Sebastian Evans

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Having already had the luxury of expressing my opinions about the recent GDC’s (General Dental Council’s) episode, I don’t want to rehearse all of that here. So I will reserve my comments to matters of the style and timing rather than the substance. To me, what is even more astonishing than the fact of the…

Why did you choose Smiles Dental? Smiles and Oasis are very similar companies. Both have a strong focus on patient and consumer and a strong clinical focus. But we are also very much thinking about the business in terms of what works for consumers and how they access dentistry easily and how we make the…

After a varied career as a dentist, Jane Foggin (pictured right) decided to retire in 2008. When she sold her practice, Canon Street Dental Centre, to IDH (Integrated Dental Holdings) she went down an unexpected path that has led her to pass on her skills and knowledge to others. Here, she discusses her new found…

In my 22 years of dentistry I have never seen the GDC (General Dental Council) in a more depressing and shambolic state. I am not a negative person, but through this whole time I have been amazed at the lack of proper positive professional direction the organisation has shown. The GDC now has by far the…

BADT's (British Association of Dental Therapists') scientific meeting and AGM (annual general meeting) is in the city of Manchester on 26 and 27 September. We move conference each year as we are proud to be a national association and our aim is to reach out to all therapists nationwide. The conferences always boast a great trade…

What is Styleitaliano? The Styleitaliano recipe for daily successful dentistry is feasible, teachable and repeatable. The Styleitaliano movement began with a meeting of great minds. Dr Walter Devoto and Professor Angelo Putignano, both of whom are worldwide recognised experts in conservative and aesthetic dentistry, came together to create a simple, predictable and unbiased approach to…

I found it interesting that when looking at the General Medical Council website, I noticed its annual retention fee is between £185-£315 per year. Why then, as dentists, are we being asked to pay more than three times that of our medical colleagues? One would imagine that you could do much more wrong to a…

‘If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader,’ John Quincy Adams. Dreaming more, learning more, doing more and becoming more; is that what you want and need for yourself, your team and your patients?   Literature describes four classic styles of leadership; accommodator, avoider,…

Below is the open letter to Mr William Moyes, chair of the General Dental Council (GDC). From the LDCs (Local Dental Committees) of: Barnsley Bradford and Airedale Calderdale and Kirklees Cumbria Derbyshire Derby City Doncaster and Bassetlaw Durham and Darlington east Midlands LDCs East Riding of Yorkshire Gateshead and south Tyne Leeds Leicestershire Lincolnshire North…

Listening is an essential skill and it separates the very best from the rest. In social and business situations there is an example that illustrates my point beautifully. You are introduced to a number of strangers and immediately after the introductions, you cannot recall one name. The very best can remember one, two or all…

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In his excellent contribution to the Dentistry debate on the General Dental Council (GDC), Eddie Crouch bemoaned the breakdown of local resolution of disputes within the NHS. We are not alone in this, however. A recent report from the General Medical Council (GMC), reported on in the Daily Telegraph, found that the majority of complaints…

What sort of profession are we? If you believe the recent advert in the Daily Telegraph, which was placed by the General Dental Council (GDC), we are clearly failing our private patients so badly that they need to be reminded to complain and enable the dentists concerned to be subject to sanction. The placing of…

Serendipity is the best word to describe my emotion at hearing about a relatively new dental association that by nature is close to my heart. The African and Caribbean Dental Association (ACAD-UK) started in December 2012 by two dentists and a practice manager, and is a fast-growing energy-filled association for dental professionals from or of…

Dental care professionals (DCPs) must renew their GDC (General Dental Council) registration by the end of this month. With the deadline looming, MDDUS, a UK-wide dental defence organisation, has moved to urge all healthcare professionals to ensure DCPs are registered with the GDC or patient care may be compromised. Any DCPs who are not registered…