RA course Nebwury Feb 6th 2010

I am just recovering from yesterday's Hands-on RA course in Newbury. A diverse and wonderful bunch of people attended from all over the UK.  From Inverness, Dave and Barbera Naisby, something  of a celebrity couple in the world of dental practice marketing and just a 75 min flight to Bristol then a 1 hour drive away from  Newbury.

We also had Peter Winter-Moore and his team from the Midlands. He has been threatening to attend the course for about 3 years now and finally made it yesterday and Ruth Lovering, a Dental Therapist from Croydon attended too. We had a fantastic day of sharing knowledge and interactivity. I will blog some of the comments and feedback soon.

Here we all are at the lunch break in Prezzos, just a step away from my practice, built in the town's old library and retaining many of its old features. It just adds some extra colour to the day and a chance for more discussion over lunch.

RA Course at The Guidepost Dental Practice. Nr. Morpeth

Well the course is now over and my very big thanks to Richard and Josie Fretwell for hosting it at their Guidepost Dental Practice in Northumberland on Saturday 5th December

The night before leaving Newbury, I ran the PowerPoint on my laptop to check it and add a couple of slides. My wife ,Chris and I set off from Newbury about 10 am last Friday, had a slow and tedious drive up to the Morpeth area, arriving there about 8pm.

Josie and Rich were most hospitable, not least as their daughter Claudia had had her 6th birthday party that afternoon. Just as well we did arrive a little late.

So we settled down to some hospitality and a "gettitng to know you" evening with our hosts, deciding it was already too late to drive 30 minutes to the practice to set up the audio-visuals for the next day, just as we had done 20 times before.

Gremlins Strike

So bed by 11pm ready for an early start and allowing an hour to set up before 1st arrrivals at 8.45am
AWAKE at 4am. Finally out of bed at 5am. Last run through of Powerpoint. Laptop would not boot up!!
Mutliple attempts at diagnostics etc - continued over breakfast BUT luckily I had a full back-up on a seperate hard drive, so no panic as I could run it form Rich's laptop.

At the practice, set up his projector,laptop and cabling to the nearby surgery, to patch-in live video-link and remote mic. so delegates could watch and hear two cases as they occured.

BUT ..then unable to get video image to project. It appeared that both projectors were not picking up the camcorder output, though the onboard screen looked normal - people now arrivng- me still tinkering with cables and connections.

The show must go on ..

I had no option but to abandon the video- link part of the show though two patients had been booked for the demos.

I continued with the planned program with PowerPoint assisted presentation. The morning patient allowed a few of the delegates who had not seen "RA" used, to stand-in whilst Rich Fretwell carried out the live demonstration.
She then came through and gave a brilliant , unscripted review to the delegate of how her entire dental experience had been transformed since Richard Fretwell had been able to offer her the help of Inhalation Sedation (RA) for her dental treatment.

We had lunch at the local hostelry and a chance to chat to the delegates.

One more patient was to be seen in the afternoon. In the midst of my afternoon session, the calvary arrived. Josie Fretwell appeared - a little puffed, carrying an alternative camcorder which she brought from home, a half-hour drive way. Alas the connector wiring was not compatible. So in the end the delegates were unable to see the last case.

All's well that ends well

Well despite these technical setbacks we received the following feedback comments:

"Hi Richard, just a short note to thank you for the fantastic course.it was such a pleasure meeting you and Chris. Carla and I had such a lovely time. are there anymore courses on other subjects?!!!!"

“... all in all a great day”

“Enjoyable, Interesting, Very good in general”

“Very Interesting & delivered in a fun way”

“Very Very Good”

So many thanks to the delegates from Manchester, from Sunderland the Guidepost team and especially the delegates from Hastings - a 712 mile round trip !

Next ....

The next course in February in Newbury may even be over-subscribed if all who have shown interest attend and an extra course in Dublin in January now seems likely.

Meet The RA Coach at the Dental Showcase

Meet me at the Dental Showcase

Ease your clinical burden and attract new patients
Win new patients in the downturn
Offer something new and different!
Demonstrate why yours is no ordinary dental practice
Remember satisfied and happy people refer more great people to you!

Hands–on training day in
Relative Analgesia / Inhalation Sedation

Dr. Richard Charon BDS has been running, one-day Hands-on courses in
Newbury, Berks & Wexford and Dublin since 2003.

A dentist has a duty to manage patient’s anxiety.

Failure to do so may have dento-legal ramifications!
In a downturn, people with dental neglect through fear will
always find a way forward IF you can offer one!

Relaxation of GDC regulations governing DCPs will allow Therapists and possibly eventually Hygienists to administer RA once they have been trained!

Speaker and Course Director:
Dr. Richard Charon BDS
With 30 years experience using R.A.

I am a member and mentor for both SAAD and DSTG
I have been running his hands-on RA training courses since 2003.

The one day Hands-on course aims to:
Reduce your stress levels in dealing with anxious patients.
Provide a detailed training day in the background theory and successful practical application of RA / Inhalation Sedation.

Present case studies, live and video patient demonstrations together with

30 years of experience.
Open up a wide range of treatment options for anxious and gagging patients-

a whole new experience!
7 Hours of Verifiable CPD available

Dates: 5th December 2009. 8.45am – 5pm
Venue: Guidepost Dental Practice Morpeth, Northumberland
6th February 2010, Newbury

Price: £395 (VAT not applicable) for Dentists, Therapists and Hygienists £190 FOR RDNs
More details Past delegates testimonials contact me

The Ultimate Tweet-up for Dentists

Well I am delighted and excited to be able to unveil a new project that I have been working on for a few months now.

In concert with Mark Oborn dental technician and e-marketeer extraordinaire, Kevin Rose of Aziumuthdental. Dental Business Consultancy and Mike Samuels a medical photographer with enormous experience, we have devised an excellent day of advantage for dentists and their teams.

In January next year we will be running "a dental event to die for! "
4 presentations with (6 hours of verifiable CPD) are planned on each of our specialist areas.

If you are the Dental Showcase Exhibition in November at the Birmingham NEC please make a point of "Tweeting-up" with us all. Just follow the link and sign up.

Hope to see you there

Richard Charon

Dental Angels Newsletter article

Dental Angels are the most innovative and forward thinking dental recruitment Agency based in London.

Who are they? Well I am delighted to have been invited by Alex Kremer and Kelly Haggett to write an article on the subject of Inhalation Sedation/ Relative Analgesia for the very first issue of their Newsletter.

Today Kelly Haggett said " Just wanted to say a HUGE thanks from Alex and I for writing such a brilliant article - it makes for a great read."

So here is the article

The RA Coach Website

Next Hands-on RA Course 2009

Training day in Relative Analgesia/Inhalation Sedation

Would you like to be able to...


