Sebastian Evans

Would you know the best steps to take if you were to be involved in a tribunal with a current or past employee? The Business of Dentistry has partnered with a leading UK Employment Law and Health & Safety specialist, Peninsula Business Services, to deliver a number of evening events specifically focusing on how law…

Marking the end of Kerr’s very successful aesthetics roadshow, the finale on 6 March in London will feature leading light Dr Ron Jackson. During this unmissable interactive day, participants will hear, see and perform different methods so that they can develop a better understanding of how to apply new techniques in their practices. With a…

Following great success in 2012, Kerr’s aesthetics roadshow is back on its travels with new, internationally-renowned speakers for the new year. With dates lined up through to March, this series of events allows participants to hear, see and perform various aesthetic techniques to achieve the best results. Topics to be covered include impressions, bonding, composites,…

Allowing participants to hear, see and perform various aesthetic techniques to achieve the best results, this is an event not to be missed Modern dental materials enable today’s clinicians to achieve aesthetically pleasing and long lasting results in a shorter time than ever before. To get the best treatment outcome, dentists need to understand not…

Today’s materials allow dentists to achieve long-lasting, aesthetically-pleasing results in a shorter time than was possible in the past. However, to get the best treatment outcome, it is imperative that dentists understand not only the materials but also how they have been designed to work. To this end, Kerr has put together a roadshow comprising…

A 35-year-old female attended the practice, recommended all teeth to be taken out and to have a set of dentures instead. She indicated that she hadn’t seen a dentist for 20 years and she had not used a toothbrush for the same time interval. She said: ‘The last time I saw a dentist he was…

I always hear, ‘we don’t feel appreciated’ from the team members; and, ‘all I do is praise them, but they can’t take criticism’, from the dentists. Nobody is ever happy, but there is a fine balance that can be achieved. This is what I recommend: Praise each member of the team that you come into…

It is amazing what a few days off can do for the soul; an excellent neurone refresher, too, I find. Something to bear in mind for the year ahead, perhaps? In the wake of the Leveson Inquiry, yet another group of unsuspecting innocents are bracing themselves for a dose of statutory regulation, and perhaps waving…

Dentsply Implants is already providing stronger support to help dental professionals increase implant treatment volumes. The company is improving patient access to dental implants, introducing new prosthetic solutions and providing more postgraduate skills development for every member of the dental implant team. Dentsply Implants combines the strengths of two companies that were already major players…

One of the largest long-term clinical studies on the survival and success of dental implants has recently been conducted at the University of Bern in Switzerland. The study assessed the outcome of 511 Straumann SLA tissue-level implants in 303 patients over 10 years. Its authors concluded: 'The present retrospective analysis resulted in a 10-year implant…

Denplan has a new initiative to use its consumer-facing brand to help drive patients into member practices – this time through the launch of the Denplan Discount Network. Launching on 17 January, the Denplan Discount Network is designed to provide Denplan practices with access to the 200,000 employees currently covered by its corporate benefit products,…

Working in conjunction with its business partners, BoD will bring you informative presentations and discussions from industry experts such as the President of BDTA and director of Medenta, Simon Tucker; HR consultant at Peninsula Business Services, Ian Langford; and editor of BoD Magazine and marketing director at Practice Plan, Les Jones. The series starts with…

A female patient in her 20s came in for a consultation as she lacked the confidence to smile because she was unhappy with the unaesthetic appearance of her anterior teeth (Figure 1). Figure 1 The examination revealed discolouration and wear of the upper central incisors. The upper left lateral incisor also had both distal and…

Research into the links between oral health and heart health is to get a cash injection thanks to a new initiative by a private healthcare company. In a series of TV adverts, Simplyhealth – owners of Denplan – will invite viewers to ‘like’ its Simplyhealth UK Facebook page. In return, Simplyhealth will donate £1 to…

Results of the study published in the Journal of Periodontology reveal men are more than four times as likely to suffer from age-related blindness if they have lost the bone supporting the teeth compared to the general population. Although bone loss was seen more often in those suffering with age-related blindness, there was still a…

The phrase ‘cloud computing’ has become increasingly more commonplace recently, to the point of being ‘trendy’. Tech companies now use the exponential benefits of a ‘cloud’ environment and with the basic premise of ‘cloud computing’ reaching amazing levels of lifestyle integration with computers and tablets and phones synchronising reminders, contacts and events automatically and seamlessly;…

Practices with spotless record keeping have nothing to fear when the new Single Compliance Process (SCP) is introduced by the HMRC. For others, perhaps, it's time to scrutinise your accounts. The SCP relates to the tax checks on small and medium enterprises (SME), which includes dental practices. The initiative was created because in 2010 the…