The Business of Dentistry Podcast

Michelle Hardy, Sales Support Manager at Practice Plan shares the different options available when it comes to children's dental treatment and pricing.

What you'll hear:

• Option 1 - Age banded system
• Option 2 - Clinical needs

Who should listen:

• Practice Owners
• Practice Managers

In this weeks episode, Siobhan Kelleher, qualified coach and dental hygienist shares her top tips for prioritising your health and well-being and living your best life.

What you'll hear:

• The 6 Pillars of positive health
• Nutrition
• Physical Activity
• Sleep
• Managing stress
• Avoiding risky substances
• Building and maintaining positive relationships

Who should listen:

• All dental professionals

Sarah Buxton, Director and HR and employment solicitor at FTA Law shares her expert advice on how to support your team members with the menopause and the importance of having an open positive culture.

What you'll hear:

• Understanding the menopause
• Developing a work place policy
• Encouraging conversations
• Regular health and safety risk assessments
• Having a menopause and wellbeing champion

Who should listen:

• Practice Managers
• Practice Owners

Les Jones, Creative Director at Practice Plan is joined with Dhru Shah, Founder and CEO at DetinalTubules to talk about his own career path into dentistry and the importance of thinking outside the box for young associate dentists.

What you'll hear:

• Dhrus career path into dentistry
• Different examples of associate career paths
• Thinking outside the box
• Considering practice ownership
• Dentistry as a career choice

Who should listen:

• Young dentists
• Associate dentists

Nigel Jones, Sales and Marketing Director at Practice Plan Group, shares his thoughts on the latest update to activity targets for NHS dental practices.

What you’ll hear:

• The latest update to the activity targets
• How it will effect NHS dental practices

Who should listen:

• Practice Owners
• Principal Dentists
• Associate Dentists
• Practice Managers

Nigel Jones, Sales and Marketing Director at Practice Plan Group, catches up with Shaenna Loughnane, Chief Executive at Bridge2aid, to talk about some of the latest projects the charity is working on, how they're making a difference and how you can get involved.

What you'll hear:

• What is Bridge2Aid and how it started
• Some examples of current projects
• How the charity has evolved and changed over time
• How can people get involved and support

Who should listen:

• All dental professionals

In this weeks episode of Bodcast we are joined with John Gibson, who is about to embark on a mammoth journey across the UK to raise awareness around suicide prevention and encourage everyone to have a conversation.

What you'll hear:

• Introduction to John
• Founding The Canmore Trust
• The planned route from Lands End to John O’Groats 
• Having conversations about suicide

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In this weeks episode of bodcast, Michael Bentley, Patient experience manager and dental business consultant talks about looking after the welfare and wellbeing of your team and shares practical ideas you can start implementing in your dental practice.

What you'll hear:

• Why looking after the welfare of your team is so important
• Mental health first aiders course
• Using the right language
• Having welfare meetings regularly
• Spreading positivity and having fun

Who should listen:

• Practice Managers
• Practice Owners

Nigel Jones, Sales and Marketing Director at Practice Plan Group is joined with Sarah Buxton, Director and HR and employment solicitor at FTA Law to discuss the current public enquiry into the governments handling of covid-19.

What you’ll hear:

• What is the enquiry and what it involves
• What happens during an enquiry
• Who else will be taking part
• Creating the dental alliance and how others can get involved

Who should listen:

• All dental professionals

To find out more information visit https://www.dental-alliance.co.uk/

In this latest episode of Bodcast, Hussein Hassanali, Associate Dentist at Woodthorpe Dental Centre catches up with Dr Mahrukh Khwaja, CEO of Mind Ninja, to share their thoughts and personal experiences of loneliness in dentistry and practical tips to overcome it.

What you'll hear:

• What is loneliness
• What brings happiness
• Personal experiences of loneliness
• Importance of making high quality connections
• Getting involved with local communities
• Benefits of mentoring
• Team building exercises
• Dealing with complaints/rejection

Who should listen:

• All dental professionals

About:

Hussein graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2009 and completed his PG Dip in Restorative Dentistry in 2020 which granted Fellowship of BAARID. He is an Associate Dentist in York with a special interest in ultrasonic restorative dentistry. He has a broad range of experience, having worked in both NHS and private, and both corporate and independent practices. To date, he has over 20 publications to his name, and continues to support the profession through his regular contributions, as well as being on the BDJ Reader Panel and an Editorial Advisory Board Member of Young Dentist Magazine.

Mahrukh Khwaja is a dentist, qualified Positive Psychologist and founder of Mind Ninja: a well-being start-up providing resilience and mental health training to dental professionals so they can thrive in any environment. Mahrukh specialises in applying positive psychology through training, coaching and well-being products for the profession, such as the ‘Mind Flossing’ toolkit: a deck of well-well-being cards to help dental professionals practise mindfulness, self-compassion, gratitude, growth mindset and use their strengths, with patients and at home. Mahrukh has worked with a diverse range of organisations, in both public and private sectors, such as NHS Oxford Health, King’s College London, Acteon, BDA, Tipton Training, Dentinal Tubules and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, delivering positive psychology workshops and well-being programmes. She wrote the Level 7 well-being online programme for Acteon in 2020 and in 2021, led 2 cohorts of a 4 week positive psychology programme, providing a balance of empirical research and practical tools for personal and professional development. Mind Ninja was a shortlisted finalist at the Private Dentistry Awards 2020 and 2021. Mahrukh was named Top 50 in Dentistry 2021 by FMC for her work on mental health in Dentistry. She is the author of ‘Resilience And Well-being For Dental Professionals’ due to be published by Wiley-Blackwell in Summer 2022. Mahrukh is a dentist with over 12 years of clinical experience, an accredited mindfulness teacher, and holds a Master’s in Applied Positive Psychology. To find out more info visit https://www.mind-ninja.co.uk/