Practice News

Recently the regulations regarding access for treatment with a dental hygienist have been changed by the General Dental Council (GDC).  Direct Access means patients now have the option to see a Dental Care Professional – a hygienist or a dental therapist without having to first see a dentist and have a prescription for treatment from […]

We have recently had one of our treatment rooms refurbished at Brightside Dental in North London.  The room was looking dated with relatively old equipment which was starting to break down on a regular basis.  This meant we were getting to the stage where we couldn’t provide the high level of care we expect for […]

  One Sunday afternoon in November last year over lunch, my brother in law asked me if I was up for doing a 100km bike ride that he had completed a few months back.  I said yes immediately without a second thought.  My initial feelings were that this would enable me to directly help support […]

The National Smile Month is one of the biggest campaigns in the country aiming to raise awareness on the importance of oral health. This year it has started on the 20 of May and ends on the 20 of June and has promoted 3 key messages: – Brush your teeth for two minutes twice a day […]

  It all kicked off last year, when the Brightside team has begun a mission to evolve from just a normal dental practice to something more. Slowly and steady we have gotten involved in different causes helping out a variety of charities in London and around the globe. We commenced by working with B1G1 – […]

This week please read a special story written by our very own fantastic dentist Ola Hassan who went on a dental charity mission to change the lives of orphaned children in war-torn Iraq by helping treat very serious and painful dental problems. “We all get them, even dentists; you know those forwarded e-mails of no […]

Humans are exceptional beings, they are on the top of the food chain and only strive to achieve more and more. But even the most intelligent of us has limitations and the struggle to do more and better has been the subject of many analyses throughout the years which led to a standalone notion we […]

The rules and regulations in the medical field are getting stricter and more thorough every day. It is our legal, but even more importantly, our moral and ethical obligation to comply with these guidelines in order to ensure we provide the best service to our clients. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator […]

We’ve already started our quest into finding and providing the best dental services our clients have ever benefited from. The first step we took was to find out how we are perceived at this moment in time by the people who come to the practice. What do they think after they left the surgery? Are […]

What is continuous improvement? Company executives and human resources professionals have various definitions of continuous improvement. But despite all the theoretical and academic study of it, the concept is quite simple. A solid definition of continuous improvement is: the belief that an organisation must constantly measure the effectiveness of its processes and strive to meet […]