A great testimonial if you are afraid of the dentist

 

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

RA Course for Sat 21st. Jan update

Audio-visual wiring being re-routed at Precision Dental Studio,
PowerPoint checked, camcorder checked, A-V connections checked.
RA equipment checked, food ordered, register and CPD certificates printed etc.
Ready to roll, setting up next Friday afternoon for Saturday's course. Delegates from Plymouth, Ireland, Manchester, Leamington Spa, Latvia, Estonia and Gerrard's Cross. Experience ranges from zero to very! Should be excellent.

Inhalation Sedation. Another little success

Vicki is my son's partner.
She came to me as a patient about 2 years ago. She was very fearful though not phobic. Here is her story,

Since then she has had several visits mainly using RA but more recently she has not always needed it.
Today she came for a minor filling which needed local anaesthetic (Using the Wand).

I said "Are you OK without the happy air for this" , she said "yes".
Then, as I prepared for the Wand, she suddenly said , "Actually I know I said I'd be brave but I'm getting panicky- can I gave the happy air after all"

"No problem" said I. Within 2 minutes she was sedated and I continued without so much as a hiccup.
10 minutes later the filling was finished ( it was a quick one)  and 3 minutes later she was leaving the dental chair ready to go back to taking care of my grandson!

There is no other simple sedation technique to overcome such anxiety so quickly in a non-invasive way, with no prior preparation and with such rapid return to normal, allowing patients to return to work, school or childcare. Just another reason that I love RA so much !

If you would like this easy approach to dentistry call us at Newbury Smilemakers on 01635 47757 and arrange a free initial discussion of your fears and your needs.

July 2011: RA course futher comments

Here, three of the course delegates offer some further comments about their day's training with us in Newbury last week. The first is from a dental hygienist, the wife of a GDP practice partner, who attended with two of their dental nurses:

"Thank you Richard for your prompt reply . We all thoroughly enjoyed the course and have much food for thought. I am busy telling my husband all about it! "

The next two are from GDPs. One an experienced RA user, the other not yet practicing in the UK but I understand is working towards her GDC overseas registration exam.

Interestingly both practitioners, who do not work together and with very different backgrounds and previous experience, made almost exactly the the same comment. Can you spot it?!

" Dr.Charon, many thanks for such an interesting course and for sharing all your wide knowledge and experience about RA with us.  I had 10 years of private and hospital general experience in my own country, and the foundation knowledge of sedation from my training, but before I have done your course, I had never thought that RA was an achievable and excellent tool for the comfort of nervous patients, especially in private practices.

The course content, the facilities, and venue were excellent. You had make it simple and easy to understand. 

Thank you to the whole team, for making this day such an informative and enjoyable one.

Esperanza Salazar"

The second is copied here from a comment left on the previous blog post.

Thank you Richard for an excellent comprehensive overview of RA. As an experienced RA user, I have not had any further training since my undergraduate days, and it was most reassuring to see that you have a very similar take on the subject to myself. Interestingly, I have never considered RA as a tool for private dentistry, - you certainly have opened that door for me - many thanks - Rob Regan

Inhalation Sedation curriculum for DCPs

GDC Scope of practice and Inhalation Sedation competency training for Dental Hygienists and Therapists.
It is just over 5 yrs since the GDC's Scope of Practice initiative was published, permitting Hygienists and Therapists to act as operator-sedationists in administering Inhalation sedation to overcome dental anxiety,
 
The DSTG (Dental Sedation Teachers Group) announced yesterday, at their annual symposium, held at the Maritime Museum in Liverpool, that they are to collaborate with SAAD in setting up a curriculum for the training of Hygienists and Therpists in Inhalation sedation.

This comes at the exact moment the GDC is calling for input into a root and branch review of the Scope of Practice, which will include what should be removed from the list of possible allowed tasks, as well as the possibility of adding new tasks to the list.
 
Perhaps those on the DSTG and SAAD committees already know that Inhalation Sedation for DCPs,once competency has been certified,is to be kept as part of the Scope of Practice. Perhaps they should and indeed will wait for the outcome of the review before committing resources to producing such a curriculum.

Richard Charon

RADCT

What is RADCT? RA Dental Competency Training. I am excited to announce our new competency training course in RA /IS for Therapists and Hygienist. More information here. Please like and pass this forward to DCP friends and contacts and be sure to join my facebook page for updates

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