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How to become a dentist in the UK as an overseas graduate
A plain guide to the Overseas Registration Examination route, what it asks of you, and why steady, early decisions matter.
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Practical guides and expert articles for overseas dentists, practice investors, dental companies and academies. From UK registration, visas and opening a practice to entering the UK market and cadaveric training.
For international dentists
UK registration and working in the UK
The ORE, documents, visas and the steps overseas dentists take to practise in Britain.
For dentists
UK ENIC Statement of Comparability: what it is and why the GDC asks for it
What a UK ENIC Statement of Comparability shows, why the GDC asks for it with your ORE application, and how to order it without losing time.
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Self-sponsorship for dentists in the UK: what it is and who it suits
What "self-sponsorship" means for an overseas dentist, what the Home Office expects of the company, and who this costly route does and does not suit.
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Buying or opening a practice
What to know about ownership rules, NHS contracts, CQC registration and due diligence.
For dentists and investors
Buying, taking over or opening a dental practice in the UK: a guide for investors
The main steps, rules and risks when you buy, take over or open a dental practice in the UK, and what kind of investor this route suits.
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Brand, marketing and market entry
How manufacturers build trust with clinicians and enter the UK market.
For companies
How a dental manufacturer enters the UK market
Why a good product is not enough to enter the UK market, and what the official rules ask of an overseas manufacturer selling medical devices in Great Britain.
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Building a Trusted Dental Implant Brand Through Hands-On Cadaveric Education
Somewhere, right now, a dentist is placing a particular implant system on a real patient. It might be their first case with it, learned mostly from a product demonstration and an instruction leaflet. It might just as…
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Cadaveric Training as a Marketing Strategy for Dental Implant Manufacturers
Medical device marketing budgets have grown considerably more sophisticated over the past decade. Industry benchmarks now put roughly a quarter to a third of a typical budget into digital advertising, another fifth into…
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Turning Course Participant Dentists into Long-Term Customers and Advocates for Your Dental Brand
The most common mistake I see sponsors make has nothing to do with the course itself. It happens afterwards, once the lab has been packed away and everyone has flown home.
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Cadaveric training
Why hands-on cadaveric courses change the way dentists work.
For dentists
Why Implant Dentists Should Train on Cadavers: Before Their First Case and After the Thousandth
I have spent more than fifteen years building hands-on cadaveric courses, working with some of the best surgical educators in implant dentistry to put together programmes dentists actually learn from. I started in…
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Why Cadaveric Dental Surgery Training Rewards Every Level of Experience, and Why It's Worth Repeating
Ask a dentist who has attended more than one cadaveric course what they took away from the second visit, and you rarely hear the same answer twice. Some describe working on an entirely different procedure. Others…
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Adding cadaveric courses to your programme
A practical guide for academies and training institutes.
For academies
A Guide for Dental Academies: Adding a White-Label Cadaveric Course to Your Own Programme or Portfolio
Nearly every dental academy, training institute or postgraduate faculty I have spoken with over the years has, at some point, seriously considered adding a hands-on cadaveric course to what they offer. Most get as far…
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Patients and communication
How clinics can win the trust of patients who travel abroad.
Why communication is the key to winning British patients in dental tourism
More British patients now travel abroad for treatment. Clear communication is what earns their trust.
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