The Educational Supervisors: Minesh Patel has been an Educational Supervisor since 1996. Minesh has a MSc in Restorative and a MSc in Implantology. Jayna Patel has been an Educational Supervisor since 2023 although she has helped the FDs for 2 years.Jayna has started a MSc in Restorative.
With all FDs, we operate an open doors policy and we encourage our FD to come to us for advice and help. We actively encourage interests in other areas of dentistry that will broaden your experiences. We harbour a real ethos of postgraduate education
Many of the associates had completed a MSc in Restorative dentistry and the others are on MSc Restorative programmes.
Our group also has an Oral Surgeon. He accepts referrals from other practices .He would be happy for the FDs to assist in his day lists. We hold regular post graduate tutorials with one of the dentists explaining a new technique or a summary of a course that they may have been on.
We are able to offer the latest in dental materials including Gradia with over 35 shades and tints including pink gum composite for the demanding cases. You will be able to assist regularly in advanced surgical cases including sinus grafts and block grafting.
Orthodontics is another area which we wish to develop the FD and you will be able to gain experience in Invisalign,Six Months Smile and Inman aligners. We practice intra-venous sedation with trained sedation nurses and you would be taught this too.We take on complex treatment planning cases and the FD will be encouraged to assit and taught the basic of this type of planning
We also wish to encourage a business acumen in the FD. In the later part of the year we set a small project to create a business plan for a new business.
We attract many complex treatment planning cases including smile reconstructions and wear cases. Our FDs will be able to assit in these. We also teach injection moulding smile techniques.
The Practice: Both practice have 6 surgeries which are modern with oral scanners and CBCT machines .The FD surgery is a good size.There is a good amount support from the dental nurses.
We are very experienced team with lots of enthusiasm, motivation and a sympathetic, caring a attitude. We are very keen in developing newly qualified graduates into people who can survive in general practice and enjoy it at the same time. We wish to share all our knowledge and experience with the new FD and in return gain a new friend and colleague.
We have been shortlisted in the previous years for the Best Support Team in the UK Dental Awards.
We have immense experience in sedation, implantology, crown and bridgework, cosmetic dentistry and endodontics. Other colleagues interests are periodontology, hypnosis, prosthetics and paediatric dentistry and would encourage the FD to learn by assisting us in all our cases.
We openly encourage positive criticism about the practice to enhance the smooth running.This we feel will bring a feeling of belonging to the team.
The Area: Bedford is a lovely town with a river and beautiful surrounding countryside. The practice is situated outside the main town and very easy links to the A1 and M1.The scheme day is also in the town centre.Bedford station has a direct link to London.
The practice in Watford is located in a residential area and is a busy practice.Its is a 15 min walk to Watford Junction station,and is located near M1 and M25.
We serve a wide range of patient groups and have stable and loyal base of patients yet attract many new patients. We have a year filled with structured tutorials that we have planned. The tutorials are conducted in various formats including one to one teaching, hands on practicals, didactic and problem based learning.
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