• Ease your clinical burden and attract new patients?
• Win new patients in the downturn?
• Offer something new and different?
• Increase the scope of treatment for anxious patients?
• Remember satisfied and happy people refer more great people to you? Then please join us for a

One-day Hands-on training course

“Success with Relative Analgesia/ Inhalation Sedation”

Presented by Course Director:Dr. Richard Charon BDS

Now in its 6th year with 20 courses presented to dental teams, from Aberdeen to the West Country and Ireland.

• A dentist has a duty to manage patient’s anxiety. Failure to do so may have dento-legal ramifications!
• In a downturn, people with dental neglect through fear will always find a way forward IF you can offer one!
• Relaxation of GDC regulations governing DCPs will allow Therapists and possibly eventually Hygienists to administer RA once they have been trained!
Dr. Richard Charon BDS
30 years experience using R.A. He is a member and mentor for both SAAD and DSTG, Richard has been running his hands-on RA training courses since 2003. The one day training course aims to:
• Reduce your stress levels in dealing with anxious patients.
• Provide a detailed training day in the background theory and successful practical application of RA / Inhalation Sedation.
• Present case studies, live and video patient demonstrations together with 30 years of experience.
• Open up a wide range of treatment options for anxious and gagging patients and a whole new dental care experience!

7 Hours of Verifiable CPD available

By Special Invitation, the next course will be at

The Guidepost Dental Practice, Morpeth, Northumberland

Date: Saturday 5th December 2009.

8.45am(Coffee and Registration) for 9am – 5pm

Course Fees £395 (VAT not applicable) for Dentists, Therapists and Hygienists
                    £180 for DNs
More details can be found here: http://www.the-ra-coach.com/;

To read past delegates testimonials go to:

http://the-ra-coachcoursetestimonials.blogspot.com/

To book and for an application form: rwcharon@btinternet.com

 or call 01635 47757

Thinking about attending one of my "RA" courses?

If you are considering attending one of my

R.A. / Inhalation Sedation teaching courses
please read on

From Dr. Ashley Davenport, Balsall Common dental practice.

Here is what he said in his own words

"Dear Richard,

We attended your Relative Analgesia course in December 2006.I am writing to say a big thank you to you and your team for making the day so interesting and enjoyable.I am particularly grateful to you for all your help and advice regarding the installation and set up of the equipment. We gained a great deal of knowledge about Inhalation Sedation and have since started offering Relative Analgesia to our own patients. We have been using Inhalation Sedation in our practice for 3 months now and have found it a great help to our patients.
Thanks again, we couldn't have dome it without your help!

Yours Faithfully

Rebecca Kilmurray Clinical Manager
Dr.Ashley Davenport Practice Owner "


More testimonials from past course delegates can be found by

following these links

Please e-mail or call 01635 47757

to book or for more information

Dr.Ashley Davenport's Testimonial

Thinking about attending one of my RA courses?

If you are considering attending one of my

Realtive Analgesia/Inhalation Sedation teaching courses,
please read on

From Dr. Ashley Davenport, Balsall Common Dental Practice.

Here is what he said in his own words:

"Dear Richard,

We attended your Relative Analgesia course in December 2006. I am writing to say a big thank you to you and your team for making the day so interesting and enjoyable.I am particularly grateful to you for all your help and advice regarding the installation and set up of the equipment.We gained a great deal of knowledge about Inhalation Sedation and have since started offering Relative Analgesia to our own patients.We have been using Inhalation Sedation in our practice for 3 months now and have found it a great help to our patients.
Thanks again, we couldn't have done it without your help!

Yours Faithfully

Rebecca Kilmurray Clinical Manager
Dr.Ashley Davenport Practice Owner "



You will find more testimonials from past course delegates by following these links

http://the-ra-coachcoursetestimonials.blogspot.com/
andhttp://racoursedelegateupdate.blogspot.com/

Welcome to The RA Coach.com

Welcome to The RA Coach.com

This blog site has moved to a new website. I will leave the blog content on-line .

You will find plenty of information here . Otherwise please use this link

NEW RA COACH WEBSITE

A Warm welcome to GDP(uk) list members from Richard Charon BDS

My next Hands-on RA course is on 3rd. November 2007,in Wexford, Rep. of Ireland.

You know how some patient’s names on the day list cause your heart to sink because they are so anxious or they gag or they are youngsters who are going to try your patience?

Which means that you may

Run late (with income implications),
Fail to do your best for your patient or
Just fail to provide a successful “patient journey”

Well what I do is offer practice-based, hands on courses ,both at my practice in Newbury and around the UK and in the republic of Ireland, with live and pre-recorded patient demonstrations.

Which means that you will be able confidently to offer this well tried and tested, safe and easy method of sedation to existing and new patients alike, growing your practice and gaining new testimonials from happy clients.

In turn, you will benefit from less stress and from being able to :

To treat gaggers (molar endo and impressions included) ,
4 quadrant ortho extractions in one visit
Treat virtually any moderately anxious patient aged from 4 – 94 and
Discover a new way of differentiating your practice from the rest.
And more besides

Would you like to know more?

Past course delegates have found these traininig days to be a far cry from dental hospital or lecture theatre environments. use this link to read some of their testmonials see below

For more details and a booking form

Contact me: rwcharon@btinternet.com

or on 01635 47757

For past course delegates testimonials on the courses themselves

http://the-ra-coachcoursetestimonials.blogspot.com/

For past course delegates comments on their experiences having been on the course,

http://racoursedelegateupdate.blogspot.com/

For some patients own stories of how RA has helped them

http://the-ra-coachrapttestimonials.blogspot.com/

Thinking about attending one of my RA courses?

If you are considering attending one of my Inhalation Sedation teaching courses

please read on

2nd July 2007

Another nice helium moment for us arrived in the post today from Dr. Ashley Davenport, Balsall Common dental practice. Here is what he said in his own words

"Dear Richard,

We attended your Relative Analgesia course in December 2006.
I am writing to say a big thank you to you and your team for making the day so interesting and enjoyable.
I am particularly grateful to you for all your help and advice regarding the installation and set up of the equipment.We gained a great deal of knowledge about Inhalation Sedation and have since started offering Relative Analgesia to our own patients.
We have been using Inhalation Sedation in our practice for 3 months now and have found it a great help to our patients.

Thanks again, we couldn't have dome it without your help!

Yours Faithfully

Rebecca Kilmurray
Clinical Manager

Dr.Ashley Davenport
Practice Owner "

You will find more testimonials from past course delegates by following these links

http://the-ra-coachcoursetestimonials.blogspot.com/

and

http://racoursedelegateupdate.blogspot.com/

Dates of my next Hands-on RA courses

July 28th 2007 in Newbury
October 6th 2007 in Wexford, Rep. of Ireland
December 12th 2007 in Newbury

Moving out of NHS dentistry? – then be different !

