Student advice

The College of General Dentistry is the professional home for dental professionals at all stages of their career – from student or trainee to experienced clinician.

Written by dental students and dental practitioners, this series of advice and careers blogs is designed to support dental students and trainees during your studies and as you transition to real-life dentistry. We would love to hear from you if you’d like to share your experience and write a student advice blog – find out more and get in touch with us at contact@cgdent.uk

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Student advice and careers blog

Student Advice

Managing holidays from dental school

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Third year BDS student at the University of Birmingham and CGDent NextGen Ambassador, Christy Ng, offers advice on getting the most out of your university holidays.

Blog Careers

Our experience of the Certified Membership Scheme

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Poppy Dunton, a member of the Certified Membership Scheme, and Phill Brown FCGDent, a CMS Facilitator, share their experiences of the programme.

Student Advice

How to get the most out of your Foundation Training

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Foundation Dentist and CGDent NextGen Ambassador, Dr Choudhury Rahman, offers tips on how to make the change from undergrad to Foundation Trainee smoother and get the most out of the FD year.

Student Advice

Using self-directed learning at dental school

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Second year Dental Therapy and Hygiene student at the University of Portsmouth, Modupe Ilesanmi, advocates using self-directed learning to improve your performance at dental school.

Careers

A dental therapist’s unexpected journey

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Dental therapist and business operations manager, Poppy Dunton, reflects on her career in dentistry and how her mantra that “every day is a school day” has supported her development.

Student Advice

10 Top tips for starting your clinical placement

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Fifth year BDS student at the University of Plymouth, Sona Dave, passes on her advice for a successful clinical placement.

Student Advice

Working with your clinical partner

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Both in the fourth year of the BDS at the University of Plymouth, Dilan Patel and Alan Al-Zahawi share their advice on effective teamwork during clinics.

Careers

Making the move into private practice

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Dr Pouya Zohrabpour, GDP and co-creator of the Two Dentists YouTube Channel, describes his journey towards becoming a fully private associate dentist.

Student Advice

Get published!

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Clare Denton, editor of Bites, the College’s monthly e-newsletter, offers advice on getting your writing published.

Blog Careers

From dental nursing to senior academic in dentistry: a personal career journey

9769 min read

Dr Louise Belfield AssocFCGDent, the first dental nurse in the UK to achieve a PhD, reflects on the key moments, influences and lessons from her career to date

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