Dentistry is ever changing and career progression, practice development are essential for success. Dentists who seek fulfilment in their field turn to Dental coaching as a valuable resource to enable them to achieve their goals. Working with a coach is something that is commonplace in most other commercial businesses where people are earning more than…
Are you starting to see white spaces appearing in your appointment book? Are you hearing patient putting treatment off until the next exam? Are you noticing your level of income dropping?l Would you like to learn some questions that will reverse the trend? As a dentist, I know that you want to provide the…
Understanding Your Patients: The Power of Understanding Decision Strategies As dentists we often focus on learning and developing clinical skills, and expertise. Unfortunately, this is not enough if you want to convert your treatment plans, and provide quality care. You must understand how your patients think and make decisions, understand them patients at a deeper…
Cultivating a Compelling Dental Practice Culture: The Power of Values and Vision A successful practice is built on so much more than just clinical skills. There are 10 essential habits and skills that you must master if you are going to be successful. One of those habits and skill is the leadership element of…
Unlocking Your Smile: The Dentist’s Guide to Charging Bands Based on Qualifications and Experience If we were to survey our patients, would they expect to pay the same fees for work completed by a newly qualified dentist as they would for another dentist with 10,000 hours experience and many 1000’s hour training? I would wager…
If you are reading this, it is because you are a dentist looking to improve your clinical expertise and / or develop your dental practice. I firmly believe that your success is dependent on the developing the right habits, using them so they become second nature. The way we think becomes habitual, you could…
In a dental practice, few things can send stress levels soaring for all the team as rapidly as poorly booked emergency appointments. Picture this scenario: a jam-packed schedule, then suddenly, ping, a 15-minute appointment is double booked for an emergency appointment , with no information about why the patient needs to be seen It’s a…
Dentistry is a tough job and to keep yourself mentally and physically healthy you probably exercise on a regular basis. like many of us, you may find the motivation to go to the gym hard, especially when you are exhausted at the end of the day. how can you be certain that you are doing…
Are you familiar with the new CQC, single assessment framework? The CQC is introducing a new way of assessing health care providers and is implementing the new single assessment framework. https://www.cqc.org.uk/news/our-new-single-assessment-framework As I read the documentation this morning, I was struck by how focused CQC are becoming on the culture and values of your practice.…
Live your life, not someone else’s. As I swim my 64 lengths, I could choose to focus on the other swimmers, some who are faster, some slower than me, some do intensive short bursts others long endurance. All the while I look at others, comparing myself, there is a voice that constantly tells me how…