Already in Private Practice?- RA is a Practice Builder

These focused training days in

Inhalation Sedation / Relative Analgesia

are designed as team courses for

Dental Practitioners, their dental nurse(s)

and other team members.

You will learn this technique so that you will be confident to

• Offer new services to your patient base,
  


• Manage anxious patients, gaggers and much more
  


• Differentiate yourself and your practice
  


• Gain “word of mouth” referrals
  


• Increase practice turnover
  
  Please contact me later in 2007 for venues, formats, course fees and dates.
  For a report on my last course in Wexford and course delegates feedback.
  please click on the image

St.Mary's House Dental Practice, Newbury website

A patient comments

Here is what one of our patients has had to say about his experience with "RA"

".... I would like to see nitrous oxide used in every dental practice, as many people I know have at least some level of dental anxiety. As a businessman I would have thought that this represents a good revenue opportunity for most dental practices as well as a great marketing opportunity to attract more anxious patients. Overall, the combination of nitrous oxide and the professional and kind treatment of Richard and Chris has gone a long way to restoring my faith in the dental profession."

Matt's full story

Saturday 17th Feb 2007

LAST CALL FOR PLACES
ON
SATURDAY 17th FEB.2007
HANDS-ON TRAINING DAY

IN RA/INHALATION SEDATION

CALL NOW ON 01635 47757

or

e-mail here

Richard Charon

Relative Analgesia

Relative Analgesia

(Inhalation Sedation)

Courses

in

Private Dental Practice

Would you like to offer

Inhalation Sedation

as a service to your patients?

Would you like to learn the A-Z

of this very helpful technique?

Would you like me to share 30 years worth of experience

in the successful use of RA with you?

I am a Dental Practitioner, serving Dental Practitioners

in their desire to provide the benefits of Relative Analgesia

(Inhalational Sedation) to their patients.

My One day Hands-on teaching courses are normally delivered from my
Private Dental Practice
at
St. Mary’s House Dental Practice,Newbury

Berkshire SL6 6HF.

During 2007 we have two dates set

for courses in Wexford,

in The Irish Republic

GDPs and dentists in specialist practice

from all over the UK and The Republic of Ireland

have benefitted from attending my

RA Courses since 2003.

The course covers both theory and

Practical Hands-on training in Inhalaton Sedation

and includes

• details of all current guidlines
• medico-legal aspects
• Patient information and
• Consent issues

Please use the links below to find out about...

What other dentists say about these courses

Follow-up comments of past course delegates

Patient Testimonials

Case Histories

Bookings are now

being taken for Newbury courses on

Saturday 17th Feb 2007

or

Saturday 28thJuly 2007
and

New for 2007

Additional training courses are planned for

Wexford,

Republic of Ireland

on May 26th 2007

and

October 6th 2007

e-mail: rwcharon@btinternet.com

Please call 01635 47757 for latest details

or check this site

HANDS-ON RA COURSES IN PRIVATE PRACTICE

Dr.Richard Charon BDS.(VU Manc 1975)

This blog is maintained by
Dr. Richard Charon BDS
of Newbury, Berkshire
GDC Registration No. 49387

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KEEP SCROLLING DOWN TO SEE MUCH MORE.

A WARM WELCOME TO NEWCOMERS,

visiting from ExCel 2006

and if you have been recommended by

RA Medical Services, DPS or SAAD

ALSO TO READERS OF FMC's "PRIVATE DENTISTRY" & "DENTISTRY" PUBLICATIONS,

CHRIS BARROW'S DENTAL BUSINESS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER

AND

VISITORS FROM DSTG as well as those from

Stephen Hudson's excellent resources site for GDPs,

http://www.gdpresources.com/

This site is being continuously developed.

Copyright © 2003 all rights reserved.
Dr.Richard Charon BDS

SOME USEFUL LINKS

Thanks to Chris Barrow for the original inspiration to get my RA coaching started

http://www.thebusinesscoachingco.com/

Thanks to Simon Hocken for invaluable hands-on business and personal coaching

http://www.jumpcoaching.com

Thanks to Janet Pickles of RA Medical Services for advice, support and occasional sponsorship

http://www.ramedical.com/

other useful links

On-line verifiable CPD

http://4everlearning.com/

http://www.dentalguide.co.uk/

http://www.beyondfear.org

www.smile-on.com

and also

For some additional patient testimonials go to

http://www.newburydentist.co.uk/page23.html

My special thanks to Guy Levine for technical support in setting up this site

http://www.levinit.com/

I would welcome any feedback and of course applications for my hands- on courses.

Places are limited, due to the close support nature of the courses.

TO RECEIVE FULL DETAILS, PLEASE E-MAIL ME
rwcharon@btinternet.com
or call 01635 47757

and the winner is ...

Firstly many thanks to all who made the effort to fill in and return their questionnaires. The results are collated and being analysed now.

I will let you know if they are worthy of publication, if not, then I will e-mail the findings to you anyway. This may take a few weeks due to summer holidays. At last the prize draw has now been made by Chris Charon this evening. The winner of the prize draw for those who returned their completed RA course questionnaires is
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Dr. M.Jane Brooks of Wimborn in Dorset

who attended my first course,

although she may not have known it at the time !

CONGRATULATIONS!

The bubbly and the book are on their way !

Richard Charon

PRIZE DRAW RESULT

As promised the winner of the questionnaire prize draw

will be announced here after the 12th June.

Today is the 13th of June and another

reply was received this morning.

I have decided to allow one more week

for as many replies as possible to be received.

Please call back here next week on

Monday 19th June

for the result of the Prize Draw

Richard Charon BDS

RA Course Questionnaire

A questionnaire has now been sent to past participants of the hands-on training courses in Relative Analgesia (Inhalation sedation) run by me, Richard Charon BDS, from my dental practice in Newbury between 2004 and 2006.
Results will appear here by mid July 2006 and are likely to form the basis of an article to be published later in the year in the dental press.
Prize draw results will be found here after June 12th 2006.
For additional comments about my courses sent in by previous course participants on the questionnaire form, please click here

http://the-ra-coachcoursetestimonials.blogspot.com/

My thanks go to Chris Barrow and The Dental Business School for featuring my Hands-on RA courses in the latest edition of his e-zine.
Click the link to subscribe and read the article here:
The Dental Business School e-zine

As you will see, I wrote to Chris on a personal basis just to let him know how I was progressing with regards to running these courses and to ask if he would publicise the date of the next course.

He obviously found my story sufficiently "newsworthy" and so asked my permission and those who had sent the testimonials , to run it in its unabridged version.

