by Zac Fine | Jul 17, 2018 | Insurance
It’s normal to give your implant patient a personal treatment guarantee in case of failure. Patients often make purchase decisions based on such guarantees. But there is a problem: they usually aren’t backed by an insurance policy. This is the view of Richard Griggs,...
by Zac Fine | Jun 27, 2018 | Blogs, Communications, News
Too bad the onslaught of horror stories about dodgy facial aesthetics (by non-dentists) has slackened, but at least it’s been an interesting summer for dentistry in the media so far. In Times 2 the Scottish journalist Deborah Orr wrote: “‘Teeth are central to our...
by Zac Fine | Jun 13, 2018 | Admin, Costs
The idea of personally transferring hundreds or thousands of direct debits has always been a deterrent for reviewing your payment plan provider. It’s a major hassle for you and your patients, and you might even lose them if they forget to sign it. That’s changed...
by Zac Fine | May 16, 2018 | Leadership, Mental health
We’re seeing a clear need among practice owners to accept that taboo feelings of stress, isolation and self-doubt — and much darker moods — are really very normal. There’s a need to acknowledge these emotions when they arise because then they can be dealt with before...
by Zac Fine | May 9, 2018 | Admin, Compliance, Mental health, NHS, Planning, Retirement
When financial or social pressure leads us to behave in ways that we don’t agree with, we are guaranteed to end up miserable. Or worse. In 2013 the BDJ published a letter from a dentist who took his own life after problems with his Primary Care Trust. In it Paul Hood...