DentaltownUK Winter 2017 - 6

mike gow

editorial

Thank You to Everyone Who
Completed the Recent Survey
for Our '6-Month Checkup'!
The results will help us shape your magazine in 2018. It seems that most readers are
pleased with what we are doing; however,
we have duly noted requests and comments!
Sixty percent of people who responded
receive and read the magazine mainly
via their free email subscription from
dentaltownuk.com.
You can also find DentaltownUK on
the most popular social media channels:
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.
Thirty percent said that they use the
Dentaltown.com message board forums
and the jobs boards (classified ads). While
social media groups have the advantage of
ease of access, the Dentaltown forums are
dedicated and organised message boards
for dental professionals. It is secure, and it's
easy to access current and past posts and
information. We highly recommend that
you sign up, take a look around and get on
board. (It's free to join, so why wouldn't you?)
Many dentists cite the Dentaltown forums
as one of their main inspirations and sources
of information. Check it out for yourself at
www.dentaltown.com.
Eighteen percent of responders expressed
no preference between print and electronic
for their dental magazines,
while 48 percent preferred
electronic, and 34 percent
preferred print. Twentyfive percent admitted to
not opening some print

magazines. Fifty percent say they use
mobile phones as their main way to access
DentaltownUK.
W hen asked about the content of
DentaltownUK, 44 percent said that the
balance is close to perfect. Twenty-five percent
want more business content and 31 percent
would like to see more clinical articles and
case studies. Forty-eight percent said that
they'd specifically like to see more videos.
We will take it all on board! We actually
acted on the last one straight away, and at the
recent British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry
conference, we interviewed several BACD
board members, dentists and exhibitors. You
can watch a playlist of our interviews on our
YouTube Channel
and even more on our
Facebook page.
These are some exclusive interviews,
including one with the outgoing BACD
president, Andrew Chandrapal, and incoming BACD president Donald Sloss. These
interviews give a great insight into a friendly,
growing society that has clear objectives for
the future. It was a pleasure to speak with
so many positive established dentists, young
dentists and dental students.
As 2017 draws to a close, everyone at
DentaltownUK would like to thank all of our
honorary editors, contributors, sponsors and
of course you, our readers, for the support we
have had this year. We are looking forward
to 2018, and hope you enjoy what we have
in store for you!

by Michael A. Gow BDS (Gla) MFDS RCPS (Gla) MSc Hyp (Lon) PGCert (Edin), Editor, DentaltownUK magazine

WINTER 2017 // dentaltownuk.com

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