I Hope you found it interesting, perhaps even inspirational !

Richard Charon

May 6th 2006 RA course Report

Our 8th Hands-on Course in Relative Analgesia passed off highly successfully last Saturday ( 6th May 2006). As usual numbers were small which allows plenty of one to one time and a tutorial feel to the day. This was the first time that we could not muster two or three patients to demonstrate via a live video camcorder link to the delegates.

However the delegates did watch a number of pre-recorded cases being treated and this enabled me to discuss the details with them as we watched each case together. Everyone found this very helpful and a perfectly acceptable alternative to live cases.

We also arranged for one of our recent patients to come in and discuss his appreciation of the benefits of Relative Analgesia with the group. He did this with much credit and almost stole the show! He brought a written resume/testimonial which he read out and allowed the delegates to ask any questions they wished. He has given his permission to publish it with a view to encouraging more dentists to take up Relative Analgesia as a service and also to encourage anxious patients.

Click here to read it > Matt's Testimonial

Chris (my wife, practice manager, registered dental nurse and qualified sedation assistant) and I also received two terrific testimonials from the course participants themselves.

Read them by clicking the link

TESTIMONIALS FROM Dr.ANNE O,DONNELL OF WEXFORD, IRELAND AND Dr.DAVID SLANEY OF BECKENHAM,KENT

The dates of the next two Hands-on RA training courses are Saturday 15th July 2006 and
Saturday 18th November 2006

REMEMBER 7 Hours verifiable CPD are available for this course.

Call us on 01635 47757 for more details and an application form.

Next Course

BOOKINGS ARE NOW BEING TAKEN FOR

THE NEXT HANDS-ON

RA TRAINING COURSES

IN NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE

ON

SATURDAY 15th JULY 2006

AND

SATURDAY 18th NOVEMBER 2006

8.45am registration for

9.00am - 5 pm.

Restaurant lunch and refreshments included

Course fees

£330 for GDPs,Dental Therapists and Dental Hygienists

£150 for registered Dental Nurses

Please contact us at

rwcharon@btinternet.com

or Call 01635 47757

Welcome to New Visitors

A warm welcome to new visitors to

the-ra-coach.com

Click here to e-mail Dr.Richard Charon BDS

Especially if you have arrived here from

December 2004

"Dentistry" Magazine

October 20th 2004, Gloucester BDA Branch meeting

(Many thanks to Dr.Alun Rees for the invitation to speak to this group.)

Also from

The ExCeL Showcase Exhibition

including Frank Taylor of Archer Hayes Consultancy

Chris Strevens of 3dee treatment funding

and all other ExCeL visitors

(probably by way of RA Medical Services Ltd or Blackwell Supplies Ltd)

as well as a welcome to visitors to this site from

The SAAD Conference

held at

The Royal Society of Medicine

on

Saturday 9th October 2004

including

• David Craig and Andrea Wraith of SAAD
• Sheldon Collins and Andrew Wickenden, two of the GDP speakers
• Janet and Chris Pickles from RA Medical Services Ltd.
• Tad Wolujewicz from Blackwell Supplies Ltd

and last but not least, any of

Chris Barrow's Dental Business School

newsletter readers.

Please take the time to look thrrough this site.

Click these links to find

RA Case Histories

RA Patient Testimonials.

Testimonials from my previous RA Course attendees will be found by clicking here.

Hands-on RA Course Testimonials

Please feel free to contact me or post comments

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The RA Coach

I am a General Dental Practitioner from Newbury , Berkshire, serving the needs of other GDPs in their desire to improve the level of service to their patients and reduce their own work stress by introducing Relative Analgesia to their dental practices.

The RA-Coach.com Introduction The RA Coach is Dr Richard Charon BDS Click here for over 20 Relative Analgesia case histories

This site is devoted to promoting the use of Relative Analgesia more widely amongst General Dental Practitioners for the benefit of their patients, themselves and their practices.

I have no direct link with manufacturing or supply companies. However I believe that RA is underutilised, in general dental practice in the UK and that its benefits are not fully understood by many GDPs especially for adults.

If I could show you how to receive wonderful testimonials from

happy patients like these

Click here to read some of my own patient's testimonials

Would you be interested ?

They really are quite impressive !

Contact me

richard@the-ra-coach.com

In the meantime, why not use the following link to read my article published on

smile-on.com
as a reprint of the original published in 2001.

Click here to see my article published earlier this year on smile-on.com

Also,scroll down for information about my recent

published articles

in " Private Dentistry" magazine

Hands-on RA Course Report 2nd October 2004

By Dr. Richard Charon BDS

Dental Practitioner.

Newbury, Berkshire

Here is an update on my activities in running my Hands-on courses teaching interested General Dental Practitioners how to use RA and on "getting published."

For much more information on the format of this "blog" website and many case studies, please take the time to scroll down.

Another highly successful Hands-on R.A. course

Yesterday, Saturday 2nd October, we enjoyed the company of Dr. Elaine Halley and her team from The Cherrybank Dental Spa practice who had flown down from Scotland to participate in my One-day hands-on RA course in Newbury, Berkshire.

Dr. Halley has a most impressive CV and is a leading light in Cosmetic Dentistry in Scotland and runs a highly innovative style of Dental Practice in Perth.

One other practice team had to pull out a few weeks ago, but Dr.Elaine Halley and her team told us how much they had benefited from the 1:1 coaching. So small can be beautiful !

Registration and introductions were due at 8.45 am but they were so keen that they arrived at 8.30am.

Still, my wife Chris Charon and I had arrived at 8.00 am having set up the Audio-visuals the previous evening.

Chris is a qualified Dental Sedation Assistant and manages my dental practice. During the day she was able to give valuable insights to the Cherrybank team of our experiences with treating patients under RA, at our Newbury Dental Practice over the last 15 years.

Here are some of the feedback comments from the Cherrybank Dental Spa team

"Excellent Course. Very relevant to what we needed to know, would recommend this to anyone looking for this type of training. Even the science part was interesting !! Thank you

All the info you e-mailed was very detailed and greatly appreciated - you have obviously worked very hard to put all this together - well done"

"Thoroughly enjoyed the day - very informative and nice relaxed atmosphere"

"Excellent and very well thought out and put together. Cominination of hands-on and live patient demonstrations are an excellent teaching environment. Thank you !"

"Thank you very much the day was great. Great layout of food and great choice of restaurant for lunch. It has been really good and informative. Thanks"

It seems they all found the return journey and overnight stay worthwhile. I look forward to hearing of their progress with introducing RA into their innovative dental practice. Here we all are at the end of the day . Still smiling!

