Mydentist

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For the US company based in Oklahoma City, see My Dentist.

mydentist is the largest dental provider in the UK, with around 600 practices.[1] mydentist is a trading style of IDH Group Limited, based in Kearsley. [2] Tom Riall is the Chief Executive. The business has grown quickly and been criticised for closing practices.[3]

mydentist
TypePrivate
Headquarters
Kearsley, United Kingdom
Area served
UK
Key people
Tom Riall
(Chief Executive Officer), Nilesh Pandya
(Chief Financial Officer)[4]
OwnerPalamon Capital Partners

It runs an annual clinical conference, which in 2018 was attended by more than 600 dentists and dental professionals. In 2018 it treated more than four million people.[5][6]

In January 2019 Matt Hancock visited its surgery in Mildenhall and said: “Companies like MyDentist play a really important role in delivering a good service to keep our nation’s teeth strong.” He was criticised because the firm charges much more than NHS rates. Its dentures cost £878 compared to £256.50 on the NHS. Jon Ashworth said: “Surely the priority should be expanding access to NHS dentistry for everyone, not endorsing private firms for the better off.” Tom Riall said the firm was developing "an affordable range of private dentistry because so many practices are closed to NHS patients.”[7] Healthwatch Suffolk and the British Dental Association both pointed out that patients on low incomes rely on NHS dentistry but in the area of Bury St Edmunds the nearest surgery taking adult NHS patients was ten miles away and what was on offer from the company was not affordable for them.[8]

The company was acquired by Palamon Capital Partners from the Carlyle Group in May 2021.[9]

History[]

In February 2021, mydentist invested £1.2 million in a new practice in Railway Road, Blackburn merging together 3 previous practices into 1. This meant that practices at Preston New Road, Blackburn and Langham Road, Blackburn closed. [10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Mydentist: seeking acquisitions from practice owners - Dentistry Online". Dentistry.co.uk. 2020-12-17. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  2. ^ "{my} dentist". mydentist. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Mydentist dental surgery in Bradford to close amid recruitment troubles". Telegraph and Argus. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Mydentist key personnel". mydentist. Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  5. ^ "'Mydentist is listening, Mydentist is changing'". Dentistry.co.uk. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  6. ^ "West Cobb Dentistry". Monday, 12 April 2021
  7. ^ "Health Secretary backs private firm profiting from patients who can't get an NHS dentist". Mirror. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Health secretary Matt Hancock urged to prioritise NHS treatment after backing private Access mydentist scheme". Bury Free Press. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  9. ^ "New investment group buys out Mydentist". Dentistry. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Two dental surgeries to close as £1.2million merger and makeover takes place". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
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