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Introducing Galip Gürel
Increasing consumer awareness about the range of cosmetic dental treatments available, and their benefits, has led to surge in patient…
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Who’s the boss?
Many newly qualified dentists start their careers working in a practice owned by somebody else. In my experience, when starting…
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Straumann’s new beginning
Straumann recently opened the doors to its new, multi-functional and highly impressive UK base. Dentistry took up its invite. .…
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Enterprising social-dental link-up begins
A new non-profit dental practice offering NHS care has opened in Grantham. An investment package of £437,100 from Futurebuilders England…
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How do I secure a crown to an implant?
Unlike a tooth where a crown can only be cemented to the prepared tooth or post and core, in implant…
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One visit or two?
I recently received the following question from a reader: ‘What’s your opinion on using a cotton pellet with formocresol? We…
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Silent exodus
Experts like to list the top reasons why patients leave dental practices. These lists are then graded, based upon the…
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The same old story
Do you ever have times when a piece of text all but leaps up from the page and hits you…
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Evaluating your staff
The most important asset in a dental practice isn’t the equipment, the office location or the doctor’s clinical skills. It’s…
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Soft skills on reception
Some of the aptitudes required to be a good receptionist can be taught and learned, whereas other are innate. Soft…
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Implant maintenance
I have previously written about how little I really know about late dental implant failure caused by the ongoing loss…
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Oral cancer screening in general practice
Oral cancer screening and awareness has been increasing in both the media and with patients. Many patients attending general practice…
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Getting into gear for 2007
Having long been an advocate of an annual retreat for business owners (preferably taken in August each year), I remain…
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How to record an impression of an implant
If you are a dentist who wishes to get involved in implant dentistry, and refers out the surgical part, there…
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Putting ideas into action
There really is no magic to running a financially successful dental practice, as the majority of our clients know. There…
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Responding to complaints
There will always be patients dissatisfied with the care they receive, or whose expectations are not met in some way…
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Sunjay the star student
Sunjay Parekh was named the winner of the 2006 Wrigley’s Oral Health In Action Student Award. This year, the organisers…
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Endo solutions
The clinical case pictured in Figure 1 was recently referred to me. A significant cervical perforation had occurred during the…
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Decision making in periodontics
If you get a spare few minutes you must read books by Malcolm Gladwell. His work is easy reading but…
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