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9 Sep 2019 • Blog, NHS

Your dentistry questions answered: leaving the NHS

Leaving the NHS is a big change and becoming private, more often than not, feels like so much more than just shifting your business model. I know from years spent talking to dentists that it…

5 Sep 2019 • Practice Management, HR & Employment Law

How to maximise the value of hygienists and therapists

Fliss McCalmont speaks to Diane Rochford and Lesley Morgan-Barlow about how to utilise dental hygienists and therapists to best effect…

2 Sep 2019 • Practice Management

Protect your practice from cybercrime

Donna Hall asks Tracy Pound about the risk of cybercrime and what dentists can do to protect their data…

26 Aug 2019 • Blog, Practice Management

Location, location, location – how the dental practice market varies by region

If purchasing a dental practice is at the top of your wish list, you might be interested to know the regional trends that are currently influencing practice sales and valuations. Recent market analysis, conducted by…

24 Aug 2019 • Blog, NHS

What does the future look like for an associate NHS dentist?

All dentists are likely to face changes in their targets. This is both in terms of the numbers of patients they need to have on their list (capitation) and the amount of treatment they need…

22 Aug 2019 • Blog, Marketing and Design

How to get more Google reviews – and why it’s important

We hear lots nowadays about asking for reviews, it’s nothing new – dentists have been asking patients for testimonials for years. We used to put them in a little book in the practice or perhaps…

16 Aug 2019 • Practice Management

An ethical selling approach

Running a dental practice presents, for many, a quandary. Managing a business, which you want and need to be successful, with providing a healthcare service to those in need can be an ethical balance. Certainly…

13 Aug 2019 • Dental Health

How often should you visit the hygienist?

The amount of time between appointments for visiting the hygienist is specific to each individual patient. Your hygienist will assess the needs of each patient, their risk of disease and if further treatment or monitoring…

4 Aug 2019 • Blog, Dental Landscape

Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it

Nigel Jones urges dentists to take steps to ensure they don’t face the same challenges that many did after the 2006 contract reform…

29 Jul 2019 • Blog, NHS

How we manage offering both NHS and private dentistry

Introducing private dentistry into an NHS practice is a step many take. Whether it be on the way to turning fully private or the end goal in itself, offering both services introduces a new element…

24 Jul 2019 • Blog, NHS

NHS dental contract reform – three big questions

Changes to the NHS dental contract in England will start being rolled out from April 2020. From previous contract reform it’s clear that this will have big ramifications for dentists working within it and dentistry…

22 Jul 2019 • Blog, Dental Landscape

Your dentistry questions answered: the prototype programme

From April 2020 the new general dental contract for England will begin being rolled out. Several questions remain about how exactly that will happen, one of which is whether practice owners will be able to…

19 Jul 2019 • Dental Landscape, Practice Management

How digital dentistry changed my practice

Marcos White, owner of Courtyard Dental, grew his revenue by 33% in 12 months without hiring any new staff. The cause? Embracing digital dentistry. As an early adopter of technology, Marcos has been working with…

17 Jul 2019 • Practice Management

How to keep cool over your summer tax bill

While January’s self-assessment tax return date is firmly etched in the minds of most dentists, HMRC’s summer tax liability deadline of 31st July can often go unnoticed despite being equally as important. Paying the due…

15 Jul 2019 • Dental Health

Toothbrushing techniques and tips to reverse gingivitis

Do you spit blood when cleaning your teeth? The most common reason for this is inflammation of the gum; which could be a sign of gum disease. Gum disease can be categorised in two different…

13 Jul 2019 • Mental Health

‘More people than ever before are accessing the service’

Sarah Barnard speaks to Rory O’Connor from the Dental Health Support Trust, which provides free support and advice on mental health, alcohol and drug issues… It feels as though barely a month goes by without…

8 Jul 2019 • Blog, NHS

The questions you should be asking in the run up to contract reform…

There are just months to go until contract reform begins being rolled out in April 2020. That means that any practice in England with some commitment to the NHS, needs to begin considering what it…

5 Jul 2019 • Marketing and Design

How to create an effective newspaper advert

Newspaper adverts are one of the ways you can attract new patients. But for people to actually pick up the phone or visit the practice, your adverts need to be compelling enough. The key to…