Smile Escapes

The 12 steps to financial peace of mind in 2024

Taking some time to organise your personal finances can save thousands every year. Thomas Dickson provides a month-by-month guide to making the most of your money and simplifying your financial life in 2024. January – request your NHS Total Rewards Statement This is the first step for dentists in the NHS pension scheme to understanding […]

Thinking of leaving the NHS? Be honest with your team

What are some of the important things a practice owner needs to consider with regard to their team when deciding to hand back an NHS contract? Zoe Close caught up with Sarah Buxton to get some helpful pointers. Zoe Close (ZC): There are occasions when we’re working with a practice when the owner has made […]

Sign up now to the UK Dentistry Golf Championship!

FMC is delighted to be hosting the second UK Dentistry Golf Championship this coming summer. Taking place on Thursday 27 June 2024, the competition will be held at the Alister Mackenzie (of Augusta National fame) designed Hadley Wood Golf Club, easily located just inside the northern tip of the M25. The event will bring together […]

The future of dentistry is bright, says profession

Positivity about the future of dentistry is alive and well. At least, that’s the message from the people working at its forefront, says FMC’s Guy Hiscott. Scores of the profession’s brightest pioneers gathered at the Future of Dentistry Summit earlier this month (5 December) to discuss the road ahead for dentistry in the UK.    And […]

Digital and Implant Dentistry Show – what’s on at the Visionary Theatre?

The 2024 Digital and Implant Dentistry Show is taking place this month – find out what’s in store at the Visionary Theatre. The highly anticipated Digital and Implant Dentistry Show is returning for 2024! Mark your calendars for Saturday 27 January when it will be taking place at Novotel London West. The 2024 Digital and […]

Building a strong reputation in dentistry

Envisage Dental: 10 years on, we speak to acquisitions director, Jon Toh, about how this group has quietly built a formidable reputation. Founders Dr Sandy Dau and Harry Gill (pictured) started the company in 2014 with a focus on high quality private clinics. After 10 years they have over 1,000 colleagues across the country and […]

Making life easier with digital dentistry

Carving a new era: Ashley Byrne explains why he is never looking back after adopting digital diagnostic set-ups. I remember doing a lecture more than 10 years ago on the digital wax-up and I was heckled from the audience. ‘You are single headedly killing our industry – digital will be the death of the dental […]