The Eastman Dental Podcast

Robert Leigh initially trained as a Dental Nurse, which was his first steps into the world of dentistry. He then joined the Eastman Dental Hospital at UCLH and completed his training to become a Dental Hygienist. Robert took on many leadership roles throughout his training and is currently studying for a BSc in Management and Leadership in Health and Social Care. He also completed a Postgraduate D...

This week Julia and Josh are jumping into the world of dental technology with Andrea Johnson. Andrea is a dental technician who creates and manufactures intra-oral appliances and dental prosthetics. In this episode, she discusses her roles in managing laboratory services and as a career ambassador, helping young people learn more about the various roles that are available within dentistry. Andrea...

On The Eastman Dental Podcast this week, Julia and Josh are joined by Shravan Tewary. Shravan completed his BDS in India and returned to the UK after graduating. Now as a GDP, Shravan shares his experiences during his undergraduate years and the pros and cons of studying abroad. He discusses his journey back to the UK, registering on the GDC and all the exams involved in the transfer. For more inf...

This week’s guest is Jane Cooney. Jane is a dental nurse who has accomplished numerous achievements throughout her career. She joins Josh and Julia to talk about her various roles throughout the years including both clinical and non-clinical roles. Jane discusses leading the Dementia Friendly Dentistry and Healthy Living Dentistry programmes, supporting dental practices and training staff to becom...

Ruth Brock joins Josh and Julia on this week’s episode. As the CEO of the Hygiene Bank, Ruth works to tackle hygiene poverty in the UK. She discusses the effects of dental hygiene poverty and oral health inequalities and shares the inspirational story behind the start of the Hygiene Bank. She shares the importance of charities like the Hygiene Bank to provide better futures for those struggling wi...

On this weeks episode of the Eastman Dental Podcast, Josh and Julia are joined by Mo Hamed to delve into facial aesthetics. Mo, also known as Dr. Motox, shares his journey through dental school and his DCT years and discusses how he developed himself into the celebrity dentist he is now. Mo talks about how developed his facial aesthetic clinic and grew his brand, through training, social media, an...

This week Julia and Josh are joined by Senior Dento Legal Advisor Jane Merivale. Jane initially qualified as a dentist and practised as a GDP for twenty years before making a jump into the legal world. Jane studied for her law degree and now works for Dental Indemnity organisations helping dentists deal with complaints, regulatory issues and clinical negligence claims. During this episode, Jane sh...

This week Julia and Josh are joined by Amy O’Brien to discuss practise management. Amy started her career in dentistry as a receptionist and is now the practice manager at Gipsy Lane Advanced Dental Care. Amy is also a dental hygienist, and she shares her career journey from qualifying as a dental nurse to completing her diploma in dental hygiene. She discusses the importance in combining both her...

On The Eastman Dental Podcast this week, Jocelyn (Joss) Harding joins Julia and Josh for the first episode of Series 3.Joss started her dental career in the Royal Navy at the age of 19, where she completed training and qualified as a dental hygienist. In her 9-year career, Joss served in the UK and abroad, supporting general dentists and specialists. Joss is now a clinical ambassador for the Mouth...

Rachel started her career as a Dental Nurse before becoming a practice manager and then deciding to re-train as a Dental Therapist. Over the last 25 years she estimates that she has worked at close to 30 locations across various part time roles in both community and dental practice. From locum positions in tiny surgeries with only 3 blunt instruments, to luxury practices with the best equipment yo...

This week’s guest is Mark Price. Mark’s career in dentistry started young, with him pursuing an apprenticeship as a Dental Technician after spending many hours in a dental lab after school. From these early days his career progressed to him developing his own dental lab before deciding to take the plunge into clinical dentistry and undergo further training to become a Clinical Dental Technician. H...

Andrew Noon initially trained as a Dental Technician, working at Guy's Dental Hospital producing orthodontic appliances for 15 years. Following the birth of his son, he decided it was finally time to become patient facing and pivoted back into education to retrain as an Orthodontic Therapist. Since then, he hasn’t looked back and now works in multiple specialist orthodontic practices whilst also c...

