Dental Nurse & mum
For over 30 years, in NHS & private dental practices, with GDPs and specialists, Jo has always loved working chairside.
She has experience as a DN tutor and an Oral Health Educator, and is currently employed at Devonshire House Dental Practice, Cambridge.
Pre-Covid she regularly visited pre-schools and primary schools to offer OHE, and worked as an NEBDN Associate assisting with practical OSCE National Dental Nursing Examinations. Jo is a member of BADN and BSPD.
When her children started primary school, she discovered that the government-funded SFVS were giving out dried fruit snacks and the school was allowing all sorts of cariogenic processed fruit snacks to be eaten at playtime (thinking they were natural and healthy). When SFVS & DHSC decided it wasn't a problem, Raisin Awareness was born.

I started In Dentistry over 12 years ago, joining an outsourced Dental support company called OneSG (that then became Igloo Healthcare). I joined as their IT Manager, with a ‘team’ of just me. I had been in IT for years. IT was a passion for me since the very first time my dad brought home a ZX81 Computer when I was about 9.

Early Dentistry Career
I was in the very fortunate position (being so new to Dental IT and needing to learn all about it) of helping Portman Healthcare (now Portman Dentalcare) grow from just 3 practices to where they are today. I say fortunate because not only did I work with some amazing people inside Portman (many of whom are still there) but it let me learn about all the intricacies of Dental IT at a slower pace than being dropped in at the deep end.

I really enjoyed learning what makes the IT in a Dental Practice tick. I quickly learned who all the main providers were, who supported them and who the best guys to go to were for help. I am genuinely forever grateful to those guys for their support in my early days while I was learning.
I beavered away, growing a great team at Igloo and supporting Portman Healthcare, as well as Bupa (when they first moved into Dentistry) and also about 20 other smaller, independent Practices.

After some changes, an idea formed to start up on my own, so with a bit of luck, a brand-new company registration, ThreeSixty IT was born.

I guess I have a different mindset to others, I like to help – for me it’s not always about the financial reward. I just like to help where I can. I was helped massively when I started my journey by people inside some of the larger companies (like Exact, Kodak, Kavo and Clarke Dental) and just like to do my bit to “pay it forward”.

I am very active in the dental forums on facebook, and will always jump in and offer my help and advice if I feel I have something to add.

This blog started as a bit about me, but became more about ThreeSixty IT because I guess I am so interwoven into it and passionate about it being a success.

Web: www.threesixtyit.co.uk
Email: nigel.macdonald@threesixtyit.co.uk

In 2006 the 'new contract' was introduced. Anger about the way the DoH behaved was rife. John Renshaw, Eddie Crouch and Ian Gordon formed CHALLENGE - a pressure group to argue the dentists' case. Now another 'new contract' is imminent , Challenge is  here to  take up cudgels on behalf of dentists again.

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James C Grant DDS

• Graduated: The Ohio State University
• General Dentistry Residency USAF
• Private Practice since 1978
• Published Author
• Patent Holder for dental implants
• 3M ESPE Speakers Bureau
• 2011 Top Dentist in Colorado (5280 Magazine)
• Grant Dental Technology is developing a better molar implant.  Click HERE to learn more.
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Almodovar is a GDP in mixed practice. He has a postgraduate qualification, and still enjoys certain aspects of clinical dentistry.

He’s old enough to be cynical about the profession, which frankly makes him any age over 25.

He does not write for any other sites or publications, because deadlines are stressful and he has quite enough of that already.

 I chose the pseudonym based on his seminal “Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown” from 1988. Looking at his movie catalogue now I can see that “Talk to her” would apply to my therapy sessions, “The skin I live in” to my sense of self at times, “What have I done to deserve this?” to my early dark days, “Matador” to how I feel going to work most days, and “Bad Education” for how I feel toward the profession at times for not preparing us for the stresses we face!

Hewi Ma is a Legal Director at Brabners and acts for a range of clients including independent dentists, corporate dental groups and dental care professionals

Following the issue of the “new” NHS contracts in 2006, there was a surge in dental practice sales and acquisitions which prompted Hewi to develop her specialism.  Hewi has continued to build on her expertise becoming one of the first legal advisors to assist with dental practices registering with the CQC when this became compulsory in 2011.

Hewi has a keen interest in helping dentists protect their goodwill with sound future planning and enabling dentists to access their NHS Pension through 24 Hour Retirement.

Brabners would welcome a discussion with you on your current and future legal requirements. We go the extra mile to deliver the right outcomes for our clients. We understand what matters and our expertise and experience mean that we can help people and businesses at every stage of their journey.

Contact Hewi here

I work in the Marketing team at COLTENE and amongst other tasks I am responsible for social media postings – so you know who to contact if you spot a typo! I have worked here for almost 2 years and love being part of the vibrant, longstanding team. COLTENE are continuously launching innovative products which makes my job fast paced and exciting. We run fantastic hands-on courses and workshops and have had the pleasure of working alongside some world class practitioners. Please feel free to contact me for further information.

Barker PR is the leading PR and communications agency in dentistry.
A team of talented, passionate and experienced people with a fresh approach to communications, we develop highly valuable strategies for client engagement so we are always connecting you with dentistry.

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Following an extensive and successful career within dental, medical and healthcare publishing, Erica Kilburn founded E K Communications Ltd in April 2000. EKC is primarily a PR and media agency for the dental market. However, they also work across a number of healthcare markets. The company’s ethos has remained the same; to provide innovative, effective PR and media support, always putting our client’s needs and goals first.

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•If you‘ve had your CQC visit you might be interested in what’s likely to be happening next

Dr Alun Rees BDS, The Dental Business Coach, graduated from Newcastle University and started his career as an oral surgery resident, before working as an associate in a range of different practices. With this solid foundation, Alun went on to launch two practices in the space of just 15 months, a challenge in the toughest economic conditions. After years of hard work Alun finally sold his dental business in 2005.

Alun’s background and experience give him a strong understanding of what others go through to build a successful practice. He has seen many different approaches and learned his own lessons in the real world. He is an accepted authority of practice organisation and management and has written and presented widely on the subject.

A CTI trained coach and Kolbe consultant, Alun now runs The Dental Business Coach to offer specific and specialised support for dentists and their teams. He has served as a media representative for both the BDA and BDHF and has featured on BBC2, Sky TV and various radio stations.

Based between South Wales and West Cork Alun works with clients throughout the UK, Ireland and beyond, Alun understands and appreciates the challenges, both large and small, that face dentists every day.

Alun can be contacted here.

Mark is the only person in Digital Dental Marketing to have an MBA majoring in marketing & creativity, run a dental laboratory for 14 years and been a dental technician for 23 years. He's also a Master Practitioner of the communication modelling system, Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) as well as being a Master Practitioner of Hypnosis and a Master NLP Coach.

Mark understands business, dentistry and communication.