Practice News
Monday 9th January 2012
Monday 3rd October 2011
Treatment Coordinators
Treatment Coordinating is a new way to offer potential clients an experience which is new to dentistry.
The role of a Treatment Coordinator (TCO) is rapidly growing within UK dental practices.. Every type of practice in the UK can now take advantage of having a productive Treatment Coordinator not only in private practice, but in mixed and NHS practices too.
So what is a Treatment Coordinator?
A Treatment Coordinator is someone in your practice who, with the right skills and training, will facilitate the new patient, by giving them a complete new experience than the ‘dentist appointment’ A Treatment Coordinator is a friendly face to the practice that looks at the patients wants and needs with out giving the clinical verdict! The TC promotes and sells the practice and its services by revealing their true value to prospective patients, frees up dentist’s time, increases case acceptance ratios and increases practice profits.
Consider the time spent by the dentist with the New Patients and think how much of that time is nondiagnostic?
A Treatment Coordinator can often reduce up to 60% of doctor/patient time; you work out the maths! And rather than this being a barrier to patients – which is indeed what many dentist’s think – in my experience patients actually feel much more at ease with the Treatment Coordinator and open up more and therefore better informed.
At Smile Stylist Dental and New Street Dental our two treatment coordinators are Rachel Teeling & Sharon Kaur. Both have a dental nursing background which is not nessacary but does help! Both have taken training under Laura Horton consulting, who is always on hand to help if needed.
If you are thinking of indroducing this is your practice then take a look at her fantastic website www.laurahortonconsulting.co.uk
If you are a potential patient then please feel free to call any two of the practices for more information about consultations with treatment coordinators.
Thursday 1st September 2011
Sheila Glaze -Facial Aesthetics
One of the first dentists in the UK to train in Harley Street to undertake facial aesthetic treatments using dermal fillers and Botox.
Sheila has carried out many hundreds of these treatments and developed her skills to include the use of facial peels and Sculptra.Sheila continually undergoes further post graduate training to expand and update her abilities in order to offer patients the best choice and optimum results both in cosmetic dentistry and facial treatments. Always works with patients to develop a natural, well balanced result whether the aim is an aesthetically pleasing smile or beautiful facial contours.
What can Facial Aesthetics do?
Every time we laugh, smile or frown wrinkles are created by the contractions in our facial muscles. Over time these contractions leave us with what we know as frown lines, Crow’s feet and laughter lines. Wrinkle elimination works by blocking impulses from the nerves to our tiny facial muscles, temporarily relaxing them so that they don’t contract, thereby soften the appearance of these lines.
If Facial Aesthetics is something that you would consider follow the link. http://www.smilestylist.co.uk/cosmetic-dentistry-birmingham/practice-news/facial-aesthet…-age-overnight/
Monday 29th August 2011
Amit Patel BDS MSc MClinDent MFDS RCSEd MRD RCSEng
Specialist in Periodontics & Implant Dentist
Amit is a Specialist in Periodontics practising at New Street Dental and Smile Stylist. His special interests are dental implants, regenerative and aesthetic periodontics.
Amit graduated from the University of Liverpool and completed a 4 year specialist training programme in Periodontics at Guys, Kings & St Thomas Dental institute. Amit is also an Associate Specialist in Periodontics and a honorary Clinical Lecturer at the university of Birmingham Dental School. He has taught at undergraduate and postgraduate level, including lecturing to dental practitioners both in the UK and internationally.
What can Dental Implants do?
Replace one or more teeth without affecting bordering teeth. Dental implants offer a permanent solution for your missing teeth. Dental implants are ideal for people in good general oral health who have lost a tooth or teeth due periodontical disease, or injury.
To read more about how a implant could benefit you follow the link. http://www.smilestylist.co.uk/cosmetic-dentistry-birmingham/cosmetic-dentistry/dental-implants/
Monday 22nd August 2011
Unhappy with your smile?
Restorative dentistry is an umbrella term for the treatment and diagnosis of conditions relating to the teeth and any structures that support them. Restorative treatment is commonly used to repair damaged or missing teeth. This field also includes the treatment of damaged oral tissue or bone structure. Restorative procedures can be instrumental to increasing the aesthetic appeal of a person’s smile and can have several benefits for general oral health; untreated tooth decay can cause infection to spread to other teeth or parts of the mouth. Missing and damaged teeth can also lead to malocclusion which has implications for the actions of eating and talking.
As we all no a nice healthy smile is confidence. For ourselves and people we meet. Today’s modern dental technology is capable of creating a natural healthy smile which can be even better than the smile nature provided us. In the hands of an experienced cosmetic dentist, the smile you always dreamed you wanted can be a reality!
Here at Smile Stylist Dental, Dr Kumar believes that each one of us has the right to achieve the level of oral health we desire to reach. It is up to the doctor to set realistic goals to accomplishing this, every smile is individual, I believe it is necessary to work with you, the patient, to review your own goals for your smile and provide all the options.
Read what our patients say…
Dr Kumar and his team WOW! What a team, Very friendly, professional and polite. The best! From having 3 teeth at the top to 10 teeth and no plate is the best feeling I could have. My confidence has improved tremendously. The results are there for all to see, check out my photos ‘I’m well chuffed’ – K Hepherd
Friday 24th June 2011
Continuing from last week, meet two more members of the Smile Stylist Team!
Name: Doctor Dharmesh Mistry
Job title and job description: Associate Dentist – general dentistry and a special interest in cosmetic dentistry.
Hobbies, favourite films/tv/music, sports played/watched: Watching sport, favourite films are Hangover, Transformers, Godfather. Favourite football team Leeds United (for my sins).
Pets: No pets.
Children: No Children.
Marriage: Soon to leave bachelorhood getting married in spring 2112 so planning ready for this.
Holidays: Fortunate enough to have travelled the world. China being my favourite.
Personal goals for 2011: Make Birmingham Smile!
Name: Sharon Kaur.
Job title and job description: Dental Nurse / Treatment Coordinator – Nursing for cosmetic and general dentistry. Treatment coordinator – Overseeing patient’s journey explaining and demonstrating all aspects of dentistry.
Hobbies, favourite films/tv/music, sports played/watched: Socializing going to the gym. Enjoy cooking. Likes R’n'B and bhangra music.
Holidays: Planning to book.
Personal goals for 2011:To complete my Invisalign treatment and to travel more.
Monday 13th June 2011
Meet Two of our Team Members at Smile Stylist Birmingham!
Name: Rachel Teeling
Job title and job description: Nursing for general and cosmetic dentistry, Invisalign coordinator, stock order and general running of surgery.
Hobbies, favourite films/tv/music, sports played/watched: Loves cooking shopping and socializing, regularly attends the gym.
Pets: No pets.
Children: No children.
Marriage: Living with boyfriend.
Holidays: Planning to book one very soon!
Personal goals for 2011: Currently studying towards PTLLS qualification for teaching. Looking for this to be completed this summer.
Name: Leanne Jones.
Job title and job description: Reception/Admin – customer service, booking appointments, taking calls, answering emails, marketing, social media, managing dentist diary.
Hobbies, favourite films/TV/music, sports played/watched: Socializing, shopping, favourite type of music is R’nB, favourite film is Fast and Furious. Love Desperate Housewives and The Only Way is Essex.
Pets: Miniature Jack Russell called Daisy but had to leave her with my mom when I moved out 
Children: No Children.
Marriage: Just left the nest, now live with my boyfriend.
Holidays: Dominican Republic – well deserved!
Personal goals for 2011: To once again attempt to become healthier, something I find incredibly hard!