The Dental Protection Ireland podcast discusses the key and current dentolegal risks and issues affecting dental practitioners across Ireland. The Dental Protection team provide helpful advice and guidance on how to steer clear of dentolegal risks, assisting you to provide safe and high-quality care for your patients. Our first podcast series RiskBites provides short, bite-sized guidance for some of the issues impacting the dental profession right now.
Latest episodes
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11 min
Risk Bites: Exiting Practice
Join Dr Noel Kavanagh and Dr George Wright as they discuss 'exiting practice' - looking at some of the potential risks associated with retirement involving selling a practice, as w…
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14 min
Risk Bites: Moving practice
Join Dr Noel Kavanagh and Dr George Wright as they discuss 'moving practice' - looking at some of the challenges, potential risks and practical strategies to achieve a smooth trans…
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15 min
Risk Bites: The early days
Join Dr Noel Kavanagh and Dr George Wright as they discuss some of the challenges, potential risks and practical strategies to help navigate the early stages of one's dental career
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43 min
Risk Bites: A view from the other side of the world
Join Dr Noel Kavanagh as he chats to Dr Colm Harney about his dental journey so far, how he's ended up working as a Dentolegal Consultant for Dental Protection and his insights fro…
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14 min
Risk Bites: The other side of the fence - Part 2
Join Dr Noel Kavanagh, in conversation with Dr Nuala Carney, to hear her insights from working as a Dentolegal Consultant and her practical tips to help reduce your dentolegal risk…
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14 min
Risk Bites: The other side of the fence - Part 1
Join Dr Noel Kavanagh as he chats to Dr Nuala Carney about her dental journey so far and how she’s ended up working in her current role as a Dentolegal Consultant for Dental Protec…
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14 min
Risk Bites: Sorry seems to be the hardest word
In this short podcast, Dr Noel Kavanagh and Dr Nuala Carney discuss the topic of disclosure and apologising to patients after something has gone wrong.
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18 min
LSD - The Key to Effective Patient Communication
ffective patient communication is a central pillar in risk prevention and risk management. In this short podcast, Dr Noel Kavanagh and Dr Nuala Carney discuss why this is the case…
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14 min
Risk Bites: The 5 Ps of Complaint Handling
No practitioner ever likes to receive a complaint, but whether we like it or not, they are part and parcel of professional life. In this short podcast, Dr Noel Kavanagh and Dr Mart…
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13 min
Risk Bites: When things go wrong
Whether we like it or not, it is a fact of a dental professional’s life that sometimes things don’t always turn out as we would have wished and patients can sometimes feel disappoi…
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17 min
Risk Bites: Treatment Coordinators
In this latest episode of Risk Bites, Dr Noel Kavanagh & Dr Martin Foster discuss Dental Treatment Co-Ordinators, exploring both potential benefits andalso some of the dentolegal r…
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9 min
Risk Bites: Protecting Children
In this short Risk Bites episode, Dr Noel Kavanagh and Dr Martin Foster discuss the professional responsibilities of dental practitioners in relation to the potentially difficult s…
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16 min
Risk Bites: Confidentiality in dentistry
In this episode of Risk Bites Ireland, Dr. Noel Kavanagh and Dr. Martin Foster discuss the Doctrine of Confidentiality and its relevance and practical application for Irish dental…
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6 min
Risk Bites: Protection for HSE dental staff - it's personal
In this short podcast, Dr. Noel Kavanagh and Dr. Martin Foster discuss why HSE dentists and hygienists should consider having Dental Protection membership, in addition to their cla…
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17 min
RiskBites: Social Media - Friend or Foe?
In this episode of Risk Bites, Dr Noel Kavanagh and Dr Martin Foster discuss the topic of Social Media and explore whether it is a friend or foe for dental healthcare professionals…
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16 min
RiskBites: Consent & Issues of Capacity
In this short podcast, Dr. Noel Kavanagh and Dr. Martin Foster discuss the important topic of consent, specifically when there are issues concerning the capacity of a patient.This…
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13 min
RiskBites: Consent and the Younger Patient
In this short podcast, Dr.Noel Kavanagh and Dr. Martin Foster discuss the topic of consent in children & the younger patient. This episode is part of our podcast series, Risk Bites…
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20 min
RiskBites: Principles of consent
In this short podcast, Dr Martin Foster and Dr Helen Kaney discuss some of the key principles of consent in dental practice._This episode is part of our podcast series, RiskBites,…
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21 min
RiskBites: Dental records
Dental record keeping is a fundamental principle and cornerstone of risk management and risk prevention. Maintaining good records can be invaluable with any challenges in the form…
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9 min
RiskBites: What is ‘discretionary’ indemnity anyway?
Now more than ever, dentistry is continually changing and is rarely straightforward. New challenges and issues constantly arise, some of which were inconceivable just a few years a…