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Dentist Information

Most of the Dentists at Dental Care Centres operated by Pacific Smiles Group are not employees, but are independent practitioners. The dentists engage Pacific Smiles Group to provide them with the services and facilities necessary, to optimise the clinical and financial outcomes of their own practice.

Dental services, like most highly professional activities, are becoming far more complex and expensive to deliver. Compliance with the plethora of legal and regulatory requirements is becoming increasingly difficult. Dentists in solo practice or in partnerships are often faced with an overwhelming volume of management and compliance tasks to which they must attend over and above the time that they wish to devote to clinical practice.

The Pacific Smiles Group model enables dentists to:

• Devote their entire working time to clinical activities, not practice management activities

• Retain independence over their clinical decision making

• Establish a practice with no up-front investment in premises, equipment or inventory

• Deliver their dental services to patients in a well-maintained, well-managed Dental Care Centre that complies with applicable legislation and regulations

• Earn excellent income levels through efficiency improvements

• Maximise quality-of-life through more personal time

• Have greater control over personal finances and superannuation

Dental Care Centres are situated in high-profile locations with excellent exposure. The modern, fresh interiors enhance patient flow and satisfaction and the standard of equipment in the surgeries promotes clinical efficiency and effectiveness. Pacific Smiles provides all of the resources necessary to enable dentists to provide optimal dental services to patients.

These resources include:

• Well trained and highly motivated Dental Care Centre management teams

• Front-office reception services and patient billing systems

• Motivated and efficient clinical support staff

• State-of-the-art Sterilisation and instrument tracking services

• Comprehensively equipped and well maintained surgeries

• Stock of required consumable items

• Professional marketing and advertising

• Access to Preferred Provider Agreements with Third Party Insurers

• Community and school education programs

• Continuing education and professional development programs for dentists

• Access to specialist support

Dentists nominate how much or how little they plan to work allowing practitioners to manage their life/work balance. With an improved life balance and a working life sharply focused on clinical services, dentists practicing from Pacific Smiles Group operated centres experience a far lower stress level than dentists who are trying to juggle the complexities of running a dental centre with the demands of providing clinical services.

Dentists also benefit from the gregarious, friendly team environment that exists in the Pacific Smiles Group Centres. Having other dentists in close proximity allows the opportunity to discuss complex cases, check treatment plans, learn new techniques and enjoy the companionship of like-minded professionals. With good life balance, less stress, clinical focus and autonomy in a supportive environment, dentists are well placed to enjoy excellent financial returns on their working hours.