Yesterday was a great day, I had one patient in the entire day. The reason for this lack of clients was that we were carrying out a procedure termed "teeth in a day" The patient arrives in the morning and in the space of several hours is transformed from a dental disaster into a fully dentate human ...

I am moaning and groaning about a bad knee, caused by a fall on Christmas Day, Ha! I hear you shout, serves him right for his over-indulgence! Not a bit of it; slipped on a wet door frame, since then, three sports massage appointments and a chiropractor session, no better. So today I am off to the d...

People often ask me why I came to Lyme after leaving a very successful practice in London's Harley Street, well one day I was sat on the beach at West Bay in the warm setting sun, with the sea hissing on the small pebbles. My head was totally absorbed in calm peaceful thoughts and I wondered why on ...

I have today seen a lovely new patient, and her request to me was "all I want for Christmas is my two front teeth!" In fact she needed many more; actually,a whole upper arch of teeth, as most are loose and wobbley. If she had given me a few more days I could have done just that! We now have techniqu...

A new organisation that you may be familiar with in relation to nursing homes and hospitals, the Care Quality Commision, now regulate parts of dentistry.  Today we had out first inspection by CQC and I am delighted to tell you we passed with flying colours by satisfying the inspectors (who were w...

"I hate dentists"  I was once again faced with this as an openning statement from a new patient referred to me by a colleague to have implants. I sometimes wonder how the majority of dentists in the country put up with this sort of attitude day after day. The truth is a ...

I feel fortuate that I have been able to help Mike Hesketh at the Exeter Dental Centre establish an implant referral centre at his practice.  It is a great establishment, with lovely people and a real desire to achieve great implant treatments for their patients. Author adminPosted on 28th November 201325th May 2017Categories BLOG

I was struck as I walked to work on Friday, by the sight of someone swimming in the sea at 0800 in the morning.  It was freezing, but they were obviously committed to their early morning exercise.  I often hear patients say they can't floss or clean their implants, maybe it's really they are n...

Dr Phil Bennett, European Expert in Implantology is pleased to launch his new website. Over the coming weeks and months, he will be posting interesting and thought provoking new content and videos from his clinic and training centre. He will also keep you posted on new insights, techniques as well a...