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Do You Already Have a Million-Dollar Practice?

Do You Already Have a Million-Dollar Practice?

What is a patient worth to you? I realize this is a loaded question. As a dentist you are in a profession where you give personal care and attention...

| 10 years ago
Restoring Discolored Endodontically Treated Teeth: Case 6
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Restoring Discolored Endodontically Treated Teeth: Case 6

In the previous article in this series I showed an example of masking a discolored crown prep by bonding an opaque masking agent and opacious composite...

| 10 years ago
The General Dentist's Role in Managing Retention
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The General Dentist's Role in Managing Retention

I met a friend for lunch recently and she told me she was talking about me the previous weekend. I don't know about you, but it always gets my attention...

| 10 years ago
Do Patients Understand Your Unique Value?

Do Patients Understand Your Unique Value?

Patients believe that most dentists are good—and they're right. Dentistry as a whole has demonstrated consistently high standards so most people are confident...

| 10 years ago
Living in a Digital World

Living in a Digital World

Digital cameras are great to have in your practice because they allow the photographer to pick the quality and resolution of the image being exposed....

| 10 years ago
Increase Predictability With Your Lab

Increase Predictability With Your Lab

Would you like to make your communication with your lab more predictable? When it comes to increasing predictability, communication with our lab is the...

| 10 years ago
Create Goals to Inspire Your Team

Create Goals to Inspire Your Team

It's important to have goals. However, if goals are not specific they become problematic. Having goals like increasing patient retention numbers and improving...

| 10 years ago
Can Treating Worn Dentition Be This Easy?
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Can Treating Worn Dentition Be This Easy?

              Over the years I've had my share of patients who came in with destroyed dentitions that I had no idea how to treat....

| 10 years ago
Advice for Dentists—From Your Mom
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Advice for Dentists—From Your Mom

As Mother's Day draws closer, let's take a moment to acknowledge the wisdom that mothers impart to us that echo throughout our lives. For instance, remember...

| 10 years ago
Study: Sensory Adapted Dental Environments

Study: Sensory Adapted Dental Environments

According to a recent press release from USC, an ongoing study, Sensory Adapted Dental Environments, aims to find adaptations suitable for the dental...

| 10 years ago
Papilla: Don't Call it a Comeback
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Papilla: Don't Call it a Comeback

We have plenty of patients present to our offices desiring a nicer smile. Of course we want to transform our patient's desires into the restorations...

| 10 years ago
Is the Staining 'Triple-Threat' Working Against You?
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Is the Staining 'Triple-Threat' Working Against You?

Would you be open to the possibility that most conditions that we see in dentistry are multi-factorial and ambiguous? I thought so.

| 10 years ago