My thanks to Sunil Abeyewickreme, Jennifer Morries and their team at DWF solicitors. I entered my business card in their draw at The Dentistry Show and won a magnificent hamper. The photo really doesn’t do it justice – the bottles of wine at the bottom were a great surprise! Lesson – always carry a businessContinue reading “You are a winner!!”
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Oasis sold again
From the FT Bridgepoint buys Oasis Healthcare By Bede McCarthy Private equity group Bridgepoint has bought Oasis Healthcare in a deal that gives the high street dental care provider an enterprise value of £185m. Oasis is being sold by Duke Street Capital, which delisted the company from London’s Aim in 2007. Under the terms ofContinue reading “Oasis sold again”
The Monday Morning Quote #210
“Live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!” Victor Frankel
Rising costs a factor for dentists in latest NASDAL benchmarking statistics
This is from the most recent newsletter from the UNW Business Team and as usual makes interesting reading. Thanks to Alan Suggett and his team for sharing the information. The annual benchmarking statistics just issued by NASDAL show that dental practices have been contending with a significant increase in costs. In the tax returns ofContinue reading “Rising costs a factor for dentists in latest NASDAL benchmarking statistics”
Cosmetic Iatrodontics
Martin Kelleher has been a voice of reason and humour in restorative dentistry, I first encountered him when he was a registrar at The London Hospital and I was a grunt of a house surgeon. He helped me out when I was involved in a dispute over the use of a dental chair. I hadContinue reading “Cosmetic Iatrodontics”
The Monday Morning Quote #209
“Learn the skills of your trade, and then seize the moment” Henri Cartier-Bresson
‘In Search Of’…
The Search for Joy. A wonderful one minute film from Nic Askew in Soul Biographies.
The Monday Morning Quote #208 Steve Jobs on acknowledging your own mortality
Excerpt from Steve Job’s 2005 Stanford Commencement Address “When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked inContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #208 Steve Jobs on acknowledging your own mortality”
NASDAL benchmarking statistics released
The annual benchmarking statistics just issued by NASDAL show that dental practices have been contending with a significant increase in costs. In the tax returns of dentists in the year ending March 2012, the total average costs of running a dental practice equated to 67.6% of practice income. As a result, profits are almost backContinue reading “NASDAL benchmarking statistics released”
TGBSL #11 – Researchers grow teeth from gum cells
(TGBSL = The Greatest Breakthrough Since Lunchtime a reference to Colin Douglas’s book) From BBC Website Researchers grow teeth from gum cells Dentists may one day be able to replace missing teeth with ones newly grown from gum cells, say UK researchers. The team from King’s College London took cells from adult human gum tissueContinue reading “TGBSL #11 – Researchers grow teeth from gum cells”
The Incisal Edge 