From Left to Right

Chris Charon RDN, practice manager and qualified Dental Sedation Assistant

The Cherrybank Dental Spa Team from Perth

Jillian. Dental Treatment Coordinator

Dental Nurse

Dr. Elaine Halley

Dr. Dr Marion Ivatt

Dr. Richard Charon Course Director

St.Mary's House Dental Practice, Newbury

My Hands-on RA courses qualify for 6 hours of verifiable CPD !

For testimonials from some of our RA Patients, including one from the demonstration patient who kindly assisted us for this October 2004 course click here

RA Patient Testimonials

Articles for publication

Further delay in promised publication

At the end of 2003, I was commissioned by Ellis Paul, the Editor-in-Chief of Private Dentistry (PD) magazine to write 2 articles on the use of Relative analgesia (RA) in Private Dental Practice and it's role as a practice builder. The articles were finally published in May and June 2004 by FMC in PD, a subscription only publication. Following further discussions with FMC, they agreed to re-publish both articles, bound as an educational supplement, in "Dentistry" magazine, a broadsheet bi-weekly, which is distributed to all dentists throughout the UK & NI. This was due to appear in the second of the September 2004 issues but it failed to do so. I am currently waiting a reply from Julian English, Executive Editor to confirm October publication.

Another article on R.A.due soon

A review of the Porter-Brown Scavenging Nasal hood system.

RA Medical Services Ltd, based in W. Yorkshire, are suppliers of the equipment used for RA. They have recently commissioned two dentists to undertake a review of the "Porter-Brown" scavenging nasal-hood system, having recently visited the manufacturer's in the United States. The two dentists chosen to review the system were one in the North of England , undertaking NHS Dentistry and one in the South of England in private practice. The latter being yours truly! A description of this system and the articles stemming from the two reviews are due for publication in "Dentistry" magazine in the two October issues. Perhaps my Educational supplement will appear alongside these.

Welcome to "Dentistry" readers

Richard Charon BDS (VU Manc.) 1975

A warm welcome to this website goes to visitors who have found their way here from the RA eductional supplement published with September's issue of

Dentistry magazine.

My next Hands-on RA courses will be held in Newbury, Berkshire

on

Saturday 2nd October 2004

and

Saturday 20th February 2005

This site is in the form of a "blog" or Weblog. If you are not familiar with this format. Here is an explanation.

The "blog" is a log of activities , diary entries or just a simple way of building an informative web-site in a simple format and is built-up sequentially. As you scroll down you will see the entries and dates of entry and also see how the site has developed.

You will find details of my hands-on courses, and testimonials from course attendees. Also there are over twenty case reports detailing clinical successes using Relative Analgesia and patient testimonials as well as other useful links.

Please contact me directly for further information or course details

e-mail: richard@the-ra-coach.com

Relative Analgesia Educ.Supplement NEWSFLASH

A N N O U N C E M E N T

I am pleased to announce a successful negotiation with FMC Publications to re-print my two articles on Relative Analgesia . These were first published in the May and June 2004 editions of "Private Dentistry" journal and are now to be published together as an educational supplement in "Dentistry" magazine which has a much larger distribution.

My thanks to Ellis Paul, Julian English and the editorial team at FMC Publications.

The publication date is set for September 2004.

Would you like to learn the techniques for success with

Relative Analgesia ?

My next Hands-on RA course

at my private dental practice

in Newbury, Berkshire

is on

Saturday October 2nd 2004

Dates will soon be announced here for

February and May 2005 courses

Please visit this site again for details by the end of August 2004

Dr,Richard Charon BDS ( V.U.Manc. 1975)

e-mail: richard@the-ra-coach.com

Hands-on RA course- Testimonial

Not sure whether my Hands-on

Relative Analgesia Courses are suitable for you ?

Read on for a very helpful testimonial which may help persuade you !

Following my July course

I received the following testimonial

from

Mr. Andrew Tennant BDS.(Hons.), LDSRCS, FDSRCS.

Apsley House Dental Practice in Hemel Hempstead.

Andrew is himself a long-time user of RA. He runs a study club from his practice and is a Pankey Institute member and experienced implantologist. He was one of the course participants on my Hands-on Relative Analgesia course held on Saturday 17th July 2004, in Newbury, Berkshire, at St. Mary’s House Dental Practice.

Here is his unedited testimonial.

“ Richard Charon’s RA course is the best conscious sedation course I have done in 30 years !

The simple and quietly confident presentation of the information kept our group awake all day. We went away having learnt to use the equipment and techniques sufficiently well to use them on Monday morning. Our confidence was built by seeing 2 of the nurses easily sedated and then returning to the group and enthusiastically telling us how easy it was and how good it felt and that our patients should have these benefits. Then we watched 3 live RA sedation cases actually involving treatment with LA and restorative procedures. The patients all came and told us how great they felt, and how easy the treatment was.

Richard has the gift you need as your RA Coach. Just think of all those patients you have who would pay to feel calm and confident about their treatment, and how much more relaxing your day would feel.

Don’t just think how nice having this easy sedation technique would be – go and do it NOW!”

In his covering letter, Andrew also said:

“The balance of the day was right- enough theory to make it a “serious” course, relaxed atmosphere to allow appropriate questions which could be answered then or at the right place in the presentation”

“The presentation had a very professional feel about it…”

His Dental Nurse also commented that she had enjoyed the course and that..

“ it was not over my head, kept me interested and when are you getting it installed…” !

So if I could show you the how, why, when, where and who to use RA for and for you to give your patients and yourself the benefits of this service, would you be interested too?

Dr. Richard Charon BDS

contact me here : richard@the-ra-coach.com

Case history No 22

 
 
Welcome to www.the-ra-coach.com

This "blog" site is dedicated to raising awareness and creating greater interest in the use of Relative Analgesia  amongst GDPs in the UK and in promoting my hands-on RA courses,in a private general dental practice setting.
 
Please scroll further down for more information,details of my courses, useful links and the other case histories.
 
Case 22

Early this week I saw a adult male patient with extreme anxiety, verging on a true phobia. I had seen him only once before when he attended with an abscess arising from a previously root-filled LL3 (#33) about 18 months ago.  On that occasion we treated him under IV Midazolam and re-treated the tooth, which has been symptomless since.
 
This time, he arrived, perspiring profusely through fear, though he is otherwise an entirely pleasant chap, he has had a very adverse previous dental experience(s) as a child. His hair and shirt were soaked before he sat in the dental chair !
 
On this occasion, he was unaccompanied, had a mechanical # of the ML cusp of LR6 ( #46) and had gross supragingival calculus and staining anteriorly. Oh yes , and he was getting married in a few days time!
 
After all the necessary explanations and duly signing a consent form, we were able to administer RA ( inhalational sedation) there and then, provide a temporary dressing and using an ultrasonic scaler smarten him up for his wedding.  
He may well not permit more than this level of treatment without I.V. sedation. This remains to be seen in the future. 
 

