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Why don’t dentists network?
Friday and Saturday I’ll be attending my second major dental conference and exhibition of the year – The British Dental Association at...

Chris Barrow
May 27, 20163 min read


Hype, Hope and Disillusionment
My conversation yesterday morning with Karl O’Higgins at Planmeca was predictably inspirational and the plans we have to educate and...

Chris Barrow
May 26, 20164 min read


The last supper
Last night I enjoyed my third (in as many months) delightful supper discussing the opportunity for a Private Equity investor looking at...

Chris Barrow
May 12, 20163 min read


The Dentistry Show
For the next 2 days: an opportunity to monitor the pulse of the business of dentistry speaking each day in the Practice Plan Theatre,...

Chris Barrow
Apr 22, 20161 min read


Hope
Daily we read bad press about dentistry and listen to tales of regulatory woe. Yesterday I attended a complimentary face to face meeting...

Chris Barrow
Jan 21, 20162 min read


The Ma and Pa dental practice
Any successful trainer, consultant or coach will tell you that care is required in accepting invitations for social dinners with former,...

Chris Barrow
Jan 14, 20163 min read


The Dentist’s Wish List for 2016
Why not have some fun with this and add your own suggestions? The Boomer Dentist (age over 55) The GenX Dentist (age 40-55) The...

Chris Barrow
Dec 23, 20151 min read


The Usual Suspects
Visiting the BACD conference on Saturday was the equivalent of an alumni meeting – the usual suspects were in attendance. Which had me...

Chris Barrow
Nov 16, 20151 min read


The Showcase
A week today the BDIA annual trade show will open at the NEC and, as usual, I’ll be there ready for 3 solid days of networking. Back in...

Chris Barrow
Oct 15, 20152 min read


The car wash
Back in the 1980’s I was the pension advisor for a client who owned and ran a petrol station in Blackpool. As we inspected his accounts...

Chris Barrow
Oct 2, 20152 min read


Feedback can be a double-edged sword
Interesting to get two separate perspectives on the work you do. This morning I receive an email from a client: “I have asked over the ...

Chris Barrow
Jul 8, 20103 min read


urgent speaker request – London
Hi Chris, I hope you are well. I was wondering if you can help me? The company I am working for is holding a Core CPD course next Friday...

Chris Barrow
Jul 8, 20101 min read


The end of Bling
1, 2, 3, 4,… … .. ………I detect a price war. This post began after a conversation about Invisalign. Three years ago you heard about it now...

Chris Barrow
Jul 1, 20102 min read


Lets help Dentinal Tubules to get to 2000 members
Dentinal Tubules 24 May at 08:51 Reply For all friends who have supported us by joining our site at www.dentinaltubules.com, we are very...

Chris Barrow
May 24, 20101 min read


GDP-UK Friday morning
OK team – good feedback. I just got mightily irritated yesterday afternoon. What with? GDP-UK forum members, many of whom I have never...

Chris Barrow
May 21, 20103 min read


Why all of this “taking sides”?
There seems to be a conversation “out there” that private dentistry is somehow in opposition to NHS dentistry. That corporates are in...

Chris Barrow
May 20, 20101 min read


Smilepod
I’ll bet that you are going to get as tired of me mentioning Smilepod as you are of me mentioning my Liverpudlian friends. But the fact...

Chris Barrow
May 18, 20101 min read


Smilepod are competition winners
On the day that The Guardian features cosmetic dentistry as a supplement, its interesting to read that the folks at Smilepod are...

Chris Barrow
May 17, 20101 min read


Guardian special on Dentistry – next Monday
In light of the National Smile Month in the UK in May and the increasing dental issues in the UK, Mediaplanet are creating a focused...

Chris Barrow
May 13, 20101 min read


Politics or dentistry?
Rather grumpy baby-boomer decides to quit after years of supervised neglect. Fresh-faced new boy, full of hope and vision, arrives to...

Chris Barrow
May 12, 20102 min read
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