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Haleon’s inception with Tess Player

In this episode, Tess Player, Global HCP Lead at Haleon, discusses the company’s formation. Haleon is a new, independent consumer healthcare company emerging as a result of GSK demerging its Consumer Healthcare division. Therefore, Haleon will be home to brands such as Sensodyne, Aquafresh, Parodontax, Polident and Biotène.

A longstanding member of the GSK team, Tess explains the reasons behind Haleon’s establishment and the impact it will have on dental care professionals as well as some of the programmes the company will offer for DCPs.

For more information, please visit GSK Health Partner: www.gskhealthpartner.com

You can also connect with Tess on LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/tess-player

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Dr Sharon Virk takes a holistic approach (S05 E09)

Dr Sharon Virk of Dr Sharon’s Facial Aesthetics joins The Probe Dental Podcast to discuss the importance of taking a holistic approach when it comes to examining and treating patients, as well as her thoughts on how and why healthcare professionals need to work more in sync.

This insightful conversation covers what exactly holistic dentistry is, why dental practitioners should we be treating more than the face and the neck, and how practices can bring the whole dental team into this ethos?

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Dr Sharon Virk

You can find and follow Sharon on Instagram @DrSharonsFacialAesthetics.

For more information, visit Sharon’s website: www.drsharonsfacialaesthetics.co.uk.

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The Probe Dental Podcast Presents: The New PEERS President, Martin Wanendeya (Dentsply Sirona Podcast)

In this podcast, brought to you by Dentsply Sirona, newly elected PEERS President, Martin Wanendeya talks about his plans for this important platform for the exchange of experience, research and science amongst dental implant clinicians, including increasing diversity and encouraging collaboration on an international scale.

PEERS was founded by Dentsply Sirona as a platform fuelled by a continual investment in research, learning and professional development in the area of implant dentistry. PEERS – which stands for Platform for Exchange of Experience, Research and Science – is designed to promote enhanced partnerships between Dentsply Sirona and dental implant professionals, as well as to facilitate collaboration between its members.

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The Probe Dental Podcast Presents: PEERS with Michael Norton (Dentsply Sirona Podcast)

In this podcast, brought to you by Dentsply Sirona, outgoing PEERS President, Michael Norton discusses the importance of PEERS (The Platform for Exchange of Experience, Research and Science), what it stands for and how the sharing of research, knowledge and ideas amongst peers is as relevant as it has always been in today’s digital world.

PEERS was founded by Dentsply Sirona as a platform fuelled by a continual investment in research, learning and professional development in the area of implant dentistry. PEERS – which stands for Platform for Exchange of Experience, Research and Science – is designed to promote enhanced partnerships between Dentsply Sirona and dental implant professionals, as well as to facilitate collaboration between its members.

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Thomas Dickson wants you to get what you want out of life (S05 E07)

This week, we’re joined by Thomas Dickson, Managing Director at Wealthwide (formerly known as Essential Money).

Wealthwide is a bespoke financial planning service for dental professionals that aims to help its clients gain a full view of their financial picture and get what they want out of life.

Thomas explains what exactly a financial planning service does and how they can help dental professionals.

He also discusses recent changes in attitude, post-pandemic as well as how the financial sector has had to adjust.

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For more information, visit https://www.wealthwide.co.uk/.

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Dr Ferhan Ahmed on Being Unstoppable (S05 E05)

Dr Ferhan Ahmed joins podcast to discuss his new book: Being Unstoppable – The Mindset Of A Great Clinician, which not only strives to help clinicians grow to achieve their full potential, create an impact and be proud of their work, but also sees the full proceeds donated to the Dental Aid Network.

The book, as Ferhan discusses, is the result of 20 years of professional experience in dentistry and medicine, as well as meeting the right person at the right time combined with lockdown.

Ferhan talks about how will clinicians benefit from reading the book, in addition to how will it help the Dental Aid Network.

For more information, please visit https://www.drfahmed.com/being-unstoppable

You can buy a copy from Amazon, supporting the Dental Aid Network, by clicking here.

