Mastering communication as a dental professional
2024-08-15
Umair Afzal shares his strategies for clear and precise communication, explaining why it’s crucial for dental professionals. It’s a familiar scenario for many of us.
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The importance of sufficient and precise information
2024-04-07
Emily Pittard explains how important communication and information is for lab, patient and dentist, and why this inspired her to create her own gingival characterisation
Beware of language barriers, dental tourists warned
2023-08-24
People are being warned of the dangers that language barriers could hold when traveling abroad for dental treatment. This is because language barriers can lead
Why is effective communication important for TCOs?
2023-08-20
This month, Tracie Barnett discusses her top tips for effective communication and offers eight reasons why it’s so important for treatment coordinators (TCOs). Effective communication
Enhance Communication Within Your Team
2023-02-03
The ability of the dental team to communicate efficiently has a direct effect on overall practice production. We estimate that practice can increase production significantly
Core Strengths – being honest and open
2022-11-12
Catherine Rutland discusses the importance of being honest and talking about current events, as it’s the only way awareness and change can happen. Several reports
How to improve your team’s communication skills
2022-09-12
Angela Love discusses the importance of excellent communication skills in the dental team and tips on how to achieve this. It’s increasingly common for patients
Handling a colleague’s departure or absence
2021-11-22
Taking over a patient’s treatment from a colleague can come with its challenges but also presents an opportunity to hone your communication skills and build
DISCover how to transform your communication
2021-10-20
Liz Price explains how DISC analysis of your dental team could help improve communication and relieve any tensions amongst colleagues. Ongoing analysis of case files
The digital dentist – language
2021-08-01
In this month’s Digital Dentist column, Alif focuses on language and how dentists should plan what they say to patients. Language is such an important
Providing the right tools for the job: Bupa boosts clinician confidence with launch of Communications Clinic
2021-07-28
Bupa Dental Care (BDC) is launching a bespoke training offering – Communications Clinic – for its clinicians to help them be as impactful with their
The Real Purpose of the New Patient Phone Call
2021-07-19
New patients are the lifeblood of any practice, and almost every new patient has their initial live interaction with a member of the practice team
