Morna Beattie, specialist financial adviser for Wesleyan Financial Services, shares how you may be able to meet heightened expectations of patients when moving from NHS to private. The move from NHS to private often comes with an expectation of the grass being greener from a practice and practitioner point of view. Particularly after very little … Continued
This month, Tracie Barnett discusses her top tips for effective communication and offers eight reasons why it’s so important for treatment coordinators (TCOs). Effective communication is about more than just exchanging information. It’s about understanding the emotion and intentions behind the information. As well as being able to clearly convey a message, you need to … Continued
Scientists have identified a link between high white blood cells in the saliva of healthy young adults and an early cardiovascular disease warning sign. Published in Frontiers in Oral Health, the research team recruited 28 non-smokers between 18 and 30. They had no medications that could impact cardiovascular risk and no reported history of periodontal … Continued
RYPFD (Reigniting Your Passion for Dentistry) is returning for 2024 –learn more about the resounding success of the 2023 event. The event brought together dental professionals from across the country to be inspired, educated, and rejuvenated. It was led by nine leading educators who have pursued other opportunities available to them. Delegates utilised their skillsets … Continued
Reserve your seat for a one-hour interactive deep dive into clear aligners with Professor Ama Johal, in collaboration with 32Co, on 6 September 2023. 32Co thinks collaborative healthcare is the key to better patient outcomes, and nowhere is this more true than in clear aligner orthodontics. The clear aligner industry has completely changed in the … Continued
This month, Manrina Rhode discusses all the different ways you can treat gummy smiles and how to choose the right treatment plan. So often patients come in with gummy smiles and there’s so many different options available of how to treat them. Let’s go through all of them and talk a little bit about diagnosis … Continued
Shaz Memon, marketing expert and Dental Practice Accelerator’s newest mentor, shares tips on how to grow your practice’s Instagram account. Regardless of our personal feelings towards social media, many of our target patients are active on Instagram or are influenced by those who are, such as children influencing their parents. The following concepts are just … Continued
Dental hygienist Sakina Syed discusses her experience of winning Best Hygienist London at the 2022 Private Dentistry Awards. How does it feel to have won Best Hygienist? I’m humbled and proud to have won a Private Dentistry Award. I was shortlisted with some amazing finalists. I was over the moon to be one of them, … Continued
It’s been a busy week for dental news. Missed it? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… ‘Absolutely appalling’ – profession reacts to dental technician’s GDC erasure After a dental technician was struck off for failing to complete his CPD requirements amidst a brain tumour diagnosis, we heard from a number of dental professionals who are … Continued
Wesleyan Financial Services shares the key touchpoints in a dentist’s career or personal life where they benefit most from financial advice. Very few professions are more diverse and multi-faceted than dentistry from a financial planning perspective. With mixed private and public sector income streams, challenges around self-employment, practice ownership and excellent potential retirement prospects, dentists … Continued
