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  • Depending on your point of view, few occasions are either more utterly dreary and pointless or more exciting and historically invigorating than the team photo. Stephen Hancocks says ‘cheese’.

    • Stephen Hancocks
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    Vital
    Volume: 1, P: 60

  • The journey to work is a common experience for us all but does it always reflect what we might expect from our team members? Stephen Hancocks watches the door as opening time approaches.

    • Stephen Hancocks
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    Vital
    Volume: 7, P: 60

  • What does customer care really mean, asks Stephen Hancocks, and how can we apply it to the practice?

    • Stephen Hancocks
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    Vital
    Volume: 10, P: 56

  • Having the right words can be a blessing ... or an embarrassment. Stephen Hancocks notes why 'your call is important to us'.

    • Stephen Hancocks
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    Vital
    Volume: 11, P: 56

  • We so often hear patients asking for the film star makeover but Stephen Hancocks' chat with dental nurse Maureen provides a caution on being careful what we wish for.

    • Stephen Hancocks
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    Vital
    Volume: 8, P: 60

  • Celebrations are, as their name suggests, occasions for merriment, partying and festivities. However, when it comes to 'team celebrations' things may not always be so straightforward, discovers Stephen Hancocks.

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    Vital
    Volume: 1, P: 60

  • For the uninitiated or the newbie in the practice the maze of instruments and equipment is a bewilderment...Why are there so many names to remember? Stephen Hancocks investigates.

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    Vital
    Volume: 7, P: 60

  • There is a temptation to share recipes with colleagues and friends. This is all very well but beware: there are certain rules that you should follow. Stephen Hancocks heads for the Vital oven.

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    Volume: 10, P: 56

  • Work colleagues often approach each other with sponsorship forms. How should we react? Stephen Hancocks asks you to help pay him by the word to find out.

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    Vital
    Volume: 8, P: 56

  • At one time even the notion of dental awards produced a slightly quizzical look and a shrug; now Stephen Hancocks finds it is a gold leaf-edged ticket to a flute of champagne.

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    Vital
    Volume: 8, P: 56

  • We live in tough economic times, as Lord Sugar frequently reminds us, so what effect might this have on our Christmas giving? By Stephen Hancocks

    • Stephen Hancocks
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    Vital
    Volume: 9, P: 56

  • Smells can be very evocative, but not always in a good way. Stephen Hancocks has a sniff around the practice.

    • Stephen Hancocks
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    Vital
    Volume: 7, P: 59

  • Stephen Hancocks peruses the diary of a young Victorian dental nurse which was unexpectedly found on a dusty shelf of the BDA library.

    • Stephen Hancocks
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    Vital
    Volume: 9, P: 56

  • Once upon a time you could just throw stuff away. It was called rubbish, or trash if you spoke American, and nobody much cared. Now though, talking rubbish is a serious business, says Stephen Hancocks.

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    Advertorial
    Vital
    Volume: 7, P: 60

  • Hardly a week goes by without some cause for celebration in the practice. Stephen Hancocks pops into the local card shop.

    • Stephen Hancocks
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    Vital
    Volume: 9, P: 56

  • Christmas and dentistry can sometimes create less than goodwill to all men. Stephen Hancocks ponders on the practice Christmas card.

    • Stephen Hancocks
    Advertorial
    Vital
    Volume: 7, P: 60

    • Stephen Hancocks
    Advertorial
    Vital
    Volume: 10, P: 56

    • Stephen Hancocks OBE
    Editorial
    British Dental Journal
    Volume: 207, P: 301

    • Stephen Hancocks
    Editorial
    British Dental Journal
    Volume: 179, P: 19

    • Stephen Hancocks
    Amendments and Corrections
    British Dental Journal
    Volume: 214, P: 385

    • Stephen Hancocks OBE
    Comments & Opinion
    British Dental Journal
    Volume: 197, P: 719

    • Stephen Hancocks OBE
    News
    British Dental Journal
    Volume: 237, P: 685

  • An inevitable part of any educational process with an end point that involves handling people must at some time require the student to prove that he or she is capable of dealing with the real thing; the living, breathing (however irregularly) very-present specimen of humanity. And so it is with dentistry too. We end up with that quaint shuffling, rather awkward game variously called a patient viva or a history taking exercise or a plethora of other terms, which actually provides a thin adjective of a veil over what is a slightly dubious form of parlour charades.

    • Stephen Hancocks
    Research
    British Dental Journal
    Volume: 199, P: 40

    • Stephen Hancocks OBE
    Editorial
    British Dental Journal
    Volume: 227, P: 245

    • Stephen Hancocks OBE
    Comments & Opinion
    British Dental Journal
    Volume: 198, P: 59

    • Stephen Hancocks
    Editorial
    British Dental Journal
    Volume: 200, P: 301

    • Stephen Hancocks OBE
    Editorial
    British Dental Journal
    Volume: 199, P: 127

    • Stephen Hancocks
    Comments & Opinion
    British Dental Journal
    Volume: 198, P: 319