Hi there,

Date: Wednesday, 14th October 2026
Time: 18:00 - 21:00
Location: Central London (venue shared when you book)
Tickets: £75 (drinks and nibbles included)
For: Practice owners and principals only

A dentist and an accountant walk into a dental practice.

It sounds like the opening of a terrible joke. It's actually how The Neem Tree Dental Group began.

Smita is the dentist. Twenty five years of clinical experience, practices in Wandsworth and Esher, and a very clear understanding of what it feels like to be a clinician and a business owner at the same time. (Short version: tiring.)

I'm the accountant. I left PwC and Bank of America and started Samera at my late father's dining table in 2002. Since then I've coached hundreds of practice owners and spent a slightly unhealthy amount of time staring at their numbers.

Together, we built The Neem Tree into an associate led group and sold more than one practice along the way. We also got plenty wrong. Some of it was expensive.

That's the version you'll hear on Wednesday 14 October. Not the polished conference keynote. The one with the scars showing.

Smita will cover the side most advisers skip: the team, the patients, and the clinical reality of stepping back. I'll cover where the profit is made and where it disappears. Between us, we'll get into:

• Associates: how to find good ones, how to keep them, and how to pay them so both sides feel it's fair

• Time and admin: the operational weight that keeps owners stuck in the building, and how to hand it off

• The model itself: how the structure fits together and why the maths works

Then there's a proper Q&A where you can ask us anything. Yes, anything. We've heard worse.

Speak soon,

Arun

PS Want a feel for how we talk about this stuff before you commit? Have a listen to The Dental Business Guide podcast, or browse the free Learning Centre.