FMC in conjunction with The Young Dentist Foundation, presents the first in a NEW series of events, providing you with the tools you need to maximise your career potential. Join various world-class speakers for a high quality, innovative and inspirational day. Find out more...
About the event
The vision of the Young Dentist Foundation is to provide support and guidance to dentists who are in the early stages of their careers. Whether you feel confused, disillusioned, or simply want to ensure you're one step ahead, we're here to alleviate your stress, provide ways for you to increase your knowledge and skills and guide you in your journey through dentistry.
This is a brand new community in which younger dentists can stay in touch and share their experiences and concerns with one another. One tangible facet of this new group will be access to a brand new title, Progressive Dentistry, which will focus in on all the issues pertinent to the next wave of UK dentistry.
The Young Dentist Foundation is delighted to support the first of a series of annual events, providing you with the tools to maximise your career potential. Attend How to succeed in high street dentistry and receive a year’s FREE membership to The Young Dentist Foundation (valued at £75).
The Event Venue
Uniquely situated in the shadow of Big Ben, Westminster Abbey and the London Eye, the award winning Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre is a premier purpose built venue. Offering the finest facilities, the Centre combines modern comfort with the very latest in technology.
Dr Arjun Kachhala is the visionary principal dentist and owner of Kenilworth Dental Practice. He's a talented expert in the field of cosmetic dentistry and is dedicated to providing beautiful, functional, long-lasting dentistry. He holds the postgraduate certificate in Cosmetic and Aesthetic Restorative Dentistry which was awarded following the completion of a postgraduate training course in London in 2008
FMC produce the biggest & most influencial brands in the UK dental media space. We have some of the most respected authors in the profession. As a bonus, all attendees will get a free year's subscription to either Private Dentistry or DH&T magazine.
The After Party
Attending this pre-eminent event at the QEII Conference Centre offers a prime opportunity to expand your knowledge and is a great opportunity to network with like-minded young dentists. You will also receive your graduation certificate, providing you with 8 verifiable CPD hours.
The simple steps to a successful, fulfilled and a profitable career in dentistry
Delegates will be able to learn how to:
Make effective decisions to fulfil your dreams
Become a remarkable leader that creates results and rewards
Learn the exact process and key fundamentals of developing a profitable career in dentistry
Know the key areas of the business of dentistry to focus on
Know the different systems that assist in creating profits
Attract more new patients of the "right type" to your practice
Know the exact process to increase case acceptances
Understand the 5 key steps involved in "Selling with Integrity", so that you can guarantee increased case acceptances for higher fees
Learn to schedule your appointment diary to reduce stress and increase team motivation
Develop entrepreneurial thinking in dentistry
NHS Dentistry - "Would you like fries with that?"
Delegates will be able to understand:
The NHS - basic confines and restrictions
Opportunities within the NHS
Game changers - Sharpen the saw - "Postgraduate education"
The patient journey - team involvement
Ethical selling - Tips / techniques / team involvement (Related to Stephen Covey's - The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People)
Buying and setting up a practice - Counting the pennies will save you the pounds!
Delegates will be able to understand:
Buying versus setting up a practice
Choosing the right target Market and location for your practice to ensure you can price your services right!
How much should you be spending?
Tax planning a practice purchase - limited company or sole trader?
Financial pitfalls of practice life- real life mistakes of what dentists do!
How to build a long term sustainable business creating real value for you and your family!
Your essential guide to dental marketing
Delegates will be able to understand:
Private patients or private clinic
Where successful dental marketing works
Where best to spend your marketing budget
Starting out in private practice
Building your private book
10 top tips to creating and building your brand for the future
How I became a specialist Periodontist (and won young dentist of the year!)
Delegates will be able to learn:
Matt’s story - a brief introduction to his own career pathway (working for the Flying Doctors, NHS and private general practice, specialist training, specialist practice and starting his own referral centre).
Keeping your options open - to discuss the options available to dentists in the first few years after qualification, in order to keep you attractive to potential employers and universities.
