Robbie Stewart talks through his journey working as a fully utilised dental therapist in a private practice and some of his key wins – from building patient trust to easing the workloads of dentists.
When I moved from Newcastle to London earlier this year, I was told it would be ‘near impossible’ to find a dental therapy role. London, they said, was too competitive, and most practices kept restorative work with the dentists.
I didn’t buy it.
In Newcastle, my scope was fully utilised in both NHS and private settings – one being Smmmile Dental, where I built a strong therapy list in a practice that had previously left most restorative work to dentists. I’d seen first-hand how much value a confident therapist could bring. The challenge now was proving it in a brand-new city, in a fully private clinic, with patients who had never met me before.
