On Saturday 28 September, Dental Maintenance Plan (DMP) and Dentabyte Ltd will be co-hosting an event, featuring celebrated guest speakers of international repute, each with a specific area of expertise, to help you make the right decisions with your new practice. Dental Maintenance Plan was formed to provide a range of payment plans for...
The phrase ‘cloud computing’ has become increasingly more commonplace recently, to the point of being ‘trendy’. Tech companies now use the exponential benefits of a ‘cloud’ environment and with the basic premise of ‘cloud computing’ reaching amazing levels of lifestyle integration with computers and tablets and phones synchronising reminders, contacts and events automatically and...
In a recent survey conducted by Dental Plan, 63% of employees without a dental plan saying they would consider one if their employer offered it. The survey also highlights that 78% of employees attend the dentist at least once every two years. Over 500 employee benefit decision makers and more than 4,000 UK adults responded...
Philips Sonicare and Philips Zoom are taking the ‘out with the old, in with the new’ saying to the nth degree as we launch into 2013. By creating a fresh direct sales operation, the company is looking to enable – and empower – dental professionals to obtain all their oral health and EU-compliant tooth-whitening...
The importation and sale of counterfeit medical products is a significant issue for the dental industry and the BDTA urges all buyers to be suspicious of deals that seem ‘too good to be true’. BDTA President, Terry Porter comments: ‘The recent repeat of the BBC’s “Fake Britain” programme featuring counterfeit dental equipment serves as...
Award-winning dental technician, Luke Barnett, has been re-elected to the Board of the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry after a hiatus of four years. Dental lab owner, Luke, said: ‘I left the board in 2008 when I took over the new Luke Barnett Lab premises and needed to spend more time on my business....
The DDU, the specialist division of the Medical Defence Union (MDU), saw a 32% increase in dental claims files and a 12.5% increase in dental advisory files opened in 2012. The figures are revealed in today’s publication of the MDU’s Annual Report for 2012. The increase in dental advisory cases opened is mostly driven...