Posts by Ryan Burrows
Dentaid and Straumann Group Foundation launch new partnership
The Straumann Group Foundation (SGF) and Dentaid The Dental Charity have launched a multi-year partnership to expand access to essential dental care for people experiencing homelessness, poverty, harm and abuse in the United Kingdom, and to enable female survivors of domestic abuse to access restorative dental treatment. This meaningful initiative builds on the longstanding collaboration…
Read MoreJoin Dentaid at the Dentistry Show Birmingham 2026
We’re pleased to confirm that Dentaid The Dental Charity will be at the UK’s largest event for dental professionals, the British Dental Conference and Dentistry Show (BDCDS) at the NEC in Birmingham on May 15th and 16th, 2026. Dentaid will be on stand D90 at the event with our newest mobile dental unit Freja. Freja…
Read MoreGeorge Wright becomes Dentaid vice-chairman
Dentaid The Dental Charity is pleased to announce George Wright as its new vice chairman as it creates new opportunities on its board of trustees. As Dentaid enters its 4th decade of providing outreach dental care and oral health programmes for under-served communities, George and his fellow trustees are helping to steer the strategic direction…
Read MoreThoughts on the Pathways from Homelessness Conference 2026
While we often present and exhibit on the work we do at dental conferences, being given the opportunity to expand outside of dentistry and talk to different healthcare and support groups about our work is a privilege. Yet, as well as a privilege it is an important opportunity for us to dispel the thought that ‘they just…
Read MoreDentaid returns to Northern Ireland with clinics in Derry
Dentaid The Dental Charity has provided free dental treatment for people experiencing homelessness and harm in Derry on its return to Northern Ireland. The charity held five outreach mobile dental clinics at the Foyle Haven day centre, operated by homelessness charity Depaul, between March 23rd and 27th. Volunteer dentists and dental nurses supported Depaul’s service…
Read MoreAleah Thorp Uganda
Going back to Uganda for the 2nd time, I was apprehensive as I didn’t know if the experience would live up to how the first trip was. That one impacted me in a way that I could never have imagined. From travelling the country and interacting with the patients, I did not realise how lucky…
Read MoreBrightBites reaches more than 10,000 children in East of England
Our oral health education initiative BrightBites has now taught more than 10,000 children across the East of England about the importance of a healthy smile. BrightBites, a partnership between Dentaid The Dental Charity and Denplan, features oral health educators leading lively and interactive sessions which talk to primary school-aged children about the importance of protecting…
Read MoreGeoff’s story
I first started receiving support from Bristol Drugs Project (BDP) for Hepatitis C testing. This was after I was found unconscious in 2018, I woke up in a hospital room thinking ‘Why am I here?’ I was very distressed and out of my head and all I could think was ‘Where are my drugs?’, not…
Read MoreDental Elite supports Dentaid clinics by branding mobile dental unit
A generous donation from Dental Elite will help one of Dentaid The Dental Charity’s mobile units reach more vulnerable people in need of dental care across the UK. The Dental Elite logo is now displayed on one of Dentaid’s 11 mobile dental units which deliver care for people experiencing homelessness, harm, poverty and abuse. Throughout…
Read MoreDeputy First Minister of Wales visits Dentaid’s work with fishing communities
The Deputy First Minister of Wales has seen how Dentaid supports fishing communities with their oral health during a visit to one of our charity dental clinics in Swansea. Huw Irranca-Davies MS went on board our mobile dental unit on Thursday 19th February, where volunteer clinicians gave free dental treatments and advice to seafarers in…
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