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Building Psychological Safety: The Question Formulation Technique

Building Psychological Safety: The Question Formulation Technique

Promote a space for your team to openly share mistakes and lessons learned from failure through encouraging expression and the free flow of questions....

| 2 years ago
What Dentists Can Learn from 2021’s Effects on Dental Practice Hiring

What Dentists Can Learn from 2021’s Effects on Dental Practice Hiring

If you're having a hard time getting people to apply to work at your dental practice, you're not alone. Here's why this problem is happening, and how...

| 2 years ago
Changing the Narrative in Your Dental Practice and Community
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Changing the Narrative in Your Dental Practice and Community

Are we talking about the wrong things in our dental practices? Spear resident faculty Dr. Ricardo Mitrani shares his vision for the dental profession...

| 3 years ago
Moving Beyond Dentistry’s ‘Zoom Boom’
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Moving Beyond Dentistry’s ‘Zoom Boom’

Dentistry's lessons learned from the 2020 pandemic go beyond the 'Zoom Boom.'

| 3 years ago
Creating a New Vision for Your Dental Practice

Creating a New Vision for Your Dental Practice

Dr. Ricardo Mitrani introduces FLOW — Focus on Letting Others Win — a new way to help dentists meet the changing needs of patients, nurture...

| 4 years ago
Rewriting Mission and Vision Statements for Growth

Rewriting Mission and Vision Statements for Growth

Downtime during the new coronavirus pandemic gives dental teams an opportunity to re-establish their principles and redefine how they serve patients.

| 4 years ago
How to Use Patient Education to Tackle 3 Practice Challenges In the COVID-19 Crisis

How to Use Patient Education to Tackle 3 Practice Challenges In the COVID-19 Crisis

How are you communicating with your patients during the coronavirus pandemic? Learn how to refine your communication plan to reduce patient anxiety and...

| 4 years ago
Patient Communication in the Age of Information

Patient Communication in the Age of Information

The evolution of technology and accessibility in today's modern age has had a huge impact on human behavior - so how does this change how we interact...

| 5 years ago
5 Steps to Improving Case Acceptance
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5 Steps to Improving Case Acceptance

Utilizing these five simple steps can vastly improve your patient's understanding of what you can do as a restorative dentist.

| 6 years ago
Managing the Second Opinion: Part II

Managing the Second Opinion: Part II

When seeing second-opinion patients, communication can seem like a precarious exercise. Using these tips, however, will set you - and the patient - up...

| 8 years ago
Managing the Second Opinion: Part I
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Managing the Second Opinion: Part I

What causes a patient to seek a second opinion? What can you do to build trust and open communication so your patients don't leave your practice? Read...

| 8 years ago
Treatment Planning: Optimizing Results and Case Acceptance by Utilizing the Buyer’s Journey
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Treatment Planning: Optimizing Results and Case Acceptance by Utilizing the Buyer’s Journey

While dentists have patients and not 'buyer's,' utilizing the concepts of the Buyer's Journey can help with treatment planning and case acceptance.

| 8 years ago