Dentistry is a tough profession – one that is getting more and more competitive with each passing year. With competition between practices more rife than it’s ever been there is an ever present need for practices to find new and innovative ways to stand out ahead of rival practices in order to both attract new patients, and retain the patients they have.
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Routine implant maintenance is necessary to maintain peri-implant health and to ensure the long-term success of the implant; however, implants are susceptible to both peri-implantitis and implant failure. Peri-implantitis is an inflammatory reaction in the hard and soft tissues, with loss of surrounding supporting bone.
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This article is a summary of Gideon Weigelt-Holmes prize-winning submission for Premier Awards 2009, DCP Student prize. This is reproduced by kind permission of Gideon and Dental Protection and was published in their Teamwise publication.
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“It is still a widely held view, that clinical governance is a frequently changing imposition shrouded in mystery. Many dental teams are unsure about what it is, what it entails and what the benefits are for the practice and their patients.”
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Income replacement insurance provides an income should you be prevented from working due to sickness or injury.
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How to do BPE
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Restraints of Trade clauses are common in many professional contracts - accountants, solicitors (my husband is one) etc.

Taken from a post in old site
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In comparison with people in other occupations, Dental Professionals are at increased risk of developing work related musculoskeletal disorders (MSD), including carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).
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Although this has generated
a large amount of literature in the last few years, it is difficult to know how the complications associated with bisphosphonates are impacting on general dental practitioners (GDPs).
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This course was organised by the South West Dental Postgraduate Department
for Hygienists living in south west Cornwall.


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