This case illustrates nicely, 3 key benefits of Relative Analgesia 

• It can be used "in an emergency" situation when an escort is unavailable.
• In some cases it can be used to allow simple palliative treatment in otherwise fearful patients, pending an IV session at a later date.
• That patients who get used to IV as a sedation method, never conquer their fear, since they have little recall of the fact that the dentistry could have been or was pain free.

 

 
 
 
 
 

GDP(UK)

A warm welcome if you have just arrived via GDP(UK). The recommendation and link to this site provided by Stephen Hudson today, was entirely unsolicited. Nevertheless, thank you Stephen. Please take the time to scroll down this "blog". I hope you find it interesting, in particular the case studies. More of these will be added very soon , so please log in again to see these.

 

My hands-on private practice based RA courses provide

 7.5 hours of certificated verifiable CPD

 

This site is regularly updated

Course Report

Saturday 17th July 2004 : One-day, Hands-on

Relative Analgesia (RA) Course.

     St Mary's House Dental Practice, Newbury (01635 47757) 

e-mail: richard@the-ra-coach.com

 

Course report - Dr.Richard Charon BDS
 
The Hands-on Relative Analgesia (RA) Courses which I run from my practice at Newbury are designed to allow a small number of participants to benefit from learning the theory and practical aspects of this wonderful tool in the armoury which we have at our disposal to help overcome mild to moderate dental anxiety. In particular my courses benefit from being held in a real life private dental practice setting.
 
These one-day courses allows close interactivity between participants and presenter with maximum opportunity for questions and discussion ( including over a working restaurant lunch).
 
Today's participants all had already installed RA and had used it for some years. They attended for an update and for an opportunity for their dental nurse to have an in-depth understanding of the subject. Some nurses volunteered to discover the benefits of RA themselves and took  the the opportunity to try it out, to better enable them to explain the benefits to their patients.
 
The morning as usual, was devoted to a powerpoint presentation with almost 250 "slides" , with discussion of the background, theory and current best practice.
 
During the afternoon session , three patients were treated "in real-time" under RA sedation. Two adults and one 7 year old child. Following this the patients were able to report briefly to the participants. All patients gave the experience a resounding thumbs-up. The day concluded with a discussion of the cases and thanks to my staff and family for their help and support.
 
For anyone unfamiliar with the technique or considering offering this Practice-building service, the results need to be seen to be believed !
 

The results of the feedback questionnaire were as follows:.........
 
Attendees were asked to rate the following:
 
a) Venue 
b) Facilities
c) Audio-visuals
d) Relevance to subject
e) Speaker
 
On the following scale:
 
1) Poor
2) Adequate
3) Satisfactory
4) Good
5) Excellent.
 
None of the replies gave a "Poor" or "Adequate" score to any of the questions.
 
a) 20% Satisfactory: 40% Good, 40% Excellent
b) 20% Satisfactory : 80% Excellent
c) 40% Good : 60% Excellent ( Ausio-visuals will be upgraded for the next course !)
d) 20% Good : 80% Excellent

e) 20% Good : 80% Excellent
 
These responses are not statistically valid- just the results as they came in.
The feedback is invaluable in allowing us too to continue to improve the courses in future. My thanks to all who replied.

 

Bookings for my next course are being taken now for

 

SATURDAY OCTOBER 2ND 2004

 

Course Dates for February and May 2005

 will be announced here soon

e-mail: richard@the-ra-coach.com

 

 

 

A useful article has recently been published in "The Dentist magazine"
(Vol 20,5;May 2004 by Janet Pickles, Chairman of RA Medical Services Ltd. It covers a number of practical aspects of equipment requirements and of atmospheric pollution and scavenging issues. She can be contacted through www.ramedical.com

WELCOME

If you are unfamiliar with the format, this website takes the form of a "blog".
"
A blog, is a "Web log". Hence the name. Say it quickly . Get it now ?!

The "blog" format results in regular updates appearing at the top of this page which is why this blog has now become quite long.

Please read on to get a feel of how this works.

I intend to make navigating this site simpler by adding links to particluar areas that you may prefer to read first. I hope to get this completed over the next few weeks
.....and now to business

I utilise Relative Analgesia (RA) regularly in my adult-based all Private Practice.

More about my practice later.

We offer comprehensive Restorative, Aesthetic, Endo and Implant dentistry and RA plays a role in each discipline. However we do look after a few children too. The case histories that follow include patients of all ages.

Why not learn how to use R.A. with confidence, with me, Richard Charon, in Newbury, at one of my One Day, Hands-on R.A. courses in a Private Practice setting?
A feature of the courses are the live patient demonstrations whilst undergoing treatment

Contact me for further details and an application form richard.charon@ntlworld.com

Please read on for some inspiring case histories

Back after a short break

What do House hunting, computer viruses and hygienist maternity leave have in common ?

They have all conspired to keep me from updating this site !

We continue to get new patients contacting us from my main website www.newburydentist.co.uk. despite showing its age now. Potential new clients are finding their way there from links with other sites such as www.yell.com or www.nofeardentisty.com.

RA Article due for Publication

I am delighted to have been commissioned by Ellis Paul, Editor-in-chief, to write an article on RA for Private Dentistry magazine. I expect a two-part article to be published in May and June 2004, so please look out for them.

6 hours of verifiable CPD available !

I have decided to run my next hands-on course in July 2004. The date will be announced soon. Please contact me as soon as possible if you are interested for full details, as places will be limited. richard.charon@ntlworld.com

RESULTS OF FEEDBACK QUESTIONNAIRE FROM THE HANDS-ON RA COURSE
HELD ON 14TH FEB. 2004
AT ST. MARY'S HOUSE DENTAL PRACTICE
NEWBURY

Attendees were asked to rate the following:

a) Venue
b) Facilities
c) Audio-visuals
d) Relevance to subject
e) Speaker

On the following scale:
1) Poor
2) adequate
3) Satisfactory
4) Good
5) Excellent.

None of the replies gave a "Poor" or "adequate" score to any of the questions

a) 20% Satisfactory: 40% Good, 40% Excellent

b) 40% good : 60% Excellent

c) 20% good : 80% excellent

d) 20% good : 80% excellent

e) 20% good : 80% excellent

How could the course be improved?
Answers included:

Less time on introduction
Improve sound on video link
Stay longer under sedation !

Other comments included:

"Great"
" A well put together course"

and

some wanted more supervised hands-on experience to follow up.

The courses are designed to keep numbers low to improve interactivity and tuition ratio. As a result the responses are not statistically valid- just the results as they came in.

