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Founders: <\/b>Sandeep Senhera and Jozef Wallis
Founded: <\/b>November 2012 (launched March 2013)
Website: <\/b>www.toothpick.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Responding to research that half of the UK’s dental practices don’t answer the phone, nor have a website, former dentist Sandeep Senhera decided the industry was ripe for disruption. With the help of web industry veteran Jozef Wallis he launched Toothpick, a UK-wide platform connecting NHS and private dentists with patients, using real time appointment availability, reviews, pricing and profiles.<\/p>\n

With a goal to “make dentistry more consumer friendly”, Toothpick has come along at a good time – an estimated 25 million Brits have not visited a dentist in the last two years and tooth decay is one of the primary reasons for children being admitted to A&E. The service is free for patients, but dentists are charged a flat fee per booking. Since launch the service has attracted around 800 practices and 3,500 dentists, with up to 70 new practices joining monthly.<\/p>\n

Toothpick has competition, which has only increased since its inclusion in the index last year<\/a>, but its commitment to conquering its sector before branching out into other verticals, and integrated real-time booking software, continue to give it an edge over its rivals. Having completed a recent undisclosed seed round from Passion Capital, EC1 Capital and others, the company has some major developments in the pipeline for 2015, including a branded VIP discount programme, US expansion and plans to map the market, by combining its collated data with open health data.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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