Emily Pittard
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The power of collaboration
This month, Emily and Eleanor Pittard discuss how a culture of collaboration can help to combat imposter syndrome and burnout.…
Business
The importance of sufficient and precise information
Emily Pittard explains how important communication and information is for lab, patient and dentist, and why this inspired her to…
Clinical Dentistry
Guide to writing a robust and effective SOP
Emily and Eleanor Pittard demystify what an SOP is, why they are so important for dental labs and how to…
Dentistry
Business planning for success
The strategic blueprint: Eleanor and Emily Pittard discuss how to make an effective business plan that will be a powerful…
Business
Navigating MHRA registration: a crucial step towards compliance
This month, Eleanor and Emily Pittard discuss why MHRA registration is crucial as a dental lab, and provide a step-by-step…
Business
A guide to safeguarding in a dental laboratory
Understanding safeguarding and compliance in a dental lab is critical. Here, Emily and Eleanor Pittard break down what every lab…
Business
How to navigate the UK dental market
This month, Emily and Eleanor Pittard discuss the methods and tools you need to position your business for growth and…
Columnists
What the lab industry can learn from clinics – and vice versa
This month Emily and Eleanor Pittard discuss what the laboratory industry can learn from clinics – and vice versa. The…
Columnists
Technically Speaking – recruitment and utilising the existing team
Are you utilising your team to their full scope? This month, Eleanor and Emily Pittard discuss the issue of technician…
Laboratory
Technically Speaking – Den-Tech: a charity for dental technicians
This month, Eleanor and Emily Pittard introduce Den-Tech, a charity that is working closely with dental technicians and other dental…
Laboratory
Technically Speaking – how to solve recruitment issues
Emily and Eleanor discuss the ongoing recruitment crisis in dentistry, including its cause and ways to overcome it. If you’re…
Laboratory
‘That’s good for a girl’: facing sexism and homophobia as a same-sex couple
Dentistry speaks to Eleanor and Emily Pittard as part of the Celebrating Women in Dentistry campaign to hear about their…
Laboratory
Technically Speaking – let’s talk business
‘The needs of the business can often be forgotten’: This month, Eleanor and Emily Pittard break down the important elements…
Laboratory
Technically Speaking – addressing mental health
This month, Emily and Eleanor Pittard discuss the importance of addressing mental health within your dental team and the many…
Laboratory
Emily Pittard on becoming a GDC education associate
We spoke to Emily Pittard, clinical dental technician and co-owner of Hive Dental Laboratory, about how she became a GDC…
Laboratory
Lab in the Limelight – The Hive Dental Laboratory
The Hive Dental Laboratory is this month’s lab in the limelight! We spoke to co-owners Emily and Eleanor Pittard about…
Laboratory
Technically Speaking – let’s talk about communication
To kickstart off their brand new column, Technically Speaking, Eleanor and Emily Pittard discuss communication between dentists and technicians, and…
Laboratory
Beyond the Dental Lab – Emily Pittard
Award-winning dental technician, Emily Pittard, features in the latest Beyond the Dental Lab column. She speaks about how she got…
Laboratory