Practice Plan are well known for providing quality meetings and conferences and this year’s Practice Management Conference is no exception. Featuring 4 accomplished speakers Sheila, Scott, Krishan Joshi, Nigel Jones and Kevin Lewis this is a day that should not be missed. Whether you attend in Bolton on June 6th or Reading on June 27thContinue reading “Practice Management Conference 2014 – a great offer for you.”
Category Archives: Dentistry
Carlyle Tests Appetite For £1bn Dental Chain
£1 billion = £1 million x 1000. Divide that by 570 and the average practice would be worth £1.754 million. Now I realise that there is no such thing as the average practice but that seems a lot of money to me. Could the anticipated change in dental contract influence this move? Interesting times indeed.Continue reading “Carlyle Tests Appetite For £1bn Dental Chain”
The Incisal Edge Podcast Interview #3 – “the Dhrucast” with Dhru Shah of Dentinal Tubules
The interviewee on the Incisal Edge Podcast this week is Dr Dhru Shah. In addition to being a specialist periodontist Dhru is the founder of Dentinal Tubules which has grown from a board for advertising job vacancies to huge resource for continuing professional development.
Australia urged to pull up the “Dental Drawbridge”.
From Time Higher Education 10th April 2014.
Ireland’s biggest dental group Smiles sold to Oasis Healthcare
The corporate roundabout carries on turning. Price paid for chain, founded by Emmet O’Neil and orthodontist Hugh Bradley, thought to be €36m Ireland’s biggest dental group Smiles sold to Oasis Healthcare link here Smiles Dental, Ireland’s biggest privately-owned dental care provider, has been sold to Oasis Healthcare for an undisclosed sum. The price is thoughtContinue reading “Ireland’s biggest dental group Smiles sold to Oasis Healthcare”
NASDAL benchmarking stats show private practices in recovery
NASDAL benchmarking stats show private practices in recovery Report from Alan Suggett, head of UNW Dental Business Unit: alansuggett@unw.co.uk For the first time in eight years, the profit level of the average private practice is almost the same as the average NHS practice, based on the latest benchmarking statistics from NASDAL. The average net profitContinue reading “NASDAL benchmarking stats show private practices in recovery”
The Greatest Breakthrough Since Lunchtime #19
For the history of TGBSL series take a look here. Beer leftover hops could help fight dental diseases. From Business Standard – link to full article here. Researchers have reported that the part of hops that isn’t used for making beer contains healthful antioxidants and could be used to battle cavities and gum disease. InContinue reading “The Greatest Breakthrough Since Lunchtime #19”
The Dentistry Show
I realise that it has come and gone by just over a week but I thought I would keep my powder dry on my thoughts on the Dentistry Show for a while. Having made the gradual transition from delegate to provider (if that word hasn’t been devalued by the 2006 NHS contract) I see thingsContinue reading “The Dentistry Show”
I do wish I had written that…#1 – Learning Outcomes (and the Golgafrinchans)
First in an occasional series. The surname of the writer may be familiar to you. I was told off last week at a course that I had organised that as the “learning outcomes” were shown on neither the feedback form nor the attendance certificate then the Genera Dental Council might look unfavourably on the validityContinue reading “I do wish I had written that…#1 – Learning Outcomes (and the Golgafrinchans)”
Newcastle Dental School & Hospital, Founders & Benefactors Lecture
This event used to be one of the highlights of the Newcastle Dental School year – I remember being thoroughly intimidated having to walk in procession in my plain black, short undergraduate gown with all the silks and ermines of the “high hiedyins” of the Dental School. In the past it was called the FoundersContinue reading “Newcastle Dental School & Hospital, Founders & Benefactors Lecture”
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