DentaltownUK October 2017 - 6

mike gow

editorial

8 Tips to Rekindle Your
Relationship with Dentistry
Andrew Wallace recently interviewed
Paul McLornan for DentaltownUK. There is a
transcript of this here and also a link you
can follow to listen to the interview.
Paul
talks about how he ended up moving from
Belfast to San Antonio, his Prosthodontic
residency and his work and thoughts about
'Sleep Dentistry'.
About three quarters of the way through
the 26 minute interview, in the middle of
giving advice to young dentists, he says four
words which caught me off guard. 'I still
love dentistry'. I actually scrolled the audio
back to listen again. 'I still love dentistry'.
It caught me off guard as it suddenly
made me think for a moment about how
I used to say those words, but hadn't for a
while. While there are a lot of reasons why
many dentists aren't happy with dentistry
right now, one of my worries for us as a
profession is the amount of negativity and
stress that seems to be in the relationships
that we all have with our profession.
I wrote about this recently and make no
apologies for touching on the same subject
in this article. It is such an important topic
in UK dentistry today. For many of you,
your relationship is rock solid, but please do
read on- you can never be complacent in your
relationships! I do think a
lot of dentists have 'fallen
out of love' with dentistry,
but are still in a 'non loving'
relationship.

As Niall Campbell mentioned in his
article, if anyone has the moment of clarity
that they know the relationship is over - they
need to plan an exit strategy. Read Niall's
articles!
If they haven't then it is about working
out how to rekindle the passion of the
'relationship'. There are some simple things
that you can do straight away to help any
relationship get back on track, and these can
be adapted to dentistry and summarised in
8 quick tips!

1. FOCUS ON THE POSITIVES
Do more of the types of dentistry you
enjoy, and refer the types you don't.

2. TALK AND LISTEN
Ensure you have good support from
staff and management and good working
relationships. Talk with them about what
you need to be happier at work and ask
about what you can do to make things easier.

3. MAKE CHANGES
Make any changes you need to make to
ensure you have a good working environment
with the correct equipment to do your job
well, and enough time to do it in.

4. YOUR NEEDS
Work out how you can be paid the right
amount to cover the bills etc but have enough
left over to enjoy life.

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

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of DentaltownUK October 2017

Meet the team
Editorial with Mike Gow
Howard Speaks: THE 7 DEADLY SINS OF DENTISTRY
Continuing Education Update
On Dentaltown.com
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
WHAT DO YOU SEE GOING ON WITH THIS FIRST MOLAR?
WHEN PLANS GO AWRY
BEYOND IMPLANTS
Biologically Oriented Preparation Technique
INTERVIEW WITH A PROSTHODONTIST
Time Out
BROADENING THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE
BDIA Dental Showcase
THROUGH THE KEYHOLE
GOLDEN NUGGETS
ORAL DEHYDRATION
Lifestyle
Students
Dentally Incorrect
Poll
WISH LIST
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 1
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 2
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 3
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 4
DentaltownUK October 2017 - Meet the team
DentaltownUK October 2017 - Editorial with Mike Gow
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 7
DentaltownUK October 2017 - Howard Speaks: THE 7 DEADLY SINS OF DENTISTRY
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 9
DentaltownUK October 2017 - Continuing Education Update
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 11
DentaltownUK October 2017 - On Dentaltown.com
DentaltownUK October 2017 - CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 14
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 15
DentaltownUK October 2017 - WHAT DO YOU SEE GOING ON WITH THIS FIRST MOLAR?
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 17
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 18
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 19
DentaltownUK October 2017 - WHEN PLANS GO AWRY
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 21
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 22
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 23
DentaltownUK October 2017 - BEYOND IMPLANTS
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 25
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 26
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 27
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 28
DentaltownUK October 2017 - Biologically Oriented Preparation Technique
DentaltownUK October 2017 - INTERVIEW WITH A PROSTHODONTIST
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 31
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 32
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 33
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 34
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 35
DentaltownUK October 2017 - Time Out
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 37
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 38
DentaltownUK October 2017 - BROADENING THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE
DentaltownUK October 2017 - BDIA Dental Showcase
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 41
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 42
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 43
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 44
DentaltownUK October 2017 - THROUGH THE KEYHOLE
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 46
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 47
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 48
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 49
DentaltownUK October 2017 - GOLDEN NUGGETS
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 51
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 52
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 53
DentaltownUK October 2017 - ORAL DEHYDRATION
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 55
DentaltownUK October 2017 - Lifestyle
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 57
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 58
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 59
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 60
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 61
DentaltownUK October 2017 - Students
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 63
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 64
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 65
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 66
DentaltownUK October 2017 - Dentally Incorrect
DentaltownUK October 2017 - Poll
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DentaltownUK October 2017 - WISH LIST
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 71
DentaltownUK October 2017 - 72
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