Speaker: Chris Barrow

Chris Barrow has been active as a consultant, trainer and coach to the UK dental profession for 30 years and will 'celebrate' 55 years of full time work in September 2025. Although age 71, Chris has no plans to retire and promises that he will be working in dentistry for many years to come.

Chris spent the first 17 years of his working life in the corporate sector and followed this with 33 years of running small private businesses. The different dynamics of both worlds have given him the valuable gift of knowing how to operate – and communicate – in both.

In 1993, Chris decided to make the transition from financial services to business coaching and became one of the first UK students at Coach University, from where he graduated as a certified coach.

Recognising the opportunity in the dental profession, 1997 saw the creation of The Dental Business School (DBS) and the development of a 12-month business coaching program for dental practice owners and their teams, delivered to over 1,000 UK dental practices in the following 10 years.

As a sought-after public speaker, he is dynamic, energetic and charismatic. As a writer, his blog enjoys a strong following and he is a regular contributor to the dental press. He has also been a member of the UK’s Dentistry Top 50 list every year since its inception.

Chris has coauthored two books, Profitable Dental Practice with Dr Philip Newsome and The E-Myth Dentist with business guru Michael Gerber. He is also an advisor to the dental charities Bridge2aid and The Mouth Cancer Foundation.

In 2014 he appeared as a 'castaway' in the first season of the popular reality TV show The Island with Bear Grylls. His main professional focus now is through his Extreme Business brand, providing coaching and mentorship to independent dentistry around the world via virtual consultancy, practice visits, a workshop programme and an online learning platform.

During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, Chris created a regeneration coaching programme, helping practices to survive lockdown and to bounce back higher following their return to work. He now offers The Extreme Business 100 – working with just 100 dental businesses each year to help them grow profits by 100% in 36 months.

Chris is a retired marathon runner (trying to make a come back), an active long-distance cyclist and enjoys extreme adventures, preferably in places where there is no internet available!

Speaker: Chris Ball

Dr Chris Ball is the principal dentist and founder of Dentistry by Cure Clinics – the home of a new kind of dentistry.

Dentistry by Cure Clinics is an industry leading dental practice in Preston, Lancashire, delivering world class services in the heart of its local community. From subscription based dental care to 3D printing and full arch implant treatments, their dental team really can do it all!

A big advocate for collaborative thinking, developing teamship and creating an environment for others to thrive, Chris leads with an instinct to develop trust quickly, and let others shine. Described as calm, and unflappable, Chris has time and time again shown the importance of being persistent with grit and determination during the start up stage of being a founder.

Speaker: Mark Simic

Mark joined Simpkins Edwards in 2008, having previously worked for a big four firm in Bristol. He qualified as a chartered tax adviser in 2010, became a partner in 2018 and managing partner in 2023. Mark provides technical and commercial advice to our corporate and individual clients, particularly those with complex tax requirements.

He has a broad range of clients including start-up businesses, expats and healthcare professionals – including the dental sector where he provides industry-leading management information and key performance indicator analysis.

He delivers pragmatic and practical advice to assist his clients to manage and grow their businesses. Mark embraces developing technology and offers an integrated record-keeping, accounting, and tax solution allowing business owners to maintain paperless records, access real-time management information and really ‘know their numbers’.

Speaker: Sandeep Kumar

Dr Sandeep Kumar can only be described as a trailblazer in the world of Invisalign. He is one of Europe’s leading Invisalign Diamond Apex providers and has created more than 6,000 beautiful new smiles with Invisalign in his private clinics.

Sandeep came to the UK in 1998 after graduating as a dentist in India. He qualified with the General Dental Council (GDC) in 2000 and on the lookout for his next opportunity, bought his first NHS practice in 2003.

With an ambitious drive, Sandeep soon added to his practice portfolio and when launching his first private dental clinic in 2007 he recognised the potential to harness Invisalign’s consumer appeal and value to differentiate his practice. He implemented a highly successful lead generation and nurturing process and his Invisalign journey began.

More than 20 years later, Sandeep now owns three successful private dental brands including MiSmile, the UK’s first Invisalign-only clinic. He grew his annual Invisalign case submissions from just seven in the first year to over 2,000 cases annually in 2024.

In 2015, Sandeep launched The Mismile Network after innumerable requests by other practitioners to learn the secrets of his success.  The Mismile community now comprises more than 600 practices, and collectively have created more than 50,000 Invisalign smiles and is the largest provider of Invisalign in the UK, an achievement Sandeep is immensely proud of.

Never one to stand still, in 2021 Sandeep co-founded Smmmile, a rapidly growing group of dental stores dedicated to delivering happiness to patients with Invisalign. Smmmile’s luxury boutique stores are state-of-the-art utilising the latest technology to deliver the best possible patient experience.

In 2022, Sandeep founded ‘Mastering your Invisalign Business’, a one-day interactive learning experience allowing ambitious general dentists to understand how to build a million-pound Invisalign business. In the first three years, more than 1,500 general dentists have completed the experience with astounding feedback.

Sandeep loves to share his passion for Invisalign with the wider industry and can often be found on stage speaking and training others on the opportunities Invisalign can harness.