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Two Simple Secrets of Ideal Patient Retention
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Two Simple Secrets of Ideal Patient Retention

Patient retention is obviously one of the most fundamental things to master to achieve success in dentistry. It doesn't matter how good your clinical...

| 10 years ago
Five Critical Criteria for Digital Smile Design
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Five Critical Criteria for Digital Smile Design

Learn more about the five critical criteria for smile design in adults.

| 10 years ago
Help Your Team Understand the Articulator in Your Practice

Help Your Team Understand the Articulator in Your Practice

Mounted diagnostic casts enable treatment planning, patient discussions and the ability to see what the therapy will or will not accomplish before we...

| 10 years ago
An Important Thing to Know About the '10,000-Hour Rule'
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An Important Thing to Know About the '10,000-Hour Rule'

By now most people have heard about the '10,000-hour rule.' This idea, popularized by Malcolm Gladwell and others, suggests that it requires about 10,000 hours...

| 10 years ago
Research: Sequencing Harmless Oral Bacterium May Help to Unravel a Mystery

Research: Sequencing Harmless Oral Bacterium May Help to Unravel a Mystery

According to a recent news release, scientists have pieced together sections of DNA from 12 individual cells to sequence the genome of a bacterium...

| 10 years ago
How to Take Yes for an Answer

How to Take Yes for an Answer

Every practice has a protocol for their 'new patient experience' with first-time visitors. It's such a crucial subject that I have spent a lot of time...

| 10 years ago
Are You Great Enough to Fail?
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Are You Great Enough to Fail?

It's not a surprise that we all like to do what we're good at. For instance, I realize that I'm never going to win a marathon. I like to run but I'm getting...

| 10 years ago
Measure Twice, Cut Once
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Measure Twice, Cut Once

I've done some dumb things over the years. I've even made an upper partial denture that didn't have room for teeth because the lower teeth had erupted...

| 10 years ago
Drive Time: Why Implant Drivers Are So Important
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Drive Time: Why Implant Drivers Are So Important

In implant dentistry hand drivers are used to turn the attachment or abutment screws that secure different components to implant fixtures. Hand drivers...

| 10 years ago
An Incredible Story of Purpose and Perseverance

An Incredible Story of Purpose and Perseverance

Dashrath Manjhi was a poor farm laborer who lived in a small remote village in India. It was a village that was separated from the nearest markets, schools...

| 10 years ago
Announcement: Train Your Staff With Spear

Announcement: Train Your Staff With Spear

Spear is excited to announce a vital new component to Spear Digital Suite's menu of online learning tools: Staff Training. 'Creating the Staff Training...

| 10 years ago
The Three Numbers You Need to Know
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The Three Numbers You Need to Know

A well-lived life is one in which you know the 'answer' you are working toward. So how do you break that answer down into concrete, measurable terms?...

| 10 years ago