Life-Changing Dentistry with Dr. Miguel Stanley
June 10, 2016
Dr. Miguel Stanley was recently a speaker at the British Dental Association 2016 Conference. He led a motivational lecture where he spoke to his audience about how to run a successful practice and why choosing the best products and technical solutions is the foundation of success. He also put forward the concept that the most important part of building a successful practice is knowing your patient and their case from day one and providing diligent and empathic care to patients. Dr. Stanley spoke with CDA Oasis Manager, Dr. Chiraz Guessaier.
Highlights
- Dr. Stanley runs an interdisciplinary practice with a large team that uses the latest technologies. His team practices high-level dentistry—what he describes as a luxury service because of its high cost. He is also a trained implant surgeon and a cosmetic dentist.
- In 2006, he started producing a makeover show for TV, which ran for 7 seasons.
- “One thing I learned… is that we understood the emotional impact of giving a person their whole smile back. Not single-unit dentistry—so if a person has 20 problems and you only fix one—which is not going to have the emotional impact that full-mouth dentistry does. I coined the phrase “No Half Smiles”; we only dedicate our resources to full arch, top and bottom, integrated dentistry—it’s always the full smile.”
- According to Dr. Stanley, an ethical practice is the foundation of “life-saving dentistry.”
- “It’s about doing ethical, gold-standard procedures every single day, and that’s a choice.”