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Practice overheads expenses
insurance
Running your practice is probably your
most expensive outlay. If you were
unable to work through long term injury
or ill health, your practice would suffer
financially and it would be best advice
to have some insurance in place to cover
the running costs whilst you are able to
recover.
Allied Wessex regularly speaks to
clients who have not considered this cover
or think it will never happen to them.
Unfortunately, without this cover the
financial consequences can be devastating
to the practice. Reduced finances may
result in defaults occurring on loans,
utilities being cancelled, bank accounts
going overdrawn or you may even need to
lay-off staff. Adding financial pressures on
top of trying to recover from an injury or
illness can prolong the recovery timescale.
Allied Wessex has seen claims made on
this protection for injuries such as broken
legs, arms, and feet after participating in
hazardous sports such as skiing, gliding
and bicycle riding and also for illness from
prostate operations, tendon and nerve
damage, through to all types of cancers.
You now need to look at the options
available to you. Consideration
should be taken on price but do not
compromise the cover that is available.
Options are also available on deferred
or excess periods and this needs to be
tailored to your practice requirements.
There is no point having this cover if the
policy does not indemnify you at the
time when you need it most. Remember
this cover is to ultimately avoid cash
flow problems in this time of need.
Allied Wessex has worked with many
of its dentists over the years who have
unfortunately had the experience of such
claims and thankfully had this cover in
place. This has given the company a real
understanding of dental practice needs
and helped them in developing wide,
essential policy benefits and many flexible
options to suit each practice individually.
Allied Wessex Westinsure Ltd
specialise in insurance solutions for
dentists. Contact director Andrew
Hill on 01793 850441 or visit www.
alliedwessexdental.co.uk.
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Touchless treatment consent
Whilst dental bodies across the UK
offer an abundance of guidance on how
to deliver high standards of care whilst
keeping practices clean, you shouldn’t have
to worry about the quality of your consent.
‘Paperless’ and ‘contactless’ are the crucial
solutions that Flynotes offers, and even
more so with the introduction of Bring Your
Own Device to dental practices.
After working with customers’ feedback
and in-house developers, Bring Your
Own Device was developed to ensure that
the risk of cross-contamination across
technology is eliminated.
This gives the option for clinicians to go
through the consent flow on a laptop or PC.
Then, once at the signing stage, the patient
can sign the consent form using their own
device by simply scanning a QR code and
signing on their own touchscreen. This
means that patients and clinicians are not
required to share the same device at any
point during the consent-gaining process.
Flynotes is a fully digital dental software
that provides clinicians with the simplest
The benefits of speed increasers
With infection control being a popular topic
at the moment, along with AGP (aerosol
generating procedures), more questions are
being asked about how to reduce aerosol
spatter – and therefore reduce risk of virus
particle transmission – in the surgery.
Handpieces generate a visible spray that
contains large particle droplets of water,
saliva, blood, microorganisms and other
debris. This spatter travels a short distance
and settles out quickly, landing on nearby
surfaces such as the floor, operatory surfaces
or the patient.
In order to reduce aerosol spatter, consider
using an electric motor with contra-angles, as
these generate less aerosols than high-speed
turbines and generally benefit from internal
anti-retraction systems.
If you don’t have the benefits of an electric
motor, a solution may be a ‘plug and play’
electric micromotor which connects directly
to your delivery system. B.A. International’s
Ultimate EM420 is an example of such a motor.
There are a range of handpieces that are
compatible with electric motors. B.A. offers,
among others, red band contra-angles which
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and most effective way to deliver valid and
informed consent in dentistry. Flynotes’
system fits seamlessly into your clinical
workflow. All of your consent forms are
stored digitally and are easily viewed at any
point in time, by both clinician and patient.
Additional to this, the robust
documentation provides a full audit trail
as every interaction with the platform is
fully recorded, giving you peace of mind
about what was discussed, which has been
a popular feature amongst customers.
Flynotes was founded by dual dentist
and doctor, Govin Murugachandran, who
recognised the difficulties his colleagues
and peers were facing concerning patient
complaints and the risk of litigation. The
aim was to support and help both clinicians
and patients – which has been the ongoing
narrative for this growing company.
Flynotes are currently offering a free
trial of the software to help you become
a touch-free practice. Contact hello@
flynotes.co.uk or visit www.flynotes.co.uk
to find out more.
are perfectly suited to the micromotor.
Bundle deals with the motor and one red
band contra-angle (BA200LTS or BA250LT)
are also available.
Other benefits of using electric contra-angles
include a higher efficiency at cutting various
materials including machinable glass ceramic
and silver amalgam, a smaller head diameter
which allows for greater visibility of the
treatment area, and a quieter operating noise
which is more comfortable for the patient.
For more information on B.A.’s products or
services, contact the team on 01604 777700
or info@bainternational.com.