Scottish Dental

• Getting past the due diligence stage – It really doesn’t need to be that painful!

  

  The list of questions to be answered when selling a practice can run to more than 40 pages; some thoughts… Read more

  February 17, 2020 / management

• MDDUS Case Study: Charged After a Late-Night Stramash

  Remember, the GDC holds dentists to a higher standard of behaviour than is expected of the general public Day One… Read more

  February 17, 2020 / management

• Just because the door can open, doesn’t mean you have to walk through

  

  Every dentist has experienced that elated feeling of pushing at an open door. It often comes after a period where… Read more

  February 17, 2020 / management

• A Digital Decade in Dentistry

  We are continually moving forward, gaining experience from technology; even from tech that will be rightly consigned to history As… Read more

  February 17, 2020 / management

• MDDUS case study: root canal treatment

  Mr X should have been advised immediately of complications during his treatment [ WORDS: AUBREY CRAIG ] Mr X attends… Read more

  October 14, 2019 / management

• The problem with recruitment

  As a profession, we need to up our game to attract a good number of potential candidates [ Words: SUSIE… Read more

  October 14, 2019 / management

• Strategy and tactics – often confused!

  

  Time spent on developing a clear strategy which management and staff can focus on delivering, would be time well spent… Read more

  October 14, 2019 / management

• Time waits for no one

  

  Working smarter not harder takes effort, willingness to let go of old ideas and desire to embrace change [ words:… Read more

  October 14, 2019 / management

• My role as treatment co-ordinator

  The job is still in its infancy but may become as common as that of practice manager words: SUSIE ANDERSON… Read more

  August 15, 2019 / management

• The perils of wilful blindness

  

  Open your eyes, practice a bit of self-honesty and self-awareness to re-energise yourself and your practising career Wilful blindness is… Read more

  August 15, 2019 / management

Management

• Recruit, induct, develop

  Assembling an effective team is vital for both growing a practice and building a group Following on from JUNE’S article,… Read more

  August 15, 2019 / management

• There’s no “just a…” in dentistry

  

  Every visit to the dentist – no matter how minor – is important to the patient, who should fully understand… Read more

  June 17, 2019 / management

• Problem Patients come with greater risks

  

  MDDUS Case study Mr D, a young male adult patient, has a history of poor dental care. He had a… Read more

  June 17, 2019 / management

• Outsource, automate, delegate

  

  Does this sound like you? You receive texts from 6.30am from nurses telling you they are sick and can’t work… Read more

  April 11, 2019 / management

• MDDUS CASE STUDY: Permanent nerve injury

  DAY ONE Mr T attends his dental surgery complaining of pain in his lower left canine tooth. The dentist –… Read more

  February 12, 2019 / management

• Get ahead. Start your 2020 vision now

  

  My grandmother described New Year’s Resolutions as “piecrust promises – easily made, easily broken”. With dawn of 2019, probably with… Read more

  February 12, 2019 / management

• It’s the sales, stupid!

  

  Governments stand and fall by the economy (many believe), and hence James Carville’s now infamous phrase, ‘It’s the economy, stupid’,… Read more

  February 12, 2019 / management

• Ask yourself ‘are you asking the right questions?’

  One of the big plus sides to social media in recent years has been the comparative ease of networking with… Read more

  February 12, 2019 / management

• MDDUS CASE STUDY: Crown Claim

  DAY ONE Mr K is a 32-year-old sales manager and attends the dental surgery dissatisfied with the appearance of a… Read more

  December 18, 2018 / management

• Don’t let walk-ins just walk out again

  

  Whenever I get the chance I drop into a practice and ask for an appointment. Last weekend I was in… Read more

  December 18, 2018 / management