I’m Anne Budenberg, and I’m a dentist with over 30- years experience in NHS and private practice, including roles in secondary care, dental education, risk management and mentoring. 

I started this podcast to show the diversity of views, and choices dentists and dental care professionals can, and do make, on their career paths, and about creating a fulfilling career. This is for anyone interested in UK dental careers - for those working, or planning to work as a dentist or dental care professional in the UK. Dental careers are no longer simply linear, or binary choices, but we have many possibilities for hopping on and off whichever career path, or ‘squiggly career,’ you chose to take.

Sometimes the path is planned; at other times, it takes unexpected twists and turns, and you end up at a place you did not expect to find yourself.

‘Squiggly careers’ is a phrase coined by career development consultants, Helen Tupper & Sarah Ellis, and I love this concept, and the fact that every ‘squiggly career’ will be drawn differently, and is unique.

We’ll be exploring some of the opportunities, challenges, and adapting to change throughout your career, as the landscape changes.

In this episode I'm speaking to dentist, Harry Marshall, who qualified from Newcastle Dental School in 2018.

We are speaking about his early dental career; about his thoughts on the choices he has made, on his path from Dental Foundation Training, to associate in NHS practice, and into Private practice. What he thinks makes his career fulfilling, the opportunities he has taken so far, and how he is developing his skills in Orthodontics in Primary Dental Care.

Please join us, and don’t forget to share your feedback & ideas on what’s important to you about this topic.

Resources

·     British Orthodontic Society

https://www.bos.org.uk/Information-for-Dentists

·     Career Pathways in Dentistry

https://cgdent.uk/career-pathways/

 ·     Engaging works has a free survey to help you assess your workplace happiness: WorkL

https://app.workl.co/happiness-survey

·     Happier Workforce = Higher Returns

https://lordmarkprice.com/

·     The Ortho Course Practical GDP Orthodontics Reinvented

https://theorthocourse.co.uk/