Overview

Running a successful dental practice is much more than dentistry, it is about the interface between business and healthcare.

Becoming the principal of a great practice starts with developing a positive values-based culture with your team, continues with finance, time management, recruitment, retention, marketing sales, leadership and much more.

This workshop is designed to teach you the skills you need to be a dento-preneur: a great dentist and practice owner.

This unique programme consists of

• 10 x full day in-person workshops ( Usually and not always 4th Friday on the month excluding August and December)
• 12 x 60-minute 1-2-1 coaching
• Free membership of our Dental Practice Owners Club
• Complimentary attendance of 20 ongoing interactive support webinars
• Bespoke thinking pattern analysis
• Additional bonuses

CLICK HERE to downlaod the full course curriculum

Logistics

**10 one day in person workshops :

Workshops will be held, once a month over 12 months, excluding August and December- Usually, and not always 4th Friday of the month indicated by*

This is a rolling workshop, when booking tickets only select the first module that you will be attending and you will automatically be enrolled for the full 12 month programme.

2026 dates 

• 20th March*,
• 17th April,
• 29th May*,
• 19th June*,
• 24th July,
• 25th September,
• 23th October,
• 27th November
• Friday 22^nd January 2027
• Friday 26^th February2027

As many or few as your team members can attend FREE

Each day includes 2 x 15 minute refreshment breaks and 1x 1-hour lunch.

Venue Bicester, Oxfordshire - good train links and free parking. Choice of hotels budget to boutique.

Timings

Registration and refreshments 8:00-8:30

Workshop 8:30-17:00

2 x 15 refreshment breaks

1 x 1 hour lunch

**12 x 60-minute 1-2-1 coaching:

Personalised 1-2-1 coaching calls book with Jane at a time convenient with you.

**Dental Practice Owners Club: Complimentary

On-line safe interactive meeting space for practice owners to meet.

Once a month

**Interactive support webinars: Complimentary

20 webinars for all the team

Once a month

***Bespoke thinking pattern analysis

Learn to understand your personal thinking patterns and behaviours

*** Other bonuses

10% discount on future in-house training

10% discount on additional 1-2-1 coaching sessions

Access to a bank of essential resources

vCPD 75 hours

Valued at £20,000 when items booked individually.

0 % interest monthly investments are available on request. Email Jane@IODB.co.uk to set up a conversation to discuss your requirements.

What you will learn

• How to run a successful and sustainable practice, that will almost run itself
• How to create a practice culture that is built on your values
• Managing the finances and understanding the stories your spread-sheets are telling you
• As a practice owner how to pay yourself first, rather than the crumbs at the end of the year
• How to manage your time and your appointment books
• How to recruit and build a high performing team
• How and where to have effective marketing communications
• How to increase the "sales' within your practice
• How to develop your leadership skills and become and a dento-preneur
• How to run a systematically successful practice
• How to balance your work and personal life so that it supports your physical and mental well being
• How to build the practice you dreamed of.
• Reduce stress, increase success.

Who is this programme for?

• Principals: Who are experiencing overwhelm and the practice is not performing as they expected.
• Principals: Who want to change the direction, culture, treatment offerings of their practice.
• Associates, hygienists, therapists and DCPs : Who are considering buying or setting up a practice within the next 5 Years
• Team members: Who are part of a developing the practice.

Aims

To give you the tools and know how that you weren’t taught at dental school that will enable you to run a successful profitable business and live a fulfilling life.

Objectives

At the end of the programme will have a working knowledge and be able to implement, of the ten key strategies that enable you to run a successful happy practice.

Learning outcome

For you and your team to have the knowledge and skills to implement the changes you need to make for your practice to stay agile, and profitable.

Learning content

• Compelling values-based vision.

• Planning time to succeed.

• The numbers that count.

• ACE customer service.

• Teamwork makes the dream work.

• Selling with IMPACT.

• Effective and inexpensive marketing.

• Inspirational leadership in practice.

• Systematic success.

• Is the way you are working, working?

GDC development outcomes

Depending on your roles within the practice this programme will cover development outcomes. A,B,C, D

This is an overview for the whole programme, each workshop will have its own aims, objectives, learning outcome, learning content and GDC development outcomes

Verifiable CPD : 75 hours

Additional aims, objectives, learning outcomes, learning content and development outcomes will be provided for each workshop.

These are some of the questions we have been asked by clients.

If you have any other questions you would like us to answer please e mail Jane@IODB.co.uk

Q     Can I bring my team?

A     We actively encourage you to bring as many of your team as possible because implementation is easier, and your results will be better, better. No additional charges for team members, one practice, one price.

Q     Do you have a guarantee?

A      Yes, we have a double your investment guarantee. Terms and conditions apply. Everyone has doubled their investment as a minimum and not claimed on the guarantee.

Q     Will I get value if I come alone?

A      You can come alone, and will get great value. Other people have made that choice too. What they have said afterwards is they wish they had brought their team, so they could have implemented the changes more effectively. Delegates that attend on their own, ususally repeat the course, bringing their team.

Q     How do I fit this around my surgery and family commitments?

A     It can be challenging to fit this around your surgery and family commitments, and there is rarely a perfect time. Many practice owners have found it works best to book key dates into the diary well in advance, so the whole team can plan around them. Sometimes, it is necessary to accept that not everyone will be able to attend every event, and that’s fine. The important thing is to commit to the process, involve as many of the team as possible, and keep the momentum going so everyone benefits over time.

Q     Do you offer payment plans?

A     Yes, of course you can. We over 0% staged payments over 6, 12, or 24 months.
Email Jane, Jane@IODB.co.uk to book a time to have a conversation to discuss your requirements.

Q    Can I start the course part way through or must I start in January?    

A     Starting in January is the ideal option, but we recognise that your diary and other commitments may make this difficult. To help you get started as soon as possible, this is a rolling programme, so you can join at any time and still attend all 10 workshops. If you join after January, your remaining workshops will simply roll into the following year’s schedule.

Q     I have another question that is not listed here.

A     Please e mail Jane@IODB.co.uk and we will answer all of your questions.