Sebastian Evans

Despite having an online booking system on our existing practice website, we wanted to upscale and enlist some professional support. We therefore decided to join up with an external booking service provider, in order to expand our patient base and profit from what it offers. We decided to work with Zesty as it promises reliability…

If you’ve been sitting on the fence about entering before, then perhaps you should jump off and dive into the 2015 ceremony for your chance to shine. An independent panel of judges, consisting of highly respected and experienced dentists, as well as members of the editorial board for Irish Dentistry and Dentistry magazine will select…

Treatment coordination has become one of the most influential and most talked about changes in dentistry in the last five years. The benefits it brings to a dental practice are vast and can ultimately boost a practice’s income and profit. Treatment coordination experts Laura Horton and Michael Bentley are both passionate believers in the vital…

Payment must be received on or before that date if they want to remain on the GDC’s register and be eligible to work. No payments can be processed after the deadline. All dental care professionals must be registered with the GDC to work in the UK. The ARF is £120 for dental nurses, dental technicians,…

The work of a dental care professional (DCP) largely centres on helping other people – treating patients, perhaps helping them to overcome dental anxiety, contributing to the daily running of the practice and assisting colleagues. The term ‘dental care professional’ is not misleading – ‘care’ is central to the role and in many ways is…

This year the Dentistry Top 50 poll was again inundated with a record number of votes from readers of Dentistry magazine and Dentistry.co.uk. A big congratulations goes to Earl Howe, who topped the polls for the first time. Alongside the Dentistry Top 50 we ran the Lifetime Contribution Award, which was given to the person you felt made…

The figures, published by the Dental Schools Council, show a total of 575 FTE (full-time equivalent) (956 individuals) clinical academic dentists in posts in 2013. The overall increase is in the context of an expansion of dental student numbers between 2000 and 2013 (up 35% in the last decade), and three new dental schools at…

The need for a statement Team members can be afraid of the dark: afraid of certain patients. I am willing to bet that everyone reading this article is afraid of ‘following up’. And what do I mean by that? I mean the job that you, the team, everyone puts off whenever they can. It doesn’t…

Their work could directly lead to the development drug therapies to halt these diseases at the very earliest stages of diagnosis. Dr Bing Hu (pictured), associate professor in oral and dental health research at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, leads the team. The project will last for three years and has received…

The treatment centre, which had its worldwide launch in Germany in May, has been flown into London especially for the event, which takes place on 13 and 14 June. The Intego will on show at Henry Schein Dental’s London Showroom in Marble Arch in the next few weeks, where it will be available for prospective customers to…

Financial management is a vital aspect of business management often overlooked by a practice. I work with dental businesses and break their business into seven key areas. Despite what I am presented with, I never skip a section – it is always the financial management that is lacking in a practice. Here are my top…

The move follows two years of campaigning by senior dentists. The change means that practitioners will now be able to provide dental bleaching treatment for diseased teeth in patients under the age of 18, without fear of disciplinary action by the GDC. In a revised position statement on its website the regulator states: ‘Products containing…

Barely was the electronic ink dry on last week’s blog, asking why we were waiting for the consultation document on contract reform, than the Department of Health (DH) published four papers introducing an ‘engagement exercise’ on ‘the way forward’. Now I am not conceited enough to think that the blog jolted the DH into action,…