These statistics show the volume of units of dental activity (UDAs) commissioned by Primary Care Trusts as at the end of each quarter, for the proceeding 12 months. The figures are broken down into two groups: • UDAs commissioned where the dental service is being provided;• UDAs commissioned in contracts not yet delivering services...
I am always hearing that, for all the years it takes to train to be a dentist, there is probably only one ‘day’ allocated to being told how to set up and run a successful practice. Little surprise then that people find it hard to get – and maintain new patients. Some dental practices...
A dentist told me of a patient who was a long-distance lorry driver and who had visited her for many years. During this time, she had done routine check-ups and treated the odd filling here and there. However, on this occasion she spent more time building rapport and asking questions; a lot more time...
Leading European and North America experts in the field of periodontology meet next week to discussing the systemic links between oral health and overall health. This topic will be analysed, evaluated, and debated intensely at a key academic gathering in Spain. From November 11 to 14, the Parador hotel in La Granja, Segovia in...
Presented in a Q&A format, ‘Tell Me About: Smokeless Tobacco’ contains information about the effects of smokeless tobacco, particularly addressing its relationship with mouth cancer. The leaflet also explains the health benefits of giving up smokeless tobacco, as well as offering advice on how to quit. Chief Executive of the British Dental Health Foundation,...
Particularly for businessmen, trying to reduce a tax bill is now regarded as a seriously anti-social activity, and the media, and more importantly the Government, seem determined to exploit the public mood by shifting the goalposts for tax avoidance. While tax avoidance is legal, tax evasion, the deliberate defrauding of HMRC by false declarations,...
When you look around your practice, you can quickly pick out the things that really make the practice run. Firstly, you need the tools to allow you to do the job – and secondly, the people. From the dentists to the nurses to the practice manager, your people make the place run. Those two...