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The healthy properties of membership plans

Michelle Hardy explores the reality behind the Laingbuisson report indicating that dental practices with membership plans have fared relatively well…

Dentistry

Minister reacts to vCJD ‘inaction’ calls

There is not enough evidence that proposed measures to protect patients from contracting the human form of ‘mad cow disease’…

Dentistry

Have your say…

…and be entered to win a Hotel Chocolat gift hamper worth £155! FMC and Independent Seminars are the team behind…

Private Practice

The varying roles of a practice manager

DPAS explains how it can help with the changing role of the practice manager. When it comes to the day-to-day…

Dentistry

What is the purpose of the GDC?

The Government’s response to the Law Commission’s report on the regulation of health and social care professionals is neither an…

Dentistry

NHS v private: eight common concerns

Lynn Leach presents eight of the more common concerns dentists feel when considering whether their future lies within the NHS…

Dentistry

On the road again

Sunir Gyawali has taken to the road for Philips covering the Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex areas for Philips Zoom! and Philips…

Dentistry

Finding your perfect target market

Jonathan Fine explains how to increase sales at your practice by finding some extra curricular activities. In this article I…

Dentistry

Hitting the right chord at the Dentistry Show

Kerr’s team is excited to meet up with dental professionals at the forthcoming Dentistry Show. In addition to exhibiting the…

Dentistry

ITI Congress: the changing face of dental implants

ITI Congress speaker Irena Sailer talks to Implant Dentistry Today about the major advances being made in the field of…

Implant dentistry

Let leasing drive your practice’s investment in cosmetic dentistry

Peter Alderson says that in a competitive market, no practice can afford to let funding become a barrier to growth,…

Aesthetic dentistry

Making every contact count

Dental therapists have a major part to play in getting the nation to adopt a healthier way of life. That’s…

Oral health

Case of the month

The case CT Dent has chosen to share this month demonstrates how CBCT scanning can be useful for demonstrating dento-alveolar pathology. Report: full…

Implant dentistry

The challenge of performance management

Lesley Bailey passes on some of the techniques for managing performance. I was lucky enough to work for Boots the…

Dentistry

Keys to success

Have you thought about insuring your team? Richard Lishman unlocks the crucial considerations when it comes to key person assurance…

Private Practice

Hiring the best staff for your practice

The pressure’s on to get recruitment right, says Paul Green. I wrote about managing difficult staff in a previous article,…

Private Practice

GDC welcomes whistleblowing review in the NHS

The General Dental Council (GDC) has welcomed the independent review of whistleblowing in the NHS, ‘Freedom to Speak Up’, led…

Dentistry

Are you in the dark when it comes to retirement?

Michael Copeland looks at some of the changes to the NHS Pension Scheme, as well as what you need to…

Dentistry

More people being seen under the NHS

A total of 30 million patients were seen in the 24-month period ending 31 December, 2014, which is an increase…

Dentistry