#32 - Dental Leaders Bulletin - Dr Christopher Orr on Preparing for Life After Lockdown

In this week’s bulletin, Prav and Payman quiz Dr Christopher Orr on what practical steps dentists must take upon emerging from lockdown.   Their wide-ranging discussion covers indemnity, protective measures and adopting a triage approach to inviting patients back to clinic.   They also tackle the difference between NHS and private practices, and how regulators and dentists might improve their response, if the unthinkable were ever to happen again.   “There's always been an element of risk in dentistry that existed long before COVID came along, and the question really is what do we do to really try and mitigate that risk?” Dr Christopher Orr   00.17 - What do dentists need to do before returning to work? 07.47 - On indemnity 10.23 - Regulation & communication 13.07 - Assessing by need 20.35 - Looking after staff and patients 23.44 - NHS practices 26.21 - Courses and education 27.52 - Preparing for a next time 36.46 - ‘Land-grabs’ 39.03 - Protocols, PPE and purifiers   About Dr Christopher Orr Dr Christopher Orr is a cosmetic, aesthetic and restorative dentist whose past positions include president of the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry and the Odontological Section of the Royal Society of Medicine.    He is also a former director of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry and former course director for the MSc in Aesthetic Restorative Dentistry at the University of Manchester.    Christopher was named Private Dentistry magazine’s most influential private practitioner in 2013. He is a prolific international lecturer on dentistry and often features in the press, radio TV and online media.