Some helpful tips

In this article I would like to share some advice to help ensure dentists get value for their money and do not regret any purchase.

Do research

To use an old adage “Buy in haste, repent at leisure”. Your money is hard earned so spend it carefully. This seems a simple statement but it’s true. Check websites and literature carefully. Speak to your peer group and ask them their experience of the manufacturer and dental dealer.

Use exhibitions properly

Planning and delivering a dental surgery takes time and the one thing that is in short supply at a dental exhibition is time. Grabbing a five minute conversation with a sales person at a crowded stand while your colleague from dental school grabs you and tells you to meet up in 10 minutes at

Starbucks is probably not the best way of approaching your project. By all means appraise dental equipment at shows, but don’t make final decisions there. Make contact with the company and set aside a good period of time to transmit your vision and meet at a dental showroom to appraise the products on show. Avoid show specials on major capital equipment - all that glistens isn’t necessarily gold.