Sebastian Evans

New research reveals that the birth month of a baby is likely to shape their professional career. And December is a month rich with dentists, according to the new study by Office for National Statistics. Researchers came to this conclusion after analysing birth months of people belonging to 19 separate occupations using information from the…

Want a faster, easier, more profitable practice? You can win a ticket to the one-day seminar – The Cutting Edge: a faster, easier, profitable practice – which takes place on Friday 23 September 2011 at the Royal College of Physicians, London.  Join Amarjit Gill and Edward Lynch for their fast-paced, relevant seminar, Where will dentistry…

Dentists from across the UK are invited to nominate themselves for membership of 13 British Dental Association (BDA) committees. The selection of committees represent practitioners working in general practice (including wholly private practice), salaried primary care, hospital services, academia and the armed forces. BDA members and non-members alike are eligible for membership of the committees.…

I am constantly amazed by the number of clients who tell me that their regular patients have recently had whitening/implants/veneers, etc done elsewhere. ‘They didn’t come to you?’ I ask. ‘No, they thought I only did check-ups and fillings,’ comes the reply. An opportunity well and truly missed. Anyone who is not listing their services on…

If you are a new mother, or will be one soon, then you should know that your smile is key to having a healthy baby. On top of feeling good about having a brand new bundle of joy, your teeth and gums should reflect good oral hygiene, which has been linked to health care measures…

The dental profession – in parts – has been quick to embrace social media as a way of reaching, teaching and influencing its audience. But, does it know how to listen? Social media is now firmly established as a channel through which businesses can win ‘friends’ and see if people ‘like’ what they’re doing as…

For how long did you consider dentistry as your chosen profession?Since I had orthodontic treatment when I was a child and then had some work experience while I was studying for my GCSEs. When did you join/set up Word of Mouth?Word of Mouth was set up in Fulham in November 2009. Previously, it had been…

A lot has been said about the ‘currency’ of NHS primary dental care. We have tried direct reimbursements, grants, incentives, continuing care linked to registration, capitation and weighted capitation (including one-off payments at the point of entry into capitation, weighted in various ways). There have been activity measures of many kinds – items of service,…

The government today (Thursday) confirmed its commitment to improving the oral health of NHS patients, particularly children. It announced the 68 dental practices which will trial new changes to the current dental contract.            The trials will look at ways of increasing patient access and promoting preventive dental treatments like fluoride varnish. Dentists have…

A dental practice has become a non-profit enterprise in an effort to help its local community. Severn Dental Centre – in Weston-Super-Mare in Somerset – focuses on high need patients and the practice has been set up as a community interest company (CIC) to meet their needs. The dental centre is the first CIC dental practice in…

People with severe mental illnesses are over three times more likely to lose their teeth because of poor oral health. Research, published in the September issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry, shows that psychiatric patients have not shared in recent improvements in dental health and the researchers have called for free dental care for…

The British Society of Dental Hygiene & Therapy is hosting its oral health conference next week (November 18 and 19) – the perfect place to launch FMC’s newest title. While the OHC 2011 promises to be an informative event with excellent networking opportunities, Dental Hygiene & Therapy (DH&T) promises to deliver top-notch articles and CPD…

People with severe dental phobia may be able to overcome their anxieties with a single session of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), research published in the latest issue of the British Dental Journal (BDJ) suggests. The authors of the study, based on an initial pilot of 60 patients who relied on having intravenous sedation before they could…