A personal plea for help from Colin
In September 2011 as I sat miserable with an injured ankle that ruled me out of the two final triathlon races of my season, including the biggest race I would ever have done, I received a phone call……
Earlier in the year I had received the news that Karen Green, the wife of Mick had died after a long and heroic battle with cancer.
I had never met Karen but I had come to know Mick a little through his bike shop in Nottingham, Langdale lightweights. Read more
A fantastic evening on aesthetic implant dentistry in Nottingham
On July 5th in Nottingham the ITI will launch it Nottingham Study Club with it’s first evening and an amazing lecture by Shakeel Shadad from Kings in London.
Shakeel is internationally renowned in the provision of aesthetic implant cases and has previously lectured in Nottingham many years ago, which is where I first met him.
He will be making a flying visit to Nottingham, specifically for this evening to provide the audience with some fantastic tips on how to provide exceptional aesthetic implant treatment for cases based on ITI protocols.
Shakeel will allow us to make assessment of patients and show which ones we can achieve fantastic results on and which ones are destined to be a compromised case.
It surely is an evening not to be missed and for details on how to attend this meeting please contact me at colincampbellfa@gmail.com or ITI members can log-in to ITI Net.
The joys of working with DCP’s
In my formative years as a dentist in practice I worked for almost 11 years for the same principles in a group of 2 practices. We had no opportunity in those practices to work with DCP’s (obviously apart from dental nurses) because the ethos was that everything would be done by a dentist.
How to learn to do a Sinus Lift (if you haven’t done one before)
Five years ago, as my implant practice was developing really well, I realised that I was sending a considerable amount of patients away due to lack of height in the posterior maxilla or sending them out to a maxillofacial surgeon for sinus lifts.
12 Albums for 2012…3 and 4
Bon Iver VS Benjamin Francis Leftwich
In my quest this year to listen to some music that I have not listened to before I downloaded both these albums after hearing snippets on Radio 1 of both artists.
12 Books for 2012…Book 3
Book – K-Pax
Author – Gene Brewer
My wife has a cousin called Beth who is a science graduate from the University of Sheffield and she is now aged 22 or 23.
An ADI Master Class
A couple of weeks ago I travelled to London with my friend and colleague, Neil Posyer, to listen to a master class provided by American clinician Dr Michael Pikos.
A Lesson from JFK…
I like to read quotes and inspirational quotes from other people. I am not absolutely sure why quotes are inspiring but I think its because they are generally an amazing summary of a fundamental philosophical point that just reminds us of what’s important.
The Karen Green Foundation – an update
On a Sunday evening at the end of February 2012 in a pub in Nottingham, The Karen Green Foundation was officially launched.
How to change your practicing life.
In 2007 I approached my then boss and practice principle Andrew Keetley and told him I wanted us to purchase a cone beam CT scanner for the practice.
Extending the peer review process.
I attended my first peer review meeting as a general practitioner in 1997.
Clinicians who inspired me… Part 3
After I left my junior house jobs at Glasgow dental hospital I travelled south to Nottingham to become a senior house officer in maxillofacial surgery.
Clinicians who inspired me… Part 2
When I was a 4th year dental student, I went on my elective to Dallas with 3 of my friends. There wasn’t much studying done!!
Clinicians who inspired me… Part 1
At a recent ITI Course at the ITI Centre in Crawley, we were asked to consider and write down some notes about people who have inspired us in our careers. The point of this exercise (this was a mentor training day for ITI mentors) was to try and distill down some of the attributes that we found inspirational and to see if we could develop similar attributes in ourselves for people that we may mentor in implant dentistry.
Bridge 2 Aid Unity Partnership
Many years ago, while I was working at Kirk Hallam Dental Practice in Ilkeston providing oral surgery, a dentist and specialist in oral surgery named Karen Patterson came to visit me there.
The problem is…
“The problem is not that we aim too high, it is that we aim too low and hit” anonymous
Testimonial from Graham Wilkinson of the Foundation in Implant Dentistry Course provided by the ITI in Wakefield
Here is a recent testimonial we received from one of the delegates on the Foundation in Implant Dentistry Course provided by the ITI in Wakefield…
The Karen Green Foundation
As you may be aware, if you have read these posts before, I like to ride bikes.
The ITI AGM London 2012
If you read these blog posts regularly then you will realise that I am heavily involved with the ITI UK and Ireland Section.
A trip to a Michelin Star Restaurant
At the turn of the year my wife and I were lucky enough to go to a local Michelin star restaurant (it infact has 2 stars – we didn’t know that at the time)
Looking on the bright side – the view of the new graduate.
