When you shop for supplies and products for your dental business, what do you look for in a supplier that you choose to do business with?
Like many, perhaps you look for the best deal and most competitively priced suppliers.
In truth, finding reasonably priced equipment is an important factor to keeping business costs down, and good deals are usually a no-brainer, right? But you should always exercise caution! When a good deal is too good to be true, like the old adage goes, then it usually is.
There are also many reasons why you should only choose a reputable supplier to do business with. As a dental business owner, when you purchase products and materials for your practice, you will want to rest assured that the products you are buying and using daily are from a reliable and a safe means of supply.
Making this kind of business decision can mean the difference between a healthy and safe working practice for your staff and patients or a potential legal case later down the road. And in some cases, even losing your GDC registration!
Unreliable sources
Every year thousands of counterfeit products that look nearly identical to the original counterparts they are trying to copy flood the dental market. Counterfeit items are usually supplied from unscrupulous and unreliable sources, and they are often made using substandard and poor materials that are neither reliable or safe to use.
The potential risks involved in using these kinds of cheap counterfeit products can far exceed the initial saving of what you might class as a ‘bargain’.
There are hundreds of dental suppliers servicing the UK market from both home and overseas, which means picking a reliable and trustworthy supplier who can provide the standards and quality that dental professionals need is difficult.
The ideal solution lies in having the ability to browse a range of products and services from trusted suppliers who adhere to a comprehensive professional code of practice*, bespoke training, and a common vision. A set of standards that ensures that the dental team can have confidence in both the quality and provenance of purchases.
Online directory
So, if you are looking to purchase products and supplies for your dental business and want to have peace of mind at the same time, you will want to visit the BDIA website very soon to see just how easy it is to view a range of essentials that you need every day to keep your practice running smoothly.
The BDIA has created an online product directory of its members’ products and services for dental professionals, practice managers and procurement personnel to browse 25 categories.
- Supplier categories
- Digital dentistry
- Small equipment
- Large equipment
- Loupes and optical devices
- Laboratory equipment and supplies
- Whitening products
- Orthodontics
- Endodontics
- Consumables (non-PPE)
- Anaesthetics and sedation
- Impression materials
- Dental implants and prostheses
- Air filtration
- Disinfection and sterilisation
- Hand instruments
- Handpieces and rotary instruments
- PPE
- Minimally invasive dentistry
- Mouthwashes and rinses
- Prevention and oral hygiene
- Restoratives, bonding agents, finishing and polishing products
- Suction and evacuation
- Accessories
- Essential services and support
- Media, marketing, financial and other services.
Innovative and dependable
Visitors can find a wide variety of products and services from PPE face shields to consumables, air filtration systems to large equipment such as dental chairs, autoclaves and more. The BDIA Product Directory offers dental business owners a trustworthy solution where they can fulfil their practice needs.
By simply clicking a category from the website, a user can see several BDIA member companies that they can select, browse their available products, and then proceed to purchase via the member company’s website.
Visit the online BDIA Product Directory here and find supplies for your business with peace of mind today.
The BDIA is the UK’s dental industry trade body. Since 1923 its members have been working closely with the dental profession to provide quality, innovative and dependable equipment and services that are needed day in day out.
As BDIA members are bound by a comprehensive professional code of practice*, bespoke training and a common vision, choosing to do business with them means that the dental team can have confidence that everything bought is of guaranteed quality and provenance – you are choosing a supplier that you can trust.
So, when you think supplier, think BDIA member.
