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...
Imtiaz Manji | 9 years ago ›
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...
Frank Spear | 9 years ago ›
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...
Doug Benting | 9 years ago ›
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...
Imtiaz Manji | 9 years ago ›
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...
Denise Prichard | 9 years ago ›
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...
Gary DeWood | 9 years ago ›
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...
Imtiaz Manji | 9 years ago ›
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...
Steve Ratcliff | 9 years ago ›
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...
Imtiaz Manji | 9 years ago ›
Composite for Managing Wear and Altering VDO
In general, the use of composite is significantly more common in Europe than the United States. Let me clarify that by saying that although composite...
Greggory Kinzer | 9 years ago ›
But Doc, Can’t You Just Fix My Broken Tooth?
While we all want to help patients in this situation as quickly as possible, it is important to ask ourselves what caused the broken tooth. In this particular...
John Carson | 9 years ago ›
I guess one could say that as soon as you start a practice you should consider on how you are going to transition out by selling a practice. That being...
Mark Fleming | 9 years ago ›