Catalyst days - Time to meet the team that will change your practice

So here it is, the first peek at 3 of the 6 strong team that will be your Catalysts for change should you chose to join us for an honest, unpretentious, mentoring day.        

“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” Charles Darwin

For more information - http://www.mharicoxon.com/catalyst.html

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Krishan Joshi aka The Master

Krishan Joshi was recently voted #4 in the Dentistry Top 50. He is the Internet Marketing Director at Dental Focus Web Design with over 10 years experience in dental web marketing, creating over 350 dental websites with thousands of Google Page 1 rankings. Learn how to attract new patients to your dental practice with Google, Videos, Email Marketing and Facebook. Get empowered.

Mhari Coxon - aka The Inspirer

#15 in Dentistry top 50. A superb natural communicator and motivator, Mhari keeps teams moving in one direction, using clear goals and targets to complete each phase of development. From Chairing the London BSDHT for 3 years, and working as an MD; Mhari excels at motivating and co-ordinating a team and utilising skills, decentralising leadership and developing self efficacy in members.Throughout her career Mhari has developed hygiene protocols and plans in practices which have continued to be used with great success. Since scope of practice in 2006, she has developed a team package for use in practice which is rewarding to the staff and financially rewarding to the practice. 

Paul Howe, - aka - The Sales Dragon

Providing unrivalled sales and service training that is customer focused and uses modern day techniques, not only without compromising your brand integrity, but actually adding to it.

Having worked all over the World with companies such as Marriott, Audi, VW, LloydsTSB and Bourne Leisure, amongst others, why not discover the secrets to successful selling with sustainable results

The next three dental superheroes will be revealed to you next week. We are here to empower and inspire you.

Keep on keeping on

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Mhari

Catalyst for change - closing one door and opening another

This has been a week for wrapping things up, closing some doors and opening others. 

I had my fantastic new crowns fitted, courtesy of Lance Kruger, a maxillary facial surgeon who is such a kind perfectionist and did my preps as a huge favour, and the talented Simon Newbold from Creative dental laboratory @w1. It has allowed me to appreciate just how good we make our patients feel when we help them to get their smile back or better. I have been grinning like a fool all week. The quality of work has really blown me away and exceeded any expectations I had.

I also wrapped up a great practice consultancy where we have improved the patient journey, developed confidence and profitable skills in the team, and increased revenue. The next phase is developing the leadership skills with a willing and visionary principle after summer.

My final wrap up is me leaving The Fresh Breath Centre after 6 and a half years as the main hygienist. I am cutting down my clinical time and increasing my non clinical work. It feels like the right thing at the right time. It was impossible to cut down there as patients were so familiar with me they didn't want to see anyone else. My replacement is lovely and should thrive there.

And so another chapter begins. I will be joining a colleague from an old practice in his new venture and can't wait to help him develop.

There are lots of new things happening too. Working in partnership with CPDforDCPs and Philips I have two practice development days planned for this year. They will see my vision become reality in creating a 'try before you buy' opportunity to have experienced advisors on hand to inspire, support and aid development of you, your practice and your team. The sessions will be very relaxed and supportive, with casual wear the order of the day as there are some fun bits that are best done out of suits. The places are limited as we need small numbers for it to work. For booking details visit www.mharicoxon.com Until August 19 if a principle books, they can bring one team member for free.

There is also a great taster day for dental nurses to develop their skills planned for October. It will include impression taking, fluoride application and interviewing skills. For booking details visit http://www.cpdfordcp.co.uk/teamexpansion.html 

And there are a few things that will see more doors opening which I should be able to share with you by September.

August is my break month and I am looking forward to some quality family time. Hope you have a lovely summer.

Keep on keeping on.

I'll name that bacteria in.......

So, this week was a busy mix of clinic with some very interesting meetings thrown in. I have a few bits of good information I want to share but can't yet. All of it is newsworthy so will let those cats out of their bags as soon as I can.


I have started a product review section for Preventative Dentistry and am really excited by it. I have trialled lots of products for people previously and provided feedback to the companies; often the products are prototypes. This feedback was never disclosed before. The difference here is that my findings will be published and the products will be sale ready. I have always told every company the same thing at the start. I will be honest and if it is good will say so happily. Equally, if I do find problems then I will report them also. My patients are so used to it now they are disappointed if I don't have something new to try out on them at their recall sessions. Preventative Dentistry is going from strength to strength just now and is one to watch.


The big dental news for me this week is that Kings have been awarded an enormous grant to take on the equivalently large task of making a comprehensive list of oral bacterium. They are going to sort out the 1,000 odd species and hopefully be able to understand more about why a healthy biofilm can become aggressive, who the aggressors are, and what can be done to prevent their domination. I know, I know for the most part what we do now works. But for around 5%-15% of the population who will lose the battle with them despite best efforts, this piece of research could be the change we are waiting for to give us the upper hand. I would love them to run a competition to name one of the new found species. It would be a toss up between Bob or leaving a lasting impression and going for Mhari as the ultimate reminder of my geeky obsession with oral bacteria! I am genuinely so interested in the development of biofilm I would be willing to volunteer on this one for free, and if I could, get a visit to look at how it develops. Bacteria heaven!


Finally, we were told that females who have gingivitis or periodontal disease could find it harder to conceive. We are also told that kissing is good for the oral health as it produces more saliva and makes a good ph balance in the mouth. So it seems we all need to floss more and snog more for the sake of our oral health.


Keep on keeping on


Mhari

Wimbledon with Philips

Last Tuesday, for one day only, I was a bona fide lady what lunches. Philips were kind enough to invite myself and others from the dental world to enjoy the day at their corporate box at Wimbledon. It was a wonderful day, and of course the champagne, fantastic food, great tennis and lots and lots of polite, handsome young men in uniform were nice (really nice), but the most enjoyable thing was the good company it offered.


I had lunch with Ed Lynch and Ian Peace among others and am constantly impressed by how unassuming these leaders in their fields are. I still get a little star struck at Prof Lynch but he is such a charming, approachable man. There was no boasting, gossiping, back biting or talking over people, just a genuine joy at sharing information and having great discussion and debate; dental and non dental. They are going to be touring together with Philips bringing what I believe will be a "one not to miss" one day course for GDPs and Hygienists.


The day long meetings will include the following subjects:

- Top tips for quality clinical dentistry

- Faster, easier and better dentistry

- Minimally invasive dentistry for the 21st Century

- How to include prevention as part of every consultation 

- Patient motivation

- Profitable prevention

- Interdental cleaning using technology in practice 
More information can be found at http://www.dentinaltubules.com/courses/view/192 


I have also been trialling a caries detection machine for fissures and pits. This is a great machine and I will be reviewing it fully for Preventative Dentistry in the first of my series of product tests for hygienists. CariesScan Pro is well thought out and my patients are really interested in having this as part of their routine hygiene assessment and review. For more information visit www.cariescan.com More information to follow. 


And  finally, on a totally non dental subject. My lovely sister turned 40 yesterday so I took her out to Windsor for Brunch and a day of pampering. I treated her with a new cut and colour, nails and eyebrows. A lot of champagne and cocktails and some amazing cakes from http://www.candycakes.com/ where the lovely man flirted outrageously with my sister too and made her day! I guess what I am saying is that at two out of seven days like this this week; maybe I am a lunching lady in the making.


Keep on keeping on


Mhari