The Business of Dentistry Podcast

Sarah Barnard, Regional Support Manager at Practice plan is joined with Siobhan Kelleher, qualified coach and dental hygienist to discuss her career in dentistry, her practice and the importance of promoting oral hygiene.

What you'll hear:

• How and why Siobhan got into dentistry
• How she built her hygiene practice up
• Her work on the NSK Ikigai Oral Hygiene Program
• The importance of promoting oral hygiene
• Advice and top tips for other hygienists

Who should listen:

• Hygienists

About Siobhan:

Siobhan Kelleher qualified from University College Cork in 2002. She is the principal dental hygienist at Dental hygienist.ie, a dental hygiene practice within a general dental practice in Cork, Ireland. She is an opinion leader and educator with many of the leading dental companies. She presents nationally and internationally in the dental world and regularly contributes articles to a range of industry-leading magazines and newspapers. She is currently studying a MSc in Personal & Management Coaching. Siobhan’s passion is working as a dental hygiene coach and mentor; she supports teams in implementing successful dental hygiene departments within general practices and assists dental teams with systems to overcome the challenges of everyday practice.  Siobhan is one of the co-founders of the NSK Ikigai Oral Hygiene Program. She coaches clinicians on a one-to-one basis to identify and support them with desired goals and changes they seek in their lives. Siobhan was recognised in the dentistry top 50.

Josie Hutchings, Regional Support Manager at Practice Plan is joined with George Savva, dentist at Alexandra Dental Dare about their move away from the NHS and the ongoing support they receive from Practice Plan.

What you'll hear:

• The reasons they moved from NHS to private practice
• Why they chose practice plan as a plan provider
• The difference its made to the practice
• Advice for others looking to move towards private dentistry

Who should listen:

• Dentists
• Practice Owners
• Practice Managers

Suki Singh, Area Manager at Practice Plan is joined with Rachel Dilley, Chief Operating Officer at Town Hall Group about her role in the dental practice and her work with the town hall charity foundation.

What you'll hear:

• How Rachel got started in the dental industry
• What makes an invaluable team member
• The Town Hall foundation and the work they do
• Other local organisations they work with as part of the foundation

Who should listen:

• All dental professionals

Lynne Clarke, Regional Support Manager at Practice Plan is joined with Naheem Ahmed, Inclusion and Diversity Manager at Wesleyan to talk about the role of a mental health first aider and the importance of having healthy conversations.

What you'll hear:

• What is a mental health first aider
• Naheems experience in this role
• Myths around mental health
• The importance of having healthy conversations

Who should listen:

• All dental professionals

Osteopath, Samantha Leopold, shares her expert advice for preventing musculoskeletal issues whilst practicing clinical dentistry.

What you'll hear:

• How musculoskeletal issues are caused
• Importance of good nutrition, sleep and stress management
• Practical exercises to open up the shoulders, increase mobility in the spine, strengthen muscles in the back and shoulders and stretch and open the hip flexors.

Who should listen:

• Dentists
• Hygienists
• Therapists

Pat Langley, CEO of Apolline, shares her top tips when it comes to keeping excellent patient records and information.

What you’ll hear:

• What information you need to have on record
• The importance of keeping data
• What do excellent patient records look like
• Changes to patient records during covid-19
• GDPR and data protection

Who should listen:

• All dental professionals

Deborah Bell, Regional Support Manager at Practice Plan, catches up with Robyn Lowrie, dental nurse at Star Dental Care about her role in practice and how her career has progressed since she started.

What you'll hear:

• How Robyn got into the role
• What a typical day looks like
• Different qualifications and courses available
• Advice for other dental nurses looking to progress in their careers

Who should listen:

• Dental nurses

Zoe Close, Head of Sales at Practice Plan joins us in this latest bodcast to discuss the importance of creating an induction programme for new team members.

What you'll hear:

• The importance of inductions
• Key things to include
• Sense checking and setting expectations
• Where to look for resources to create a programme

Who should listen:

• Practice owners and managers

Dr Mahrukh Khwaja, CEO of Mind Ninja, joins us for part two in this latest wellbeing matters bodcast, to discuss the science behind creating positive habits that stick.

What you'll hear:

• Common myths around creating habits
• How long it takes to create a habit
• Top tips to create habits that stick

Who should listen:

• All dental professionals

About:

Mahrukh Khwaja is a dentist, Positive Psychologist Practitioner and founder of Mind Ninja; a well-being start-up providing dental professionals preventative services, from workshops to coaching, to help enhance their resilience, using evidence-based tools of Psychology, mindfulness and neuroscience. The Mind Ninjamission is to help teams, associates and students feel happier, healthier and thrive through optimising their mental fitness. Mahrukh led the psychological resilience pilot programme for King's College University dental students in the summer of 2020. Mahrukh has written the Level 7 Well-being programme for Acteon and the mental health chapter for Shaz Memon's 'Instagram for Dentists' and 'Instagram for Business'.

Sarah Buxton, Employment and HR specialist, joins us in this latest podcast to give an update on the recent changes to HR and employment law.

What you'll hear:

• Updates to statutory payments
• Bereavement leave
• National living wage
• Increase in dismissal claims compensation
• Changes for employees who are shielding
• Furlough scheme
• Equality and diversity training

Who should listen:

• All dental professionals