@theddu.bsky.social
We're the Dental Defence Union. We guide, support and defend dentists and dental professionals throughout their career.
Sometimes, a professional relationship with a patient can break down with no prospect of getting things back on track.
Dento-legal adviser Shruti Chopra explains what to do if you have to stop treating a patient, in The Probe digital magazine
(page 13): issuu.com/purplems/doc...
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A subject access request can sometimes involve patient information shared with your defence organisation.
Here’s our advice on what to include - and what to redact: ow.ly/9fH950WUnbC
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Join us for a free webinar on confidentiality in dentistry.
Learn how to stay safe on social media and manage requests from patients, the police, and other bodies.
Register here: ow.ly/4ysg50WPy06
A graphic promoting the DDU's latest fictional dilemma. It shows a photograph of a dentist wearing glasses, a face mask and blue scrubs, with the words 'Dilemma. I was told not to admit a mistake' overlaid in white.
Have you ever been told not to admit a mistake to a patient?
Read our latest dilemma for our advice: ow.ly/WeeP50WIKCx
A graphic promoting the latest DDU journal - summer 2025 edition. The image shows an abstract illustration in the background, with an archway in the shape of a person's head.
Our latest journal is out now.
In this issue:
🧠 Assessing capacity to consent
🦷 A dental duty of candour dilemma
✍️ Striking a balance between continuity and change
Read here: ow.ly/w1SV50WIJTZ
A graphic showing a photo of a dentist using a model mouth to demonstrate a procedure to a patient, with the words 'Course. Navigating dento-legal challenges in periodontal care. 17 September. 9am - 1pm' above the photo.
Learn about the common dento-legal difficulties that can arise when treating periodontal issues and how to avoid them in our upcoming course.
Find out more: ow.ly/Lkxj50WEqi6
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2024 was another busy year for our brilliant team of medico-legal and dento-legal advisers at the MDU and @theddu.bsky.social, who received more than 21,000 calls on our 24-hour advice lines.
Read our annual report here: ow.ly/JVIr50WBVwt
A blue graphic showing the words 'Access 10 hours CPD with DDU membership' in red, next to a photograph of a dentist wearing loupes while treating a patient.
Dentists can now access an exclusive dental education programme as part of DDU membership.
We recently partnered with @red-whale.bsky.social to offer this new 12-month programme.
Learn more: redwhale.co.uk/dental
What's staying the same?
When you need guidance, support or defence, you can continue to contact us in the usual way.
Our phone numbers, email addresses and website are not changing.
Get support here: theddu.com/get-ddu-supp...
What’s changing?
You’ll start to see new logos, fonts, colours and aspects like photography, icons and illustrations roll out across our communications.
We hope that this gives you a more engaging, simple and accessible experience, especially across our digital platforms.
New look, same DDU.
With input from our members, we've made some changes to our brand. So, you'll start to see our new logo in our communications.
