Australasian Dentist Issue 93

CATEGORY 110 AUSTRALASIAN DENTIST TESTIMONIALS T he golden rule when buying into an existing practice is not to introduce too many changes at the start. “Try not to rock the boat,” goes the conventional wisdom. Some, like Dr Meredith Gay, however, are not bound by truisms. About three years ago, the NSW dentist reached out to Dr Michael Johns, the principal dentist at Dr Michael Johns Dental Surgery to discuss the prospect of buying into his practice. The pair hit it off immediately paving the way for Dr Gay to start as an associate dentist in June of 2019. The plan was that she would first establish herself in the long- standing practice with the intention of buying it. At the time of their meeting, Dr Johns was in the process of looking for a new location to move his practice to. By middle of that year, they had secured a new home for the practice and the two dentists found themselves getting ready to relocate from the long-standing location. The practice soon moved to its new location and transition of ownership was finalised on the very day the practice re- opened in its brand new location – with a new name! So much for the golden rule! Howdy partner! Over the coming years, Dr Gay set out to grow the practice, increasing it from three to five surgeries. Even as the dentists ushered in the new, they haven’t completely forgotten the old. At least not when it came to their choice of dental chairs! It’s (un) complicated! To make life easier for herself running a multi-chair set-up, Dr Meredith Gay decided to standardise the dental chair systems for every room. By Danny Chan For the expansion, Dr Gay bought two new Swident Partner dental chairs, a DMEGA Teravac 6000 suction motor (for 3-4 chairs), and a Nardi compressor 90L (for 3 chairs) to work with her current set up. She credits Louis Rouessart from LR Dental Services for the buying decision. “Louis was the one who installed the chairs with the initial move and took care of all our equipment maintenance,” says Dr Gay. When it opened in the latter part of 2019, Beaches Dental had two Swident chairs (an old and new unit). Now in 2022 they have four Swident Partner chairs and one older Swident XP1 chair. All the new chairs were purchased from Ampac Dental, an international distributor 1800 806 450 www.amalgadent.com.au Resin-Modified Calcium Silicate Pulp Protectant/Liner AWARD WINNING PULPAL PROTECTANT 10 YEARS IN A ROW See Inside Front Cover for special offer! TheraCal Footer #93.indd 2 19/04/2022 3:57:34 PM