The British Association of Dental Nurses (BADN) is an organisation that represents dental nurses across the UK, headquartered in

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, and has previously been a

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History

It was formed in October 1940 in Lancashire. It was originally called the British Dental Nurses and Assistants Society. On 1 November 1994 the name became the British Association of Dental Nurses. In 1976, due to legislation of the

Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 The Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 ("TULRA") was a UK Act of Parliament (now repealed) on industrial relations. The Act contains rules on the functioning and legal status of trades union, the presumption that a collective agreement ...

, to support dental nurses it had to become a trade union, the Association of British Dental Surgery Assistants. On 11 May 1999 all dental nurses had to be registered.

Function

On 1 October 1964 it formed a Voluntary National Register of Registered Dental Nurses. There are over 9,000 Registered Dental Nurses in the UK, but this is now overseen by the

General Dental Council The General Dental Council (GDC) is an organisation which regulates dental professionals in the United Kingdom. It keeps an up-to-date register of all qualified dentists and other dental care professionals such as: dental hygienists, dental ther ...

(GDC) but the register is updated by the BADN, not the GDC. Since 1954 the organization has twice-yearly meetings with the

British Dental Association The British Dental Association (BDA) is a registered trade union for dentists in the United Kingdom. Its stated mission is to "promote the interests of members, advance the science, arts and ethics of dentistry and improve the nation's oral he ...

Journal

Since the mid-1940s it has produced a journal, the ''British Dental Surgery Assistant''. In 1994 this became '' British Dental Nurses' Journal'' (BDNJ).BDNJ Journal at NLM Catalog
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Structure

The association's offices are situated on the Hillhouse International Business Park, near the Wyre Way (next to the

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), accessed via the A585 and B5268.

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