Sebastian Evans

A free day-long seminar that will focus on the buying and running of a dental practice takes place next month at the BDA HQ in Wimpole Street in support of dental charity Heart Your Smile. The speakers are: Thomas Coates, partner at Cohen Cramer Solicitors He will discuss the process of buying a dental practice,…

Julie Troman, from Ruislip, has been judged to be the most deserving recipient of dental treatment which will transform her smile, instil her confidence back in the dental profession and hopefully curb her dental phobia.   Hundreds of people applied to enter, with 11 appearing on Facebook for public voting before the top five visited…

The Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) has received the backing of its members to move ahead with proposals to modernise the way the organisation is governed. At an Extraordinary General Meeting held last month, members voted unanimously in support of a series of changes which will strengthen the link between the Board and the…

The Practice Plan Workshop Tour is underway and fronting this year’s tour is one of dentistry’s most influential consultants, Ashley Latter. Ashley is expert in all things ‘communication’, specialising in creating a world-class patient journey and a high performing practice team. The tour began this month, stopping first in Manchester before moving around the country,…

Taking place on 15 November at the Macdonald Holyrood Hotel in Edinburgh, this event is dedicated to you and features a line-up of inspirational speakers and presentations packed with thought-provoking and relevant information for any practice manager to know and understand. Thinking hat Topping the bill is Sheila Scott, host of the event and one…

Oral-B is inviting clinical dental professionals to attend a complimentary CPD accredited evening event at one of 10 locations: • London (Pullman St Pancras, 7 November 2013) • Southampton (Grand Harbour Hotel, 21 November 2013) • Birmingham (National Motorcycle Museum, 28 November 2013) • Bristol (Marriott College Green, 13 February 2014) • Plymouth (Duke of…

A new training facility for students to learn how to use decontamination equipment was officially opened at the University of Portsmouth’s Dental Academy. The Eschmann decontamination training suite will allow dental students to learn about the practical elements of sterilisation in a safe environment to prepare them for using the Dental Academy’s actual decontamination suite,…

Many of the elite sportsmen and women who competed at the London 2012 Olympic Games had poor levels of oral health similar to those experienced by the most disadvantaged populations. And 18% of athletes surveyed said their oral health was having a negative impact on their performance. The research, led by Professor Ian Needleman at…

The advice arises as a result of a study of 415 complaints notified to the Dental Defence Union (DDU), of which over a third of cases (174) arose because patients felt their treatment was unsatisfactory and were generally dissatisfied with the outcome. The analysis, which appears in the latest DDU Journal, looked at complaints notified…

Years ago, one of my favourite TV programmes was Open All Hours. The stars of the show were Ronnie Barker, who played the tight-fisted shopkeeper and his lackey/delivery boy, played by David Jason. The programme was mainly played out in his shop, well known for the amount of hours his shop was open.    …

Practice manager and consultant Michael Bentley will be speaking at Practice Plan’s Business of Dentistry event ‘The Perfect Patient Journey’ in West Sussex on 26 September and Manchester on 24 October. He will be joining leading dental consultant Sheila Scott for the two events that will focus on how you can provide patients with the…

Recent booking data analysis has identified that online appointment booking is fast-becoming a must-have service within the dental practice, revealing that half of all live bookings (50%) made are done so outside of surgery hours. This ever-increasing statistic represents a dramatic shift in the way patients perceive dentistry and the options available to them, as…

Old surgeons, in the days before antibiotics, used to have a saying ‘never let the sun go down on undrawn pus’. The abscess needed to be drained to let the poison out. After last week’s clash at the BDA’s General Dental Practice Committee (GDPC) meeting last week, it is a lesson that the Association should…

Dental manufacturer Prima Dental has won the Made in Gloucestershire Export Award at the Gloucestershire Business Awards 2013 in recognition of its export success and dynamic business growth.  Organised by the leading regional publishers Gloucestershire Media, the prestigious awards seek to celebrate excellence and achievement in business across Gloucestershire. The award scheme is now the…

For most people Christmas is a time of celebration, family gatherings and gift sharing, but for some dentists this particular time of year is dreaded. The BDA Benevolent Fund works hard throughout the festive season to help dentists and their families who have hit a financial crisis, whether that’s through illness, bereavement or another event…

A team of television documentary makers is appealing to dentists for case studies to appear in a new show focusing on patients who have sought corrective treatment following poor dental work abroad. Transparent Television is making the documentary for Channel 5 about cosmetic procedures, including dentistry work, that have not gone according to plan. The…

Honesty Dental Care in Shipley, West Yorkshire, are the 2013 winners of the BDA’s Good Practice Scheme Practice of the Year Award, it was announced this week.   More than 1,800 practices were eligible to enter for the Award with entrants asked to demonstrate how they ensure patients’ needs are at the very centre of…