Jennie Scrace has undertaken several different roles. After initially pursuing training in Dental Nursing and then on going to become a Dental Hygienist, she then turned her career direction 180 to become a small business owner. After finding the hours long and realising she missed the connection with her patients, Jennie retrained to become a life coach. This week she joins Julia and Josh to talk...

On The Eastman Dental Podcast this week, Julia and Josh are joined by Danka Kucharczyk. After graduating as a Dental Hygienist, Danka was fortunate to work in a practice that embraced alternative treatment modalities and was sent abroad to learn about all thing’s lasers. Since then, she has completed a Fellowship in Laser Dentistry and studied for her Biological Dental Hygiene Certification. She t...

This week’s guest is Steve Campbell. Steve has worked as a dental technician for over 25 years providing all aspects of restorative dentistry with a particular focus on implants. His passion for dental technology has evolved over time and he opened and began to run his fully digital dental laboratory in 2015. In addition to his business, Steve is an executive committee member for the British Acade...

Anna Middleton joins the podcast this week to discuss her career to date. Anna is a dental therapist working in private practice whilst concurrently acting as a key opinion leader for multiple dental companies. You may know her as the ‘London Hygienist’ which is her popular Instagram handle. She has undertaken a range of different roles within the dental world and has a keen interest in empowering...

This week Julia and Josh are joined by Fiona Ellwood. Fiona is a dental nurse by profession and has had an amazing and inspiring career to date. She has held high positions in numerous dental societies, is an international speaker as well as a prolific writer and editor for the Dental Nursing Journal and BDJ teams. She has been involved in a variety of education projects both as a student herself...

This week Julia and Josh are joined by Dental Therapist, and Dental Therapy Tutor, Ben Tighe. Ben initially studied hygiene and therapy in Newcastle before earning an enhanced degree status for his existing Diploma. Since then, he has developed a keen interest in education, undertaking a MA in Education, becoming assessment lead for the hygiene and therapy programme at The Eastman whilst concurren...

This week Julia and Josh are joined by Juliette Reeves to talk all things nutrition. Juliette works as a Dental Hygienist across multiple dental practices and has been involved in several dental societies and associations including being a Trustee for The Dental Health Foundation. She has a keen interest in nutrition and the relevance of this in the context of oral health and it was a pleasure to...

Emma Riley joins Julia and Josh on The Eastman Dental Podcast this week. Emma started her career as a dental nurse with Ellis Paul who was the godfather of good dental posture and four handed dentistry. From there she undertook roles in both periodontal specialist practices and dental hospital, becoming the only Macmillan oral health practitioner in the country. She is the chairperson for the Soci...

This week we are joined by Navdeep Kumar who is the current Divisional Clinical Director and Ulpee Darbar who is the current Director of Dental Education at the Eastman. They each share their inspirational career journeys and give insight to listeners on how to undertake management roles. They explore the satisfaction of making change, their ups and downs and discuss not only the importance of mot...

This week we are joined by Zahra Hussain, Consultant in Restorative Dentistry, and Hana Cho, a Consultant in Special Care Dentistry. They explore the role of a consultant and how it varies from that of a specialist, as well as the challenge in balancing their roles as leaders. They inspire and motivate listeners to consider doing the same by highlighting the steps you would need to consider. FOLLO...

This week we are joined by Julia Brewin, tutor Hygienist and Sarah Balian, Programme Lead for Hygiene and Therapy. They discuss the varied journeys they have both followed and what has inspired them to do what they are doing today. They talk openly about why they have taken the roles they have, sharing their wins and what keeps them going. FOLLOW Facebook: m.facebook.com/edhecadde/ Instagram: inst...

We are joined by Rosie Jane and Marco Orlandi both of whom have academic training positions. They each give us insight into the elusive world of academia discussing what it means to them, why they went into these roles and why they want to inspire others to do the same. They demystify the clouds around academic acronyms, share the different training pathways and discuss the buzz they get from rese...

In this third and final episode on post-graduate training opportunities, we are joined by Nick Jackson, a Specialty Registrar in Restorative Dentistry at the Eastman whilst serving as a dentist for the Royal Airforce, and Amy Patrick, a recently appointed Consultant in Oral Surgery in Gloucester. We explore the varying journeys they have followed and openly discuss the challenges and rewards of sp...