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Dental Bridge Newsletter 🦷 Tuesday · 2026-09-14 |
Damira Dental Group had its sponsor licence suspended.
Overseas dental nurse visa grants are down 95%. |
🚀 Headlines |
Damira Dental Group had its sponsor licence suspended The Home Office launched an unannounced four-hour interview with the group's human resources director, leaving around 130 sponsored overseas workers facing uncertainty. Managing director Anushika Brogan warned the action shows how quickly sponsor licence compliance can become a major risk for dental employers. Damira had recruited the staff from abroad under a long-term plan to train dental nurses into dentists. |
Auto-transplanted teeth survived in 26 of 27 cleft palate cases A systematic review led by Sulaiman in the Journal of Clinical Medicine evaluated 23 cleft lip and palate patients who underwent tooth auto-transplantation across eight studies. Mandibular premolars were the most common donor teeth in 20 cases, with maxillary incisors acting as the recipient site in 15 instances. Only one transplanted tooth was extracted, with 16 patients having received secondary alveolar bone grafts using iliac bone. |
Philips says its latest electric toothbrush removes 20 times more plaque Royal Philips has announced the Sonicare Next-Generation DiamondClean 9900 Prestige. The company claims it removes up to 20 times more plaque than a manual brush using an A3 head. It features a 12-segment on-device display to track missed spots in real time. |
Ten TikTok dental trends have racked up 43 million views Searches for TikTok dental trends are up 1,205% over the past five years, while searches for turkey teeth implants have risen 250% in three months. Cosmetic dentist Andrey Ilyabayev warns the fallout from hacks like DIY gap bands and nail-filing enamel includes irreversible nerve damage and extractions. |
🩺 Clinical |
Immediate full-arch loading relies on insertion torques reaching 35 to 45 Ncm Pretam Gharat outlines the evolution of full-arch implant rehabilitation leading to the PATZi protocol for severely atrophic maxillae. Achieving primary mechanical stability with insertion torques of at least 35 to 45 Ncm eliminates micromovement to protect osseointegration during initial healing. The approach builds on early work by Professor Per-Ingvar Brånemark in 1952 and 1965, alongside Professor Paulo Malo's 1998 all-on-four protocol. |
Overseas dental nurse visa grants are down 95% Home Office figures show grants for overseas dental nurses plummeted from 122 to just six between Q4 2025 and Q2 2026 after the government removed DCP roles from skilled worker sponsorship on 22 July 2025. Medical and dental technician grants also dropped from 121 to three, while dental practitioner visas fell from 376 to 334. Anushika Brogan, head of Damira Dental Group, warned practices not to underestimate sponsor licence compliance after her group previously faced suspension following a Home Office visit. |
A single broken dental chair costs hundreds of pounds a day Equipment downtime remains one of the most underestimated and preventable financial risks facing UK practices. Beyond emergency call-out fees and cancelled appointments, failures carry compliance implications and risk driving patients to other providers. Relying on reactive repairs is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain as overheads rise and margins tighten. |
🏢 Practice market |
Jesús Bonilla is taking over as general manager of Bupa Dental Care Jesús Bonilla will succeed Mark Allan as general manager in October 2026, subject to regulatory approval. He has worked for Bupa's Sanitas business in Spain for 17 years and will report to Chris Carroll. Meanwhile, Japanese biotech Toregem BioPharma has appointed Hiroki Wada as chief executive as it prepares Phase IIa trials for its experimental USAG-1 antibody tooth-regrowth drug, TRG035. |
Cox and Hitchcock Dental Group is expanding to six Welsh sites Wales The group bought a dental practice and freehold property in Caerphilly in a seven-figure deal advised by JCP Solicitors. The transaction involved three independent expense-share dentists selling alongside the property. The acquisition brings the group's network across Cardiff, Barry, Caerphilly, and Newport to six practices. |
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