air Lines - (Listen Now)

1 November 2006 - David Dodell, who runs a dental podcast in the States and Derek Watson chew the fat about dentistry in the US and the UK.

The Genius Behind the Whole Thing is You - (Listen Now)

31 October 2006 - Recorded at the DPA 50th Anniversary AGM - Why is methyl methacrylate - a "bum product" - worth more weight-for-weight than gold? Raj K RajaRayan OBE, one of dentistry's most entertaining speakers in his element - composites.

Dental Showcase II - (Listen Now)

26 October 2006 - The disaster area that is Britain's dental laboratory industry, Brian Lux looks back over 50 years of service to the profession and Roger Levy on being stabbed.

Dental Showcase I - (Listen Now)

25 October 2006 - The first of two pods recorded at the BDTA Exhibition at Excel. Is James Hull group up for sale? The end of the profession's monopoly on dentistry, Happy Birthday to Dental Nursing magazine and recruiting abroad.

Deputy Minister Lewis Macdonald MSP - (Listen Now)

12 October 2006 - The DPA pod travels from Kent to Dunkeld and back in a day (on a whistling train) to interview the most powerful man in Scottish dentistry.

Happy Birthday Denplan - (Listen Now)

11 October 2006 - Recorded live at Denplan's 20th birthday celebrations. Professor Lord Robert Winston, John Besford, Bill Dickerson and Stephen Gates.

The Early Years - (Listen Now)

4 August 2006 - Stan and Paddy reminisce about the early years of the Association, and Nick Mohindra describes his journey from NHS in the Welsh valleys to private practice in Wimpole Street.

Conscription in Dentistry - (Listen Now)

15 July 2007 - Age discrimination, another eight days paid holiday for some staff and an interview with Sandra Gidley MP who outlines the Liberal Democrat approach to dental shortages.

Cancer, copyright and Conservatives - (Listen Now)

4 July 2006 - Oral cancer is on the increase (click here), when you can play a radio in Reception, the HSA in dentistry and an interview with Andrew Murrison MP Shadow Health Minister on dentistry.

Maths, not Mirrors - (Listen Now)

26 June 2006 - Pensions are done with maths, not mirrors. We talk to Alistair Mann and Jim White from The Pension Consultancy who can stop your final years being miserable ones.

European Union of Dentists - (Listen Now)

21 June 2006 - The European Union of Dentists annual meeting in Krakow and the real reason why Polish dentists come to work in the UK.

The Wine Tasting - (Listen Now)

9 June 2006 - Good news on goodwill, what happens if you DON'T use the free DPA contracts from Richard Brown, litigation partner at rhw Solicitors and some implications of regulating PCDs from John Chope, GDC member.

Shortage of LA - (Listen Now)

31 May 2006 - News and interviews with Mike Volk from Dental Directory about the anaesthetic shortage and Lester Ellman about the new NHS contract.

Megalabs - (Listen Now)

26 May 2006 - Joe Sullivan on the new contract, nurse training, joining the forces and 1,500 technicians in Hong Kong.

Exploding Bacteria - (Listen Now)

24 May 2006 - News, exploding bacteria and the DPA interviews Gordon Miles, private complaints supremo.

National Smile Month 2006 - (Listen Now)

5 May 2006 - Interviews with Nigel Carter and Dennis Carroll for the launch of National Smile Month 2006.

DoH Birth of Contract - (Listen Now)

4 May 2006 - When Chairman Joe Sullivan and CEO Derek Watson met the Acting Chief Dental Officer and Chris Audrey, the architect of the new contract.

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Troubleshooting

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