#77 - The Business of Dentistry with Sameer Patel

In this episode, we welcome insight into the world of business in dentistry from Sameer Patel. Sameer is the Clinical Director of renowned Elleven Dental Wellness Clinic in London and shares his views on company ethos and being successful in the business of dentistry.

Sameer also tells us about his love of cricket, how to chose the right associates and runs us through how he approaches managing patient experience.

Enjoy!

“Stick to your protocol, stick to the system, stick to what you do and try not to go out of that too much, because actually, that's when you produce the best clinical dentistry.” 

• Sameer Patel

In This Episode

01.14 - Dentistry vs cricket

08.40 - Parenting

12.00 - Race

20.50 - Australia

17:55 - The business of dentistry

26:32 - Running a practice

32:37 - The patient experience

39:09 - True north

41:20 - Book recommendations

46:43 - Treating everybody

50:41 - Sticking to protocols

52:44 - Dental Entrepreneurial Programme

1:00:32 - Daily life

1:04:16 - Choosing associates

1:06:59 - Company culture

1:08:26 - Legacy & last days on Earth

About Sameer Patel

After qualifying from the University of Birmingham, Sameer was awarded the Centenary Prize and was nominated for the Clinical Excellence Award. Whilst working in practice, he continued his postgraduate education at Oxford University before moving to Guy’s Hospital, London. Sameer was awarded, by examination, Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons in London.

He worked in Sydney, Australia, both in practice and in hospital, before returning to the UK to become a partner at Blandy House Dental Practice. He’s completed training in Implantology at the Eastman Hospital and is a member of the International Team for Implantology.

Sameer enjoys comprehensive dentistry for all ages and is a certified Invisalign practitioner, providing invisible orthodontics for teenagers and adults. He enables a more conservative smile makeover.

Sameer was the recent Chairman of the Reading Section of the British Dental Association and is the current official dentist for the PCA, Professional Cricketers Association.