I have received an update this morning that the GDC is meeting in a week’s time to rule on the title of dentists and whether they should be called ‘Dr’. In a nutshell, the Council is voting on the proposal, being recommended by their Standards Committee to remove the title of Dr. for all Dentists
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The Facebook layout of business pages have changed and will come into effect on 1st March. I asked my social media manager, Brendon Macdonald, to explain a bit more about it. So what’s different? Your business page now matches your user profile layout Your page’s wall, info, and third-party tab applications are now on the
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Chris Barrow Just Giving Page For the next two weeks, my social media updates will be centered around our new Team CB campaign. Have you met team CB yet? They are my team of experts that help me on a daily basis so I can focus on what I do best, coaching. The team members
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My great friend Ian Wilson, co-founder of Bridge2Aid and currently Clinical Director of Hope Dental Centre (HDC) in Tanzania is returning to the UK with his family in July this year. Ian has asked for my help (and that of all his friends in the dental community) in looking for an associate position, somewhere in
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Here’s an extract from an email I recently received from a principal with whom I started working with a few weeks ago: Here are some of the revelations I have had over the last couple of weeks since we met: Associates don’t have to earn what I earn (especially if they are on a reasonable
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A client recently sent me this email: A new NHS practice has set up only 2 miles away from me. They have just started in January and are blanket leafleting the whole area. I’m not desperately concerned at present as I feel our customer service is excellent, but I just wondered if you had any
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This was the track record of a practice in 2010 – and you can see what happened to their sales in December after the snow and the flu. They have work to do. Have you tracked your monthly sales? Do you have a plan for the next three months?

Dr Derek Mahony’s next 5-course series on the Damon system will be starting in London in March. The dates are: I Introductory Theory – 21-22 March 2011 III Clinical/Case Studies – 12 June 2011 II Intermediate Theory – 13-14 June 2011 IV Advanced Theory – 13-14 January 2012 V Clinical/Case Studies – 15 January 2012
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I’m looking for a dentist to work full-time servicing a busy and growing NHS list in this satellite practice of The Polwarth Group. My client Dr Willie Maceachen has developed a thriving group with locations in Gogaburn, Polwarth and Craiglockhart and the new NHS clinic in the latter location is expanding rapidly, with over 700
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I recently received this question from a busy dentist and wanted to share it with you in our Strategic Planning week to hear your feedback and advice, based on what works and has worked for you in the past. “I am spending a great deal of time in the evenings and weekends, at home writing
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