The Toughest Thing You've Been Through

This week our guest on the Dentology Podcast is award-winning cosmetic dentist Dr Simon Chard.

Simon is well known across the sector as an international speaker and lecturer. He co-owns the highly successful Rothley Lodge Dental Practice with this wife Dr Meghan Chard and is President of the BACD and co-founder of PARLA, the eco-friendly toothpaste brand. He was also voted Dentistry’s Person of the Year 2022!

In this episode Simon chats about his early years in dentistry and talks about what it’s like to work alongside his wife and parents.

He talks about PARLA, his environmentally friendly toothpaste tabs, and shares the inspiration and reasons behind the business. He also chats about what it was like appearing on Dragons Den, his involvement in the BACD and his plans for the future.

A great episode – so listen now.

Topics:

- Your early years

- Did you always have a flair for business?

- At what point did you feel that focus was the way forward?

- Working in practice with your parents and wife

- Dragons Den

- The inspiration for PARLA

- Your role in the BACD