So a "Good" or "Excellent" rating was given by 100% for Questions 2,3,4 & 5 and 80% felt the venue to be "Good or Excellent"

If you are interested in attending my next course in July
(Date to be announced soon), please let me know.

REPORT OF THE HANDS-ON RA COURSE 14/02/2004

REPORT OF THE HANDS-ON RA COURSE
HELD ON 14TH FEB. 2004
AT ST MARY'S HOUSE DENTAL PRACTICE
NEWBURY

THE COURSE WAS SPONSORED BY RA MEDICAL SERVICES LTD

MY THANKS GO TO THEM

click here for more details
http://www.ramedical.com/

Saturday 14th Feb 2004 was a Valentine's day with a difference for the course attendees and the team from RA Medical, who had travelled down to Newbury from Yorkshire.

They supported and sponsored us and brought a wide range of R.A. equipment to show, and were on hand to offer practical tips and advice in setting up an RA delivery system.

The morning was devoted to a PowerPoint presentation covering the theoretical aspects of Relative Analgesia, including amongst other aspects, its history, relevant anatomy, physiology, indications and contraindications Pros and cons and comparisons with alternative sedations methods. Literature References were given and current legislation and advice from the GDC and D.o.H and Dental Protection were covered. We then went on to consider practical aspects of installing an R.A. system.

An interactive approach was taken, with course attendees afforded every opportunity to raise questions for discussion. At the end of the morning, supervised hands-on demonstrations were given detailing the correct technique for success.

The afternoon session was devoted to patient considerations including informed consent.
We looked at comparisons with alternatives to helping anxious patients as well as current legislation and recommendations.

From 3.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. we had a live video-link from the surgery to the lecture room, when I demonstrated R.A. techniques for three patients providing a “real-time” demonstration and more topics for discussion.

The first case was a young adult with mild to moderate anxiety who had not had dental care for several years as a result. She attended for a “trial-run” to accustom her to the nasal mask and the sensations and degree of relaxation to be expected. She left with a big smile so I anticipate an excellent outcome for her.

The second case was a mid- teenager who I have been caring for some years. He has a marked gag reflex and required a preventive resin restoration for his lower right second molar.
Once the correct level of sedation had been achieved, the procedure was completed without any gagging.

The third case an adult thirty-something male, a barrister specialising in medico-legal cases, had a very similar procedure for a lower 2nd molar. He was moderately anxious and again feared his visits to a dentist. This was his first visit to me for treatment following his initial consultation.

On completion of the treatment and having switched off the camera link to the lecture area, he turned to me and said that that was the best experience he had ever had at the dentist!

He was then happy to join the course attendees to repeat his feelings and departed, almost looking forward to his next visit. His demonstration and feedback certainly seemed to impress those who saw it.

The afternoon concluded with more time discussion, a short PowerPoint “show and after collecting the feedback questionnaire, CPD certificates were distributed. Feedback results to follow on Sunday.

We were also pleased to have some dental nurses attending, one of whom is undertaking her Dental Sedation Assistants course. I trust the attendees had an informative day and will actively look to introduce an R.A. service to their practices.

My special thanks go to my wife Chris, who is our practice manager, receptionist
(front-of house- person) and whose hard work and support ensured the day ran smoothly.

Our next Course is planned for June. A date has yet to be set. If you are interested please contact me

richard.charon@ntlworld.com

Today's RA case History
Case 15- REVIEW


We reviewed our case 15 ,young lady, treated as described below.
She and her mother were absolutely delighted with the result. The healing was quite uneventful, and the patient in question had some further restorative treatment under RA which was starightforward too.
Result: Happy patient ~ Happy Dentist - Win- win with RA !

Today's RA Case History
Case 16


This lady attended for the first time some weeks before Christmas. She takes good care of her appearance BUT her fear of Dentistry has kept her from seeking care for many years.

She has a moderately advanced chronic periodontal status and some failed old restorations.

We introduced her to the benefits of RA before beginning any treatment and now have made very good progress in improving her periodontal condition using RA to allow her to cope with the necessary operative first phase treatment.

A few days ago I completed 2 extensive composite restorations, replacing leaking/failed amalgams,

In addition to RA, I used my newly acquired Wand Plus (TM) LA machine and of course, rubber dam.

The synergy of a sense of detachment created by the RA and the entirely painless LA procedure and the sense of "separation" created by the use of the dental dam left the patient almost speechless with delight at the outcome.

Quite simply, she could hardly believe how easy & pleasant this dental experience had been cmpared to hewr previous experiences. I am confident that she has now turned the corner and will become an excellent dental patient with all the benefits that flow from that for her and for us in terms of growing our practice reputation.

So I am looking forward to a testimonial and referrals of new patients from her.

Would you like to be able to offer your patients these benefits?

See below for details of my Hands-on RA courses or e-mail me at richard.charon@ntlworld.com

Today's RA case History
Case 15

Well here we are again back on cloud nine. This case combined my newly delivered Wand Plus LA machine and RA.

Yesterday's case involves a 12/13 year old. She was seen for the first time recently with a deep carious cavity in # 46. X-ray and symptoms indicated a likely pulpal exposure. #47 was in position and #48 was present on radiograph.

At her first treatment visit , she easily accepted RA and we proceeded with normal ID block. Very careful caries excavation produced an evident vital exposure. This was dressed and a discussion with mother followed re endo or ext and ortho to move #47 mesially keeping it upright.

She attended about a week later requesting Ext. We went ahead with her RA sedation and acheived adequate levels within 2-3 minutes.

Using the Wand and the single tooth technique . #46 was individually anaesthetised -NO ID BLOCK was used and the tooth ext painlessly about 1-2 minutes later.

Result. Relaxed happy patient and mother ( who watched the entire procedure- her choice not mine !). Her Mother , also a new patient has recently had RA for her treatment too. Will I use this combination again- why certainly !

Would it have worked with conventional IDB - why certainly but the wand meant no numb lip for hours afterwards and a rapid and predictable anaesthesia.

I have yet to review her regarding healing and her experience of the post op period.

I'll let you know when I do.

Welcome to new readers & Happy New Year


This site has been developed by me
Richard Charon BDS


So here I am !

This site is dedicated to raising awareness and creating greater interest in the use of Relative Analgesia (RA) amongst General Dental Practitoners in the UK.
It is a regularly updated and contains some useful links and information about RA.

Of particular interest are case histories and testimonials from my patients to illustrate the variety of situations which in which RA can be used to great effect.

This site will also be used as a vehicle to promote my Hands-on RA Courses undertaken in a general practice setting.

You will find a variety of related links as you read on.

