Education Facility is Almost Ready

Our new self-contained education facility, adjacent to Richard Charon at Newbury Smilemakers Dental practice, in Newbury, is close to completion. There are 2 rooms. The seminar room can hold 14-16 people with a projector & screen. The other is an ante-room, which could double for a smaller breakout or parallel group of 6-8 people.

Pictures will follow soon

The Dentistry Show 2012

"You and your Anxious Patients (Inhalation Sedation,         
   Scope of Practice and you)"

Last Friday (2nd March 2012) I presented to the Dental Hygienists and Dental Therapists Symposium as part of The Dentistry Show, at the NEC.
Only others can say how my presentation went  but I didn't dry up, stumble over the stage or otherwise make an idiot of myself,  so that was a good start.

My thanks to Mhari Coxon, Dental Hygienist extraordinaire, for the invitation to speak. I very much enjoyed the experience and was very pleased that I had an audience of close to 100. It was also flattering that a dentist traveled from 1200 miles from Macedonia to hear my 45 min talk and that another dentist , who has already been on one of my courses  now wishes to have additional mentoring.

So here I have gathered some tweets written during, shortly after and a few days after my presentation.

@RichardCharon saw your lecture at the dent show. Very interesting and great lecture. Fear & phobia is an area I want to learn more about.

Marie Fitt = @bengal128

@RichardCharon You're welcome, very much enjoyed your lecture @ The Dentistry Show :-)

@RachaelEngland

@OnlineDentalCPD & Sedation experienced RDN with CDNS can mentor and certify GDP competence, If I understood correctly. Will check this.

Retweeted by Emma Male

@richardcharon Any time - if anyone needs a good RA coach, we know who to recommend :)

Missed @richardcharon - You & your Anxious Patients? Come to stand N50 & find how how you can catch up using the #icpdplayer! #dentistryshow

@RichardCharon 'fear is logical and natural. Anxiety may be illogical. Phobia is irrational' - watch this talk again with #icpdplayer

@richardcharon thank you so much for an inspiring talk on helping nervous patients....

&

#DENTISTRYSHOW newsflash. Never mind zingy white teeth come and hear the amazing @richardcharon share how you can help your nervous patients

@karenthedentist

yfrog.com/esgvkwvj the amazing @richardcharon speaking at Dentistry Show

from @Markoborn

Watch this space for future developments!

Richard Charon

BNI Testimonial

Today I attended the Jack O'Newbury BNI Chapter. BNI is an international networking group. I've been a member for just over 2 years now.
This morning was a special visitors day meeting and 20 visitors swelled the normal number of about 35. During the meeting members can, if they wish, read aloud a testimonial to another member for the services that have been provided to them.
I was delighted that Alison Stanton of AMS Worldwide Couriers stood up, put her hand on my shoulder and read out a testimonial for me to a room of 55 local business people, including reps from the Newbury Weekly News and the new Newbury Sound local radio station and Gavin Baine, BNI regional Director

Here is what Alison said

" Testimonial for Richard Charon - Changing Smiles - Changing Lives"

During the Christmas period my 9-year-old daughter, who had never had any dental treatment before, was complaining of a bleeding tooth. She wasn't in any pain but we were going on holiday for a week after Christmas and I didn't want to run the risk of her developing pain whist we were away on holiday.

I called Richard at 9am one morning when the heavens were pouring with snow, not really expecting the dental practise to be open in such weather conditions, and received a very positive response. If I could bring her to the practise Richard could see her straightaway. This I did, and by 10 am Rhian was having her first experience of a filling. When we got home her elder sister said 'did it hurt?' Rhian replied 'not at all. He gave me this nice stuff to breathe and I didn't feel scared one bit'.

Richard handled my daughter with a great deal of sensitivity and understanding. He took the time to explain to her everything he was going to do and what all the different bits of apparatus were for. As a result her first experience of dental treatment was relaxed and stress free. If only my own childhood experiences had been the same.

I would not hesitate to recommend Richard to anyone requiring dental treatment - especially those of a nervous disposition and, in particular, children for whom a positive of dental treatment is essential.

Alison Stanton.
A wow testimonial indeed. Thank you so much Alison.