by Jonathan Fine | Sep 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear reader, this blog is nothing to do with dentistry and everything to do with understanding yourself. My sad little tale starts about 25 years ago when I was in advertising. I was working for a number of premium car brands and read an article in one of the trade...
by Jonathan Fine | Sep 4, 2019 | Patient journey, Treatment co-ordinators
The quick answer is nothing, but perhaps we should reverse the question, what can Optical Express learn from UK and Irish dentistry? An awful lot. The purpose of this blog is to illustrate how far UK and Irish dentistry has developed in terms of the patient journey...
by Jonathan Fine | Aug 28, 2019 | Facial aesthetics, Mental health
The Irish Sunday Times ran a piece about dermal fillers at the weekend that captured the growing concern among medical professionals about body dysmorphic disorder (BDD). With the market booming thanks to a desire among young people for fuller lips and cheeks to post...
by Jonathan Fine | Aug 22, 2019 | Cosmetic dentistry, Orthodontics
SmileDirectClub, the cheap mail order ortho service that’s available in the US, Canada, UK and Australia, is becoming a public company. Invisalign maker Align Technology once owned 19% of the company, which was valued at $3.2bn in October. Last year it came of age,...
by Jonathan Fine | Jun 27, 2019 | Cosmetic dentistry, News
Hold the front page — Andy Murray has done away with the gap in his front teeth. But he’s stopped short of a Hollywood smile. His canines remain canines. That this made the papers says something about contemporary journalism, but it hints too at a taste for...