Here is one to be going on with.
Remember to return here after reading it

http://www.smile-on.com/articles/article_view.php?article_id=643

The following link to smile-on.com gives information about my last hands-on coursehttp://www.smile-on.com/events/event_view.php?event_id=1535


To book a place on future courses or for further information, please contact me, Richard Charon using my e-mail address:

richard.charon@ntlworld.com

Visitors to this weblog (blog)

At present there is no direct way for me to monitor visitors to this site.
Please take a few moments to send an e-mail message , if only to register the fact that you have taken the time to read this far !!

The content and design layout of this blog are under constant development.
I plan to improve all aspects over the coming weeks.

I would also welcome any comments you would like to make.
Thank you for investing your time in reading this. I hope you find it interesting.

I will also take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy New Year

Richard Charon BDS

Contact me, Richard Charon: richard.charon@ntlworld.com

Welcome

To new readers and anyone returning for an update.

It would be difficult to find a better way to introduce you to the benefits of using RA as a means of helping our anxious patients than by asking you to read the first testimonial I have uploaded to this blog from a patient called Marie.

You'll find it just after the introduction and paragraph about my practice website.

Soon I will be placing these testimonials into a seperate linkable area.

Welcome

This site is devoted to promoting the use of Relative Analgesia more widely amongst General Dental Practitioners for the benefit of their patients, themselves and their practices.

I have no direct link with manufacturing or supply companies. However I believe that RA is underutilised, in a dental practice setting, in the UK and that its benefits are not fully understood by GDPs.

I am a Dental Practitioner serving Dental Practitioners in their desire to provide the benefits Relative Analgesia (Inhalational Sedation) to their patients.

My One day Hands-on teaching courses are currently delivered from my Private Dental Practice at

St. Mary's House Dental Practice, Newbury, Berkshire RG14 5DH

If you wish to find out more about the equipment required and set up costs then try RA Medical at

www.ramedical.com

They will be represented at my Hands-on courses and their team will be available to offer practical advice to anyone wishing to set up an RA sedation service for their patients


You may copy or distribute this as long as this copyright notice and full information below about contacting the author are attached.


Richard Charon

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Before continuing with the main subject of this "blog", Relative Analgesia (Inhalational Sedation), a word about My Dental Practice Website

3 years ago I wondered If I could build and publish my own website. So I set about it, more of a hobby excercise than to produce a serious commercial type site.

Anyway I did manage to produce one and it was live for about 18 months.

For technical reasons, unimportant here, the site has not been updated since then and in any event has been off-line for over a year.

Well now, it is back on line AND ready for a makover in 2004.

Initially I will update most of the pages and finish writing some unfinished ones. Eventually the entire site will be overhauled and brought up to date.

Despite being slow to load and having a dinosaur look about it, it does describe the practice and what we offer reasonably well.

However there are many innovations that we will be showcasing once it is updated and much improved digital images of before and after aesthetic "makover" cases.

So, if you have nothing better to do , take a look at my website. Here is the link to the page which describes RA.


http://www.newburydentist.co.uk/page14.html


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Patient Testimonials

Here as promised is the first testimonial together with her case description:
This arrived a few weeks ago. The patient in question was Marie.


Case 12 & One of my best testimonials!


Other testimonials

may be found at

http://www.newburydentist.co.uk/page23.html

though not all of these relate directly to the use of RA


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Why not learn how to use R.A. with confidence, with me, Richard Charon, in Newbury, at one of my One Day, Hands-on R.A. courses in a Private Practice setting?
A feature of the courses are the live patient demonstrations whilst undergoing treatment

Contact me for further details and an application form richard.charon@ntlworld.com

Please read on for some inspiring case histories

the-ra-coach.com



Welcome to the the-ra-coach.com

Site maintained by

Dr. Richard Charon BDS

St. Mary’s House Dental Practice

55/6 Cheap Street

Newbury

Berkshire

RG14 5DH


01635 47757


richard.charon@ntl.com

This blog is designed to provide free advice and case history examples on an on-going basis for registered General Dental Practitioners in the U.K. to demonstrate the advantages and benefits to you and your patients, of intoducing RA to your practices.

The diary will be updated weekly together with details of practical hands-on courses in general dental practice benefiting from my 25 years experience as a sedationist utilising Relative Analgesia


The courses are held at my practice in Newbury and a particular feature of these is that you will fully understand the extraordinary transformation that occurs when patients
undergo dental treatment procedures under RA

The first 2 issues are now about 1 month old and were forwarded in the form of newsletters to respondents to marketing my RA Hands-on course to be held on 4th December 2003

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Copyright © 2003 all rights reserved.

Richard Charon is a Dental Practitioner serving Dental Practitioners in their desire to provide the benefits Relative Analgesia (Inhalational Sedation) to their patients.

His One day Hands-on teaching courses are currently delivered from his Private Dental Practice at St. Mary’s House Dental Practice, Newbury, Berkshire SL6 6HF.

You may copy or distribute “RA Today “as long as this copyright notice and full information about contacting the author are attached. The author is: Dr.Richard Charon

Contact him at richard.charon@ntlworld.com or at St. Mary’s House Dental Practice, Newbury, Berkshire SL6 6HF.

Please forward this e-newsletter to your friends and colleagues. Your recommendation is how we grow awareness of our One day Hands-on RA course.

To change or cancel your email address, e-mail me directly at richard.charon@ntlworld.com

We will never release, sell or give a subscriber's name or email address to any other party or organisation. Course attendees or those making enquiries will only receive email messages that contain requested information, new articles or newsletters or announcements of new services.



My next
One-day Hands-on RA course
is booked for

February 14th 2004

in

Newbury, Berkshire.


If you have been interested or inspired by these case histories and would like further information about my hands-on RA courses, please contact me for details.


For those who are not able to commit or are learning RA on another course, I hope you find these case reports interesting and inspiring.



Richard Charon

Copyright © 2003 all rights reserved.

Richard Charon is a Dental Practitioner serving Dental Practitioners in their desire to provide the benefits Relative Analgesia (Inhalational Sedation) to their patients.

His One day Hands-on teaching courses are currently delivered from his Private Dental Practice at St. Mary’s House Dental Practice, Newbury, Berkshire SL6 6HF.

You may copy or distribute “RA Today “as long as this copyright notice and full information about contacting the author are attached. The author is: Dr.Richard Charon

Contact him at richard.charon@ntlworld.com or at St. Mary’s House Dental Practice, Newbury, Berkshire SL6 6HF.

Tel: 01635 47757

Please forward this e-newsletter to your friends and colleagues.

Your recommendation is how we grow awareness of our one-day Hands-on RA course.

To change or cancel your email address, e-mail me directly at richard.charon@ntlworld.com

We will never release, sell or give a subscriber's name or email address to any other party or organisation. Course attendees or those making enquiries will only receive email messages that contain requested information, new articles or newsletters or announcements of new services.