12 Books for 2012…Book 2

Title: Steve Jobs Biography Author: Walter Isaacson

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12 Films for 2012…Number 2

Starwars Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace 3D  

12 Books for 2012… Number 1

12 Albums for 2012…Number 2

The Karen Green Foundation

As you may be aware, if you have read these posts before, I like to ride bikes.

12 films for 2012… Number 1

Haywire

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.

Here we go again.

I have an amazing sense of ‘Deja Vu’ at the moment.

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)

Standing out from the crowd

It pays to be different. I am sure it pays to be different.

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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.