Increasing your skill base - ideas and options for further study in dentistry including specialist training, post graduate MSc programmes and private courses.
Starting your own practice at a younger age - the pros and cons of practice ownership.
How to use social media and online marketing in a dental practice
Delegates will be able to understand:
Why is Social Media so powerful?
How to monitor who is saying what about you and your practice
How to attract patients to the practice using social media
How to set up a Facebook and Twitter
What to say on Social Media
Who to say it to and when to say it
'Finding your root' - The Postgraduate Path... Where does it end?
Delegates will be able to understand:
Opportunities available for postgraduate Education
Development of a Personal Development Plan
Structuring a Career Pathway
How to tailor postgraduate training to personal interests
Financial planning for postgraduate Education
James' personal journey so far and where he hopes to go from here
Arjun Kachhala
Join the Young dentist Foundation on 20/4/12 (for the young and the young at heart) if you want to maximise the potential in your career. Don't settle for mediocrity; find out what the experts in YOUR industry are saying about how to achieve success in High Street Dentistry. MISS IT... REGRET IT!
Arjun Kachhala is Chairman of the Young Dentist Foundation. He was born and brought up in Coventry and then graduated from the University of Manchester in 2002. He began as an associate dentist at a mixed practice in Coventry, before moving onto a private practice in 2006 in Leicester. In 2008, he bought Kenilworth Dental Practice, a mixed practice in leafy suburban Warwickshire. Since then, the pursuit of excellence in all areas of dentistry has been his passion. Arjun particularly enjoys guiding, mentoring motivating and teaching colleagues and friends within the industry and within business as a whole. Arjun believes that everybody has massive potential and 'unlocking this should be your only focus-be the best you can at whatever you do!'
Arjun is married, enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter aged 4 and apparently he is a keen amateur 'singer' too (but PLEASE don't ask him to sing).
Early in his career, Arjun developed an interest in restorative dentistry, particularly aesthetic, and became a full member of BACD in 2009. Arjun has also been featured many times in the national dental press. He is on the editorial board of 'Premium Practice Dentistry' magazine and was amongst the shortlist for Best Young Dentist 2011. 'I owe everything to the three people that have helped me the most in my life and career so far, 'says Arjun. 'Without the help of my personal mentors Drs. Rahul and Bhavna Doshi (dentist on Extreme Makeover UK,) I would be having a different career altogether, can't say enough about them.' Arjun also cites his father (an entreprenuer) as a massive inspiration.
Rahul Doshi
Dr Rahul Doshi BDS (Lond.) LDSRCS (Eng.) and Dr Bhavna Doshi BDS (Lond.) are Partners at The Perfect Smile Studios. They are partners of the Advanced Training Institute at The Perfect Smile Studios, and offer Advanced Training Programmes for dentists and are Dental Business Consultants and Partners at Dental Wealth Builder, where they are dedicated to rapidly growing dental practice profits.
They are inspirational, passionate and life changing speakers, have unrivalled enthusiasm for their profession and are amongst the premier cosmetic dentists in the UK offering a high level of dental care. They are driven continually to extend the boundaries of their knowledge. They have lectured nationally and internationally on Cosmetic Dentistry, Occlusion, Leadership, Team Building, Marketing and Practice Management. They have lectured in USA, Dubai, Italy, India, Germany, Sweden.
Bhavna Doshi
Dr Rahul Doshi BDS (Lond.) LDSRCS (Eng.) and Dr Bhavna Doshi BDS (Lond.) are Partners at The Perfect Smile Studios. They are partners of the Advanced Training Institute at The Perfect Smile Studios, and offer Advanced Training Programmes for dentists and are Dental Business Consultants and Partners at Dental Wealth Builder, where they are dedicated to rapidly growing dental practice profits.
They are inspirational, passionate and life changing speakers, have unrivalled enthusiasm for their profession and are amongst the premier cosmetic dentists in the UK offering a high level of dental care. They are driven continually to extend the boundaries of their knowledge. They have lectured nationally and internationally on Cosmetic Dentistry, Occlusion, Leadership, Team Building, Marketing and Practice Management. They have lectured in USA, Dubai, Italy, India, Germany, Sweden.
