Sebastian Evans

Integrated Dental Holdings (IDH) has announced the creation of a Dental Academy, providing leading edge clinical training for its dentists, which will launch in Spring 2013. The vision behind the Dental Academy is to deliver world-class training programmes initially for IDH staff, as part of IDH’s commitment to the development of its people and the…

Inline Orthodontics, the only specialist orthodontics practice in Stevenage, is conducting an anti-bullying campaign during Anti Bullying Week between 19 and 23 November 2012.   On 16 November, a meeting is being held to discuss ways in which professionals in Stevenage can help young people who are being bullied.  Stevenage MP Stephen McPartland will be spearheading…

For many years the consultants have been teaching dentists how to ‘sell’ treatment plans. But patients hate being sold to and the ‘selling’ process has left many practitioners feeling uncomfortable. The increasing need to communicate more effectively with patients has driven demand for a fresh approach: a way of getting patients to choose the best…

The Dental Survey is back! Following the great response received to the two previous Dental Surveys – completed in 2010 and 2011, dental marketing experts, Manan, are once again seking the support of dental professionals throughout the UK. The Dental Survey can be completed online in just 10 minutes and gives the profession the opportunity…

Kerr is offering readers a special discount on a new roadshow kicking off later this month. Simply quote ‘GGC’ and pay only £80 instead of £199 for a new series of interactive seminars in which delegates can earn 8 hours of verifiable CPD. Kerr has put together a roadshow comprising a series of interactive days…

Part 5: Countdown to retirement In this final article, we look at the steps dentists should be taking over the weeks, months and years leading up to retirement. 7-10 years from retirement Write to NHS Pensions and any private pension providers to find out your current and projected benefits, along with the Department of Work…

This is the advice from NASDAL to all dentists tempted to form a partnership with a family member. There are many ways in which a dental practice can be structured and a dental partnership is a popular option.  Some smaller practices comprise a partnership between a dentist and their spouse. Unfortunately, if the spouse is…

A dentist told me of a patient who was a long-distance lorry driver and who had visited her for many years. During this time, she had done routine check-ups and treated the odd filling here and there. However, on this occasion she spent more time building rapport and asking questions; a lot more time than…

I am always hearing that, for all the years it takes to train to be a dentist, there is probably only one ‘day’ allocated to being told how to set up and run a successful practice. Little surprise then that people find it hard to get – and maintain new patients. Some dental practices are…

These statistics show the volume of units of dental activity (UDAs) commissioned by Primary Care Trusts as at the end of each quarter, for the proceeding 12 months. The figures are broken down into two groups: • UDAs commissioned where the dental service is being provided; • UDAs commissioned in contracts not yet delivering services…

Leading European and North America experts in the field of periodontology meet next week to discussing the systemic links between oral health and overall health. This topic will be analysed, evaluated, and debated intensely at a key academic gathering in Spain. From November 11 to 14, the Parador hotel in La Granja, Segovia in central…

When you look around your practice, you can quickly pick out the things that really make the practice run. Firstly, you need the tools to allow you to do the job – and secondly, the people. From the dentists to the nurses to the practice manager, your people make the place run. Those two assets…

Particularly for businessmen, trying to reduce a tax bill is now regarded as a seriously anti-social activity, and the media, and more importantly the Government, seem determined to exploit the public mood by shifting the goalposts for tax avoidance.  While tax avoidance is legal, tax evasion, the deliberate defrauding of HMRC by false declarations, is…

Presented in a Q&A format, ‘Tell Me About: Smokeless Tobacco’ contains information about the effects of smokeless tobacco, particularly addressing its relationship with mouth cancer. The leaflet also explains the health benefits of giving up smokeless tobacco, as well as offering advice on how to quit. Chief Executive of the British Dental Health Foundation, Dr…

Dental treatment in the UK is well explained, provides good value for money and delivers high levels of satisfaction among patients. That’s according to a report published today by the British Dental Association (BDA). The report follows the survey of 1,000 consumers to explore their experience of dentistry in the UK and found eight out…

Part 4: Pre-retirement Exit strategy and business continuity / succession planning As many dentists are also business owners, it’s important they plan how they are going to retire from the practice before they stop working. Much of the exit strategy and business continuity may already be written into the practice agreement. For example, the other…

When the BDA Benevolent Fund was founded in 1882 to offer support to dentists and their dependents – who through old age or illness could no longer financially support themselves – the welfare state did not exist. Four dentists started the Fund to assist their colleagues who had fallen on hard times, when the only…

When New Labour (through the lips of Tony Blair) adopted the catchphrase, ‘Education, Education, Education’ back in 2007, one presumes that the intention was not to demonstrate that the listening British audience was so thick that it was necessary to say things three times in order to generate a glimmer of understanding.  At a time…