Scottish Dental

• Musings on furlough

  As I am sitting writing this article, it’s a bit overcast and I’m looking out of my window over some… Read more

  June 15, 2020 / management

• If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans

  Preparing for this piece, I knew the direction that I wanted to take and the points I intended to make.… Read more

  June 15, 2020 / management

• Managing yourselves, your teams and your patients in unprecedented times

  I feel I can speak for our entire dental profession when I say the challenges of COVID-19 have been wide-reaching… Read more

  June 11, 2020 / management

• 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

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

• 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