To help your little ones look after their pearly whites we’ve created a bright and friendly children’s oral health poster which you can download for FREE! Why not display it in your practice waiting room? Or hand one to each child after their appointment – they could stick it up on their bedroom wall as… Read More
Charging for Children on a Dental Membership Plan: A Comprehensive Guide
As more practices choose to hand back the whole of their NHS dental contracts, something that gives pause for thought is what to do about children? Here, Regional Support Manager, Ian Eslick, explores the importance of setting appropriate charges for children on a dental membership plan and suggests some ways to go about this. Understanding… Read More
Ian Eslick – 25 years of DPAS plans and still counting
DPAS Regional Support Manager, Ian Eslick, looks back on his 25 years of involvement with plans and dentistry. Little did Ian Eslick know that when his ideal job as a finance manager for a brewery disappeared because of a company takeover, he would spend the next 25 years immersed in the world of dentistry. During… Read More
How to communicate the benefits of a dental membership plan to patients
Regional Support Manager, Louise Anderson, suggests ways to help patients understand how a dental membership plan can be a boon to looking after their oral health. In today’s competitive dental market, offering a dental membership plan can be a game-changer for both your practice and your patients. Plans provide an affordable and convenient way for… Read More
Refining your recruitment process
DPAS Regional Support Manager, Tracy Webb, offers some suggestions as to how to recruit good members of staff for your practice. Difficulties in recruiting the right staff for dental practices seem to have gone on for so long now that it should probably no longer be described as a ‘crisis’, but rather a chronic condition…. Read More
Winter wisdom on not-Blue Monday
You may have heard that ‘Blue Monday’ is coming up on January 20th this year. It’s supposed to be the most depressing day of the year because it’s far from Christmas, the weather’s bad, New Year’s resolutions have failed, and money’s tight. What you may not know is that Blue Monday is a total myth!… Read More