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Dalghous Twins aim to Put a Smile on the Face of the Nation (S05 E04)

Twin brothers Hussein and Hassan Dalghous join us for this episode of The Probe Dental Podcast from the practice that their father, Dr Abdul Dalghous, set up just five years ago and that has quickly become the highest rated dental practice in the UK on Google: The Yorkshire Dental Suite.

Hussein and Hassan, both bodybuilders in their spare time, discuss their healthy mindset, as well as their ambitions to expand the Yorkshire Dental Suite with practices across the country via a franchise model. They also recall their time studying dentistry in Valencia and the benefits that learning the profession abroad can bring.

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To find out more about the Yorkshire Dental Suite, follow them on Instagram @yorkshiredentalsuite

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Selling Squats and Hosting Ghosts with Grant McAree (S05 E02)

Grant McAree, the Dental Business Mentor, is on the podcast to discuss turning squats into sellable dental practices, how marketing plays a key role in success, the proudest moments of his career and how failure plays an important role.

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Grant McAree

For more from Grant, head over to https://dentalbusinessmentor.co.uk/

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Nairn Wilson CBE introduces The College of General Dentistry (S05 E01)

Nairn Wilson CBE joins us as the Honourary Founding President – and was recently declared President Emeritus – of The College of General Dentistry.

The College of General Dentistry officially opened on 1st July 2021, providing DCPs with their own, independent College, which embraces the whole dental team, recognising the invaluable contribution made by every member of the dental profession in delivering high quality oral health care for patients and the wider community.

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The College will set standards and provide guidance, encouraging and recognising continuing professional development. And, importantly, it will provide a unified collegiate voice for all oral healthcare professionals. The aim is for the College to one day gain a Royal Charter, thus becoming The Royal College of General Dentistry.

Nairn Wilson CBE

Membership is open to all GDC registrants (past and present) at https://cgdent.uk/.

For more information, as well as how you can help contribute to the College, visit https://cgdent.uk/about/.

Nairn Wilson is the Honorary Professor of Dentistry, was Professor of Restorative Dentistry, Dean and Head of King’s College London Dental Institute (formerly Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Dental Institute, King’s College London) from 2001 until 2012 and Deputy Vice Principal (health) between 2009 and 2012.

His expertise encompasses the regulation of dentistry, international trends in dental education, tooth-coloured filling materials and related systems and minimally invasive approaches to conservative dentistry. Nairn has received numerous awards for his contributions to dentistry including his CBE status.

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Claire Berry Says ‘Prevention is Preferable’ (S04 E04)

The final guest of Season 4 – and Oral-B Month here on The Probe Dental Podcast – is Multi-Award-Winning Dental Hygienist Claire Berry.

Claire is a former Army dental hygienist, having served 7 years, an author, a Key opinion leader for Oral-B and Ivoclar Vivadent, a Swiss Dental Academy trainer for EMS and Ambassador for Boutique Whitening and the BSDHT.

Claire discusses life in lockdown and how the pandemic has affected even the strongest of us, life as a hygienist in the army, and how prevention is preferable when it comes to treating teeth.

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Claire Berry

For more from Claire, visit: https://www.clairelouiseonline.co.uk/ 

Her books, and , are available here – and you can find her on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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Season 4 of The Probe Dental Podcast is presented by Oral-B.

Oral-B® is the worldwide leader in the over $5 billion brushing market. Part of the Procter & Gamble Company, the brand includes manual and electric toothbrushes for children and adults, oral irrigators and interdental products, such as dental floss.

Oral-B, the brand that pioneered the electric toothbrush and connected brushing, recently unveiled its most revolutionary technology to date, the Oral-B iO™. An unprecedented advancement of the brushing experience, Oral-B iO™ sets a new industry benchmark, representing inspired research that elevates user expectations in experience, technology, design and performance like never before.

Oral-B iO strikes the right balance between effectiveness and experience and reimagines how a brush performs, cleans and feels. Oral-B iO is the result of six years of dedicated research with dental professionals to ensure people have the best possible oral health outcomes at home. The brush offers a unique blend of innovative features, such as a linear magnetic drive and redesigned brush head, to deliver superior oral health.

For more information, please visit: https://www.oralb.co.uk/en-gb/spotlight

Oral-B works very closely with dental professionals and it is very proud to sponsor this podcast.