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• Building a referral engine: how specialist practices grow without paid acquisition
  Join David Nelkin on 1 September at 7pm as he discusses how specialist practices can grow without paid acquisition through a referral engine. For specialist and high-value practices, the strongest growth has never come from paid ads – it has come from referrals. But most of those networks happened organically years ago and are quietly…
• The orthodontic decision starts far earlier than you think
  Long before the first appointment, patients are scrolling, comparing, questioning and deciding. At this year’s British Orthodontic Conference (BOC), Neil Hillyard will examine the online conversations shaping orthodontic decisions and why every practice needs to understand them. Before a patient sits in your dental chair, asks you questions or explores your treatment recommendations, something important…
• Increasing the number of overseas dentists – overcoming the practicalities
  Practice Plan director, Nigel Jones, offers his take on potential solutions to the workforce problem. Patient access has been an issue that has worsened post-COVID. Despite having around 45,000 dentists on the register, part-time working and dentists choosing to offer longer appointments by moving to private dentistry are fuelling a shortage of dentists. In search of a quick fix, adding overseas…
• LDS pass rate under scrutiny as RCS England defends redesign
  The Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) defended its redesigned Licence in Dental Surgery (LDS) assessment after candidates raised concerns about an ‘exceptionally low’ pass rate. The college said the examination was fair, covered material within the published syllabus and General Dental Council (GDC) framework, and had been set at an appropriate standard.…
• Rethinking fluoride therapy for better patient compliance
  Dr Chinwe Akuonu explores fluoride misinformation, personalised preventive care and how a patient-friendly approach can improve the compliance with and effectiveness of fluoride treatment. In this episode of Dentistry Connected, Solventum clinical advisor Karen Toole speaks with general dentist Dr Chinwe Akuonu about the changing role of fluoride therapy. Their conversation explores misinformation around fluoride,…