Anoup Nandra
Anoup is joint principal at Edgbaston Dental Centre where he continues to drive the surgery forward with his unique vision. Deeply committed to continuing education, he constantly enhances his knowledge by participating in postgraduate courses and training all over the world.
Anoup has been a clinical lecturer at the University of Birmingham and has had successful years as a vocational trainer. In 2008, Anoup was approved as a mentor for the Association of Dental Implantology (ADI) allowing him to help and tutor dentists requesting advice and support in the field of implantology. He is also an approved mentor for SAAD in the field of sedation dentistry. Anoup now limits his dentistry to implant based treatment and restorative dentistry.
Arun Mehra
Arun is an expert in helping dentists building better businesses. Just seven years in the industry, he is the proud owner and Managing Director of Samera Ltd, the leading Dental Chartered Accountants and Tax Advisors which advises hundreds of dentists all across the UK, on a whole range of business issues.
In addition, as a co-owner of the private The Neem Tree Dental Group, which has 3 branches based in London and Surrey, he is an excellent position to advise and help dentists on all their business needs.
Adam Hampson
Adam runs Hampson & Partners, referred to as H&P - a multi-disciplinary creative design agency based in Nottingham which specialises in brand design, print design and websites. Informed by Adam’s rich and varied career in commercial design, H&P Design is fast becoming the agency of choice for medical and healthcare professionals, as well as dental, facial aesthetic and skin clinics seeking the design, branding and marketing expertise necessary to excel in a crowded marketplace.
Matt Perkins
Matthew qualified from Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Dental Institute in 2002 with prizes in periodontology and preventive dentistry. After VT and an SHO post in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, he worked for the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. After his return, he completed his membership of the Faculty of Dentistry at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
He then undertook and completed specialist training in periodontology at King’s College, London. He completed his MSc and MClinDent at the University of London, and his Membership in Restorative Dentistry at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He was entered on to the specialist list in periodontics in 2010.
Mark Oborn
Mark spent over 20 years as a dental technician working exculsively within the high quality sector of the private market, after 7 years of running his own laboratory he undertook a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) majoring in marketing, innovation and creativity. He now works with a select handful of UK dental practices attracting new patients via online marketing, website conversions and social media marketing.
Mark uniquely blends his indepth knowledge of dentistry, practical business skills and formal business background in to a fun, yet empirically grounded blend of dentistry and business.
James Pritchard
James is a nationally renowned teacher in both Endodontics and Restorative Dentistry, delivering hands on courses and lectures throughout the UK. His most recent appointments are as Associate Clinical Teacher and Clinical Supervisor in Endodontics on the Masters Programme at Warwick University. James has also demonstrated the latest advances in dental technology for Schottlander at the Dental Showcases since 2004.
James gained his Masters Degree (MSc) in Restorative Dentistry with distinction from the Eastman Dental Hospital and also holds BDS; LDSRCS; MFGDP; DRDP qualifications, and in Nov 2011 was awarded his Fellowship from The International Academy of Dental Facial Esthetics in New York
FMC in conjunction with The Young Dentist Foundation, presents the first in a NEW series of events, providing you with the tools you need to maximise your career potential. Join various world-class speakers for a high quality, innovative and inspirational day. Find out more...
Uniquely situated in the shadow of Big Ben, Westminster Abbey and the London Eye, the award winning Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre is a premier purpose built venue. Offering the finest facilities, the Centre combines modern comfort with the very latest in technology.
FMC produce the biggest & most influencial brands in the UK dental media space. We have some of the most respected authors in the profession. As a bonus, all attendees will get a free year's subscription to either Private Dentistry or DH&T magazine.
Attending this pre-eminent event at the QEII Conference Centre offers a prime opportunity to expand your knowledge and is a great opportunity to network with like-minded young dentists. You will also receive your graduation certificate, providing you with 8 verifiable CPD hours.
