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How New Dentists Can Buy Into Their Dream Practice

How New Dentists Can Buy Into Their Dream Practice

I believe that dentistry, when practiced at its best, is an entrepreneurial profession. It has always been my dream that every new dentist ends up owning...

| 9 years ago
Flipping the Triangle for Dental Patients: Part I

Flipping the Triangle for Dental Patients: Part I

In a recent post, I shared an article that resonates with me regarding dentists shifting the paradigm from tooth fixers to a business of giving patients...

| 9 years ago
Utilizing Dressing Stones

Utilizing Dressing Stones

Dressing stones may be used to alter or customize the shape of a variety of finishing and polishing points that are used routinely in the lab and in clinical...

| 9 years ago
Does Your Dental Team Have a Touchstone to Rally Around?

Does Your Dental Team Have a Touchstone to Rally Around?

This is a picture of the words that all of our team members at Spear see as they enter their workspace area. When we expanded our operations to take over...

| 9 years ago
Anterior Open Bites: Part IX

Anterior Open Bites: Part IX

The easiest open bite to correct is one that was caused by tooth wear from erosion, not attrition or grinding, and where the anterior tooth position didn't...

| 9 years ago
Outcome Analysis for Fixed Hybrid Prostheses

Outcome Analysis for Fixed Hybrid Prostheses

Have you thought about your technique to achieve a reasonable understanding of a patient's expectations for dental treatment? Certainly, as we learn and...

| 9 years ago
Are You Delivering an Exceptional Experience?
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Are You Delivering an Exceptional Experience?

What makes a person choose one dentist instead of another? What makes them loyal to a practice once they're in it? These are the kinds of questions that...

| 9 years ago
The Periodontal-Restorative Interface is Now Live!

The Periodontal-Restorative Interface is Now Live!

All clinicians would love to see ideal outcomes in all of their restorative cases treated in a periodontal perspective. The key to a successful outcome...

| 9 years ago
Scheduling 'Bump' Days in Hygiene
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Scheduling 'Bump' Days in Hygiene

I'm betting that not all of the patients in your practice who have dental needs have made arrangements to have that dentistry completed.  That would most...

| 9 years ago
Ramping Up When Things Slow Down in Your Dental Practice
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Ramping Up When Things Slow Down in Your Dental Practice

When you're a dental practice owner, how do you react when outside economic forces are working against you? For instance, the U.S. economy is showing encouraging...

| 9 years ago
Restorations: Do They Need to Be Redone?

Restorations: Do They Need to Be Redone?

I have distinct memories of hearing lectures on the rationale for redoing restorations that included marginal leakage and stain as an indication to redo...

| 9 years ago
Your Dental Practice: Make Change a Part of the Routine

Your Dental Practice: Make Change a Part of the Routine

In an industry where high staff turnover is not uncommon, it is a point of pride for any dental practice owner to have a team that has been together a...

| 9 years ago