As a provider of dental care and treatment, the quality of service you deliver is of paramount importance to your patients, and by extension, to the success of your practice. You strive every day to meet the ever-growing and sometimes complex demands of your patients, using your skills and facilities to work closely with them and tailor your service to their needs.

This involves listening carefully to patient concerns and offering bespoke advice and guidance to support them, helping them overcome their problems while being as accessible as possible, and centring all treatment and services around them. Perceiving your patients as individuals with unique personality traits, characteristics and needs underpins the trusting and respectful relationships at the core of your business.

A UK independent dealer for UK independent providers

For the past 44 years, The Dental Directory has been dedicated to nurturing its customer relationships with the same ethos at its heart; focusing on your business as a unique entity. Known within the UK dental industry for its high quality customer service, The Dental Directory has evolved with the profession to help you meet the demands of increasing regulation and rising patient expectations.

Today, The Dental Directory works closely with some of the modern dental corporates (constituting 10% of their customer-base) but the team retains the same ethos it always has and remains as committed as ever to supporting independent practices around the UK. Your local representative is easy to reach whenever you have a question or require support, and those in management roles are also contactable should you wish to speak to them directly. Each and every customer receives a service tailored to their individual needs, ensuring a mutually beneficial relationship where practices have access to top-of-the-range products and services at affordable prices.

Only the highest quality

The truly dedicated full service dental dealer is committed to providing only the highest quality of products and technologies, offering an array of globally leading brands to help your practice streamline its daily processes and enhance clinical outcomes. From cutting-edge CAD/CAM technologies to leading endodontic instruments, handpieces, consumables and facial aesthetic products, the full portfolio is sure to provide everything you may need. What’s more, with 99% of all orders made in 2014 dispatched the same day, you can be confident to receive the fast and efficient service you need.

Increasing value

As The Dental Directory continues to evolve with the changing tide of dentistry, it looks forward to advancing with you to the next level. With the customer as its focal point, the company hopes to expand the services available. The Dental Directory already collaborates with DBG to bring you a spectrum of training, CQC support and equipment maintenance opportunities, adding value for you and your practice. Building on the success of these, The Dental Directory will continue its quest to identify problems faced by professionals and provide an effective solution.

True both of the products and additional services available, the company is committed to offering tools that will simplify your daily practice processes for the enhancement of your dental care provision and ultimately the profitability of your business. Working in collaboration with the manufacturing teams at Unodent, we continue to enthusiastically endorse these high end products and offer the full range at affordable prices. In addition, you can rest assured that all data is stored with stringent safety and security protocols in place, ensuring your information is always kept private.

Sharing your passion

The team at The Dental Directory understands and shares your passion for clinical excellence and efficient business strategies. Delivering the solutions you need, when you need them, trust The Dental Directory to provide the support your practice needs to truly excel.

For more information on the innovations and services available form The Dental Directory, please call 0800 585 586, or visit

www.dental-directory.co.uk

With a diverse line-up of leading speakers, the BACD Twelfth Annual Conference looks set to be another exciting and inspiring event. Delegates will be treated to some of the best education the dentistry profession has to offer, from some of the world’s most prominent experts.

Like previous years, there will be a wide range of vibrant presentations and workshops to discover, covering topics including isolation techniques, veneer preparations, crown lengthening techniques, anterior composites and BACD Accreditation processes. Discussing his own involvement at this year’s event, Dr Oliver Harman says, “My sessions this year will be looking at the use of lasers in modern dentistry. Dr Mark Cronshaw and myself want to give delegates an overview of where we are today with this impressive technology, to explore some of the theoretical ideas and how they can be applied in practical scenarios to great effect.

“It sometimes takes a little while for technologies like this to transition from one sector to another. With already established applicability in medical situations, we want to show delegates how it is now time for lasers to be integrated more in dental work.

“We will be going through the wealth of evidence and research that has been conducted on the use of lasers to explain their viability in practice – as well as exploring a number of important cases that show how lasers have contributed positively to treatment.

“I think we’re very much at that point now – we’ve reached the critical mass where research, evidence and results have culminated to show how the use of lasers in dentistry can become truly mainstream.”

Dr Harman has extensive experience in all aspects of cosmetic and general aesthetic dentistry. Not only does he provide high quality treatment from his own clinic in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, he consults for clinics in Helsinki and Saudi Arabia. In 2010 he achieved the prodigious British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry Fellowship Award. 

He says, “I think the BACD is a driving force behind the legitimising of cosmetic dentistry – for both professionals and patients. I also think the BACD is at the very forefront of cosmetic dentistry – and it’s bringing together the latest concepts from across the globe and has been a world leader in a minimally invasive approach. It really emphasises how we should not just focus on UK dentistry, but look worldwide for ideas and new techniques. It’s broadening our minds.”

With such a dynamic line-up of presentations and workshops to choose from, the BACD Annual Conference is an event which simply cannot be missed. For dental professionals of all levels, the three-day event will feature something for everyone – and is a great opportunity to meet and network with like-minded, enthusiastic and friendly colleagues. Be sure not to miss out: save the dates in your diary today!

The BACD’s 12^th Annual Conference runs from 12^th - 14^th November 2015 at The Hilton London Metropole Hotel. Go to www.bacd.com, email Suzy Rowlands at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 0207 612 4166.

Brought to you by Healthcare Learning in association with Sterling Dental Group and Practice Plan, the Clinical Innovations Conference (CIC) 2015 presented some of the industry’s most exciting innovations and latest technologies. Not only this, but the event gave attendees an excellent opportunity to gain up to 14 hours of verifiable CPD, in the form of a dynamic and eclectic lecture programme.

Included amongst a prodigious line-up of leading speakers were Chris Barrow, Dr Komal Suri, Bob McLelland, Sheila Scott, Jansie Van Rensberg and Tony Knight. The topics of their presentations were truly diverse and catered to a wide range of interests and specialities – but were united by truly forward-thinking philosophies.

The event was perfectly balanced by the Clinical Innovations Awards, held on the Friday evening in association with MyDentist. A chance to celebrate some of the achievements and innovative successes in the profession last year, it also gave delegates the opportunity to relax and network with like-minded colleagues.

Be sure to keep up to date with Healthcare Learning for information about next year’s event – sure to be as inspiring and educational as this year’s. Don’t miss out!

For more information call 020 7400 8989, visit www.healthcare-learning.com or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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543 Dental Centre and Genix Healthcare, both members of the Association of Dental Groups (ADG), are dedicated supporters of the Teeth Team charity.

The well-established school-based supervised tooth brushing programme aims to promote the importance of oral health among children, reducing inequalities and instilling effective dental routines in young people.

The charity’s recent review of dental health among children involved in the scheme found an overall reduction in the presence of decayed, missing or filled teeth (dmft) in the past year. The number of those needing treatment reduced from 25% to 19% between January 2014 and May 2015.

This is encouraging news for both the public and the profession, but with work still to be done, it’s important for all to get involved and help improve oral health for the next generation.

For more information about the ADG visit www.dentalgroups.co.uk.