I read an interesting blog post today by Chris Barrow on private VT and it reminded me of the time I spent as a VT trainer.
Placing implants where patients can see the results.
Teaching practitioners how to place implants appropriately and well is complicated.
The ITI Study Club.
In 2010 the ITI (International Team for Implantology) worldwide launched the concept of the ITI study club.
We DO have the right equipment.
I am essentially a dentist or oral surgeon who receives referrals for the treatment of patients.
How to appoint a new hygienist.
Recently, as the practice has been expanding quickly, we realised that we needed to appoint further hygienist support.
Dates for your diary…
Courses coming up which may be of interest to dentists who are involved or wish to be involved in implant dentistry as follows:
Introducing dental implants into general practice
I have been lecturing and travelling around the country for educational events for over a decade and without a shadow of a doubt, the question that I have been asked the most is “which course should I do to get into implants?”
A new procedure in Oral Surgery?
Sometimes it’s difficult to write lectures around oral surgery because there are times when little seems to change and you seem to be teaching ‘the same old stuff’
The Apicectomy as a benchmark.
When I was starting out in my surgical training I was a senior house officer at Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham with an amazing guy called Iain McVicar who I still consider a friend to this day.
New Years Resolutions…Part 4
So….the last 3 blog posts give you some indication of the road map that I am writing with my team and all my sights for 2012.
New Year’s Resolutions…Part 3
2012 looks to be an amazingly exciting year for me on the professional front with massive opportunities lying in wait.
New Year’s Resolutions…Part 2
I like to keep my New Year’s resolutions divided into personal, family and professional. For the moment I’ll perhaps keep the family ones to myself but I would like to share my personal and professional goals for 2012.
New Year’s Resolutions…Part 1
I am the type of guy who, at this time of year, likes to look back on the year that has passed and look towards the next year to see how I can improve things and make things better, both at work and at home.
Asking patient’s what they want.
We recently had some building work carried out at our house which involved builders, plumbers, electricians etc. being on site for a considerable amount of time.We have a fire in our living room which has never been quite right and we were keen to have a wood burning stove installed.
Ride the wave of change.
In 1999 I was lucky enough to be Chairman of the Nottingham Local Dental Committee. During my 2 years as Chairman, there was much discussion about the possible future onset of “local commissioning”.
The future of CDP in dentistry, look to the past.
You may have seen from my social media outlets that I was at the ITI UK and Ireland Congress in Liverpool last week. The benefits of attending these national and international meetings are massive to anybody in clinical dentistry and probably to anybody in any profession.
Who is doing who a favour?
Everywhere I look now people seem to be banging on about customer service in dentistry. It seems that we have come to this really late and only now realise that patients actually appreciate being looked after in a polite and genuine way.
The benefits of large industry meetings.
Today I will be travelling to the ITI Congress in Liverpool, which begins tomorrow 1st December, and runs until Saturday 3rd December.
The importance of the quality of your equipment
The picture in this post is the main chain ring from my best bike, which hangs in the garage.
Lessons to learn from British cycling
In 2008 at the Beijing Olympics, the Great Britain cycling team won a record haul of medals beyond the expectations of anyone in the cycling world.
Technology… who needs it?
Recently I had a problem with iTunes on one of my Apple computers. I had to contact Apple customer services in an attempt to get things fixed.
Busting the Myths
Recently at Campbell & Peace we completed a large market research project in conjunction with our implant supplier, Straumann.
Dentistry with Implants – ITI Courses 2012 Education Programme from the ITI
The 2012 education programme from the International Team for Implantology is out and available for you to read & download.
Treating Patients as Members of your own Family
I have been providing implant treatment and oral surgery to patients in primary care since 1997.
ITI Education Weeks
After just two years, the ITI Education Weeks have become a permanent feature of the ITI’s education landscape.
Colin-Campbell.co.uk is getting a makeover
We have our design team working on a brand new layout and we will also be introducing some new features to make the website easier to use.
Press Release: The ITI provides research funding for implant dentistry projects.
Over 320 research projects supported with a total of more than 36 million Swiss francs
Press Release: ITI membership tops 10,000.
Recent surge in membership growth driven largely by the ITI Study Club concept
Campbell and Peace presents…
The implant restorative course for GDP’s
Following the success of the recent restorative course at world service in Nottingham we are delighted to announce the date for next year.
Does social media work?
Today I have been asked by an experienced surgery/implant nurse if we have any jobs.
Jack of all Trades, Master of Some
Around three years ago I entered my first small triathlon and began training regularly to participate in multi-sport events…
