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Dental Tribune United Kingdom Edition

25AdvertorialSeptember 5-11, 2011United Kingdom Edition A NEW dental group has been launched which aims to help more than 100 dentists set up their own practice using a unique Joint Venture Model that allows Den- tists to operate from a brand new practice for a minimum cash investment. Dentist Direct offer dentists a route to running their own business, opening practices throughout the UK on prime ar- terial road locations with high visibility signage and car park- ing. The company, spearheaded by award-winning dentist Dr Ken Harris, provides practition- ers with the support of commer- cial experts to look after all non- clinical back office functions. Dentist Direct has secured significant bank funding from Natwest to support the open- ing of 100 practices within the next five years. The finance is effectively pre-agreed for any qualifying dentist making the whole process as straight for- ward as possible. In addition, Dentist Direct have negoti- ated market leading prices on all equipment making the deci- siontocomeonboardasapartner even easier. The good news for dentists is that it’s their own practice. If they decide to sell the practice at any point in the future, all pro- ceeds are theirs. CEO Paul Moore said: “We were inspired to set up Dentist Direct to provide outstanding service and value to the public utilising the latest dental tech- niques and technologies, we aim to make Dentist Direct the brand of choice for all patients. “Dr Harris’ professionalism and award-winning dentistry and the way he cares about changing the lives of his pa- tients inspired the team to give the public a higher level of den- tistry at a price they can afford.” Dr Harris added: “We un- derstand that business require- ments can create stress and take dentists away from their person- al responsibilities. We want to support them with our unique opportunity for them to become their own boss while maintain- ing a healthy work-life balance. “Within three months, to- gether with support from Den- tist Direct, practitioners could own a new practice fitted with high quality equipment, with the freedom to utilise their time how they want to, it’s a no brain- er!.” As well as the support of highly specialised experts, each practice opened under the Den- tist Direct banner will have ac- cess to revolutionary dental technology known as Waterlase. The hard tissue laser tech- nology allows dentists to per- form many traditional dental procedures with less anaesthe- sia, while reducing patient anxi- ety, minimising pain and trauma and creating a more comfortable experience for patients. Dentist Direct’s practices are run as a joint venture partner- ship, with individual practition- ers making a small capital in- vestment in return for their own fully fitted out facility, access to ongoing training and develop- ment and all the back office sup- port they need on a daily basis. Each of the partners will also have access to a state of the art dental academy, which is headed up by Dr Harris – win- ner of an impressive six awards at the 2011 Smile Awards in- cluding Best Conservative Ce- ramic Smile and Generosity of a Smile. For more information, please see our insert within the maga- zine, or visit us online at: http:// partners.dentist-direct.co.uk. DT Dentists given new route into business msc_ad_source_uk.pdf 1 03/08/2009 15:21:59