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15 Jun 2023 • Blog, Finance

Is it time to explore the peninsula of infinite possibilities?

Area Manager, Gary Nelson, urges people to shun pessimism and embrace their inner optimist. “The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.” William Arthur…

3 Feb 2023 • Blog, Practice Management

Rising costs – you have to pass it on!

Dental business coach, Chris Barrow, offers some advice on the need to increase prices and how to handle the change. I present at a number of different events and workshops for Practice Plan and I…

17 Oct 2022 • Blog, Finance

Rising above the hullabaloo

Area Manager, Gary Nelson, makes some suggestions of things practices can check on to ensure they’re making the best use of their money over the next few months. It’s beginning to look like another interesting…

19 May 2022 • Blog, Mental Health

Mental health awareness month: Loneliness – you’re not alone in feeling lonely

To mark Mental Health Awareness Week, Regional Support Manager Amy Hansford, talks about this year’s theme: ‘Loneliness’. It’s important to underline that loneliness is not just about being alone. It might be a bit of…

19 May 2022 • Blog, Mental Health

Extra Power or Low Battery… The Triggers

Area Manager, Gary Nelson, talks about the importance of knowing how to regulate your mental bandwidth. I think we can all take it as read it’s been another punishing few months mentally in dentistry and…

16 May 2022 • Blog, Dental Landscape

Top 10 trends in dentistry to emerge from the pandemic

Every cloud has a silver lining and Business Coach, Chris Barrow, lists his ‘hit parade’ of the top 10 great things that have come out of the pandemic. Here’s my list, in reverse order from…

26 Apr 2022 • Blog, Practice Management

Should I fill a gap in my team or not?

Practice Plan Area Manager, Suki Singh, talks about the recruitment problem and whether it’s better to fill a gap in your team or re-align your workload if the right member of staff is not available……

26 Apr 2022 • Blog, Dental Landscape

The trickle that could soon become a flood – reflections on the new NHS England targets

Practice Plan Group’s Sales and Marketing Director, Nigel Jones, reflects on the recent letter to dentists in England outlining the new NHS targets and considers the implications. ‘Probably the first thing to mention about the…

7 Jun 2021 • Blog, NHS

Can and should NHS dentistry return to normal?

Practice Plan’s Sales and Marketing Director, Nigel Jones, explores whether NHS dentistry will return to the way it was before the pandemic – and questions if anyone wants it to… It’s hard to think…

4 Jan 2021 • Blog, Covid-19, Practice Management

We built up our plan membership by prescribing it as a maintenance and preventative measure

Lynne Clark talks to Amy Barnes, Business Director of The Lytham Dental Clinic, about why and how they’ve started prescribing the plan membership in a similar way they would a treatment plan and the benefits…

23 Dec 2020 • Blog, Covid-19, Practice Management

Three simple strategies to communicate the health benefits of your plan

Janet Mason shares her thoughts on which strategies are most effective when it comes to successfully communicating your plan membership to prospective patients… Lockdown for many practices has highlighted how beneficial a well performing plan…

31 Jul 2020 • Blog, Practice Management

Do you have a structured plan approach?

To grow the number of patients on your dental payment plan, you need a structured approach. Once the plan has been in place for a while and an embedded part of your practice, it can…

19 Apr 2019 • Dental Health

What to look for when choosing the right dental practice for your child

Choosing a dental practice for yourself can be a difficult task, but this is even more so when it comes to selecting a practice for your child. It’s important to pick the right dentist and…

23 Mar 2019 • Dental Health

What, why, wear??? The facts on Acid Erosion you need to know

Summer is just around the corner and lots of us will be eating new healthy diets. We’re now far more educated and aware of the damage sugar can cause our teeth and we are much…

23 Jan 2019 • Practice Management

How can I build up the referral side of my business

This is something our regional support managers are often asked, especially since building the referral side of your business will support the growth and sustainability of your dental practice. A personal recommendation is a powerful…

13 Apr 2018 • Dental Health

Tooth whitening: Everything you need to know

They’re everywhere. Just one quick swipe on social media, one flick of the page in our glossy magazines and the perfect pearly whites of our favourite celebrities are shining bright and dazzling us. With cosmetic…

21 Feb 2018 • Dental Health

Does your choice of toothbrush really make a difference?

We asked Dr Alif Moosajee, otherwise known as The Smiling Dentist, just how important your choice of toothbrush is when it comes to looking after your teeth. Here’s what he had to say: ‘A good…

15 Dec 2017 • Dental Health

Over 40% of UK children miss out on free dental check-ups

As both principal dentist at Oakdale Dental and a devoted father, Dr Alif Moosajee is a big advocate of the ‘Dental check by 1’ initiative. The British Society of Paediatric Dentistry is publicising this to…