DENTOLOGY - The Business of Dentistry

Our guest on Dentology this week is George Dandanov, dentist and founder of Smile Wide Ltd, a digital technology design company offering a high-quality and bespoke digital design service to dentists and dental professionals all across the UK and beyond. In this episode George chats to Andy and Chris about his early career, having qualified as a dentist in Ukraine, moving to the UK and why he chose...

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Chris and Andy are joined this week by Imaan Khalid, dentist, BACD Young Membership Committee representative and General Secretary for the West Yorkshire BDA. In this episode, Imaan talks about why she decided to follow a career in dentistry and what it was like finishing dental school in 2020 at the start of the covid pandemic. She talks about her work in both general practice and hospitals, shar...

Our guest this week on Dentology is Shabnam Zai, co-founder of West House Dental, a private squat practice in Middlesex. Shabnam talks to Chris and Andy about her childhood, her time at dental school and the reasons why she decided to study dentistry over everything else. She talks about her early career working as an associate, her experience and the learnings gained along the way and the reasons...

Andy and Chris are joined this week by Gemma Barker, founder and managing director of Barker PR. As many of you will know, Gemma has been bravely documenting her breast cancer treatment and sharing her experiences with us all. In this episode, she talks openly about her experiences, and everything she has had to contend with whilst being a wife, mum, multiple pet owner and business owner! She talk...

Andy and Chris are joined this week by Kaival Patel, dentist and director of the Kana Health Group and Kana Dental Academy. In this episode, Kaival chats to Chris and Andy about his dental career, working as an associate for the first seven years and completing a Masters in dental implants during that time. He goes on to talk about his decision to buy his own practice – the first of many – and how...

Barry Oulton joins us this week on the podcast. Barry is a dentist and leading inspirational business coach/mentor specialising in helping dental professionals bridge the communication gap. Chris and Andy chat to Barry about his early career, what prompted him to study dentistry and look back on his career pathway through to practice ownership.  Barry has worked in both NHS and Private practices a...

This week Andy and Chris are joined by Christian Henrici, founder of Opti Health Consultancy, the largest dental consultancy in Germany. In episode, Christian gives us an insight into his career, how he found himself working with the dental profession and his decision to set up the Opti Health Consultancy some 20 years ago.  He outlines some of the key services the company offers to the German den...

Our guest this week is Dr Victoria Sampson, co-founder and principal at The Health Society in Mayfair, a multi-disciplinary health centre with oral health at its core and the first oral diagnostic centre in the world putting the mouth back in the body.  Victoria chats to Chris and Andy about her inspiration for becoming a dentist and her dental school experience, having obtained her Bachelor in De...

Our guest this week is Nathan Welch, Practice Principal at Y Bont Faen Dental Centre. Nathan chats to Chris and Andy about his career choice, why he settled on a career in dentistry and his time spent studying at Cardiff Dental School. He goes on to talk his work, both private and NHS, and his decision to buy his practice back in 2021. Having been a new practice owner for the past 2 years, Nathan...

Cally Walker, founder and director of Connect my Marketing joins us this week on the podcast.  Cally is also a co-founder and director of Dental Mavericks , a UK based charity taking dentistry to areas where children and adults how no access such as Morocco, Lebanon and Greece. In this episode, Cally talks about her career and marketing work with dental clients located in the USA, Canada and UK an...

Our guest this week is Dr Sam Jethwa, award winning dentist and principal and founder of Bespoke Smile Cosmetic & Implant Clinic in Buckinghamshire. Sam is also Vice President of the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (BACD) and founder of the Bespoke Smile Academy. Sam talks to Andy and Chris about his dental career journey and what inspired him to become a dentist - or more importantly, w...

This week in the Dentology Podcast Andy and Chris discuss the best time to sell and exit your dental practice. They chat about why there’s not one rule that fits all and why, in their opinions, the right time is purely dependent on you and your personal circumstances.    They consider the key factors that you should take into account when you are planning your exit strategy and discuss why it’s im...

Our guest on the podcast this week is Adrian Dray, leading dental GDPR expert in the UK. In this episode, Adrian chats to Chris and Andy about the new world of AI and shares his views on how it is impacting dentistry and our everyday lives. He gives a quick rundown on how AI has developed, how it has exploded onto the scene a few months ago and talks about ChatGPT, what makes it special, why it’s...

Our guest on the podcast this week is Dr Sandeep Sadana (aka Dr Sunny!). In this episode, he talks about his dental career and why he chose dentistry over being a doctor or lawyer. He chats about his time at dental school, shares his top tips, explains more about the struggles he faced when starting out, his highs and lows in business and what changed back in 2018 that made him fall back in love w...

This week we are delighted to be joined by Dr Jason Wong, interim Chief Dental Officer (CDO) at NHS England.  Jason is Dentist and Partner at the Maltings Dental Practice in Grantham and was awarded an MBE for services to dentistry and oral health in 2020. In this episode, Jason talks about his early years in dentistry, his pathway from graduation through to being a partner at the Maltings Dental...

This week we are delighted to welcome Tif Qureshi as our guest.  Tif is Chairman of the IAS Academy, an International faculty that provides mentored education for general dentists on a pathway from appropriate simple to comprehensive orthodontics, International Speaker, and Pioneer of Align Bleach and Bond.  He is also a past president of the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry with a special in...

This week we are joined by Amit Patel, principal at Birmingham Dental Specialists and President of the Association of Dental Implantology. In this episode, Amit chats about his time studying dentistry at the University of Liverpool and his decision to become a specialist periodontist. He reflects on how he started Birmingham Dental Specialists as a squat some 10 years ago now, what drove him to st...

This week we welcome Dr Martina Hodgson, multi-award-winning dentist, practice owner (The Dental Architect and The Dental Studio) and Invisalign Speaker.   She is also the co-founder of Inspiring Women in Dentistry. In this episode Andy and Chris chat to Martina about her life story, background and what prompted her to follow a career in dentistry.  She talks about her journey from being an associ...

This week in the Dentology Podcast Andy and Chris discuss how a change to your business will always have an impact. They look at how changes such as adding a new surgery, offering more high value treatments in-house or increasing your chair occupancy to name just a few could be ways in which you could double your dental practice value!   To hear more from Chris and Andy, have a listen to this epis...

Mark Topley, founder of Purpose Driven Business and UK dental industry leading authority on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy, joins us this week on the podcast. In this episode Mark chats about his early days working as a teacher and how the skills he learnt in teaching have provided invaluable today. He talks about his change of career...

This week we welcome Suzy Rowlands to the podcast.  Suzy is the Executive Administrator for the BACD (aka the engine that powers the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry). In this episode Chris and Andy chat to Suzy about her childhood and why she chose dentistry as a career.  She talks about her time working at the FDI World Dental Federation back in 1995, how she came to live in France for 18 m...

Saba Arif, founder and CEO of Smart Dental Compliance and Training joins us this week as our guest. In this episode Saba talks about her time studying Biomedical Science at university after initially enrolling onto a dental nursing course and reflects on how she found her way into a career in dentistry by way of a Dental Service Manager role at Bupa managing multiple sites and dealing with complia...

The wait is over…. Part 2 of our podcast recording with Miguel Stanley, Founder & Clinical Director at White Clinic, is now available. Just reminder of some of the topics Miguel chatted to Chris and Andy about across the two episodes:  - His early years in dentistry - The success of his career to date - The importance of having a positive mindset - Managing People and creating the right cultur...