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Dental Patients: Don't Just 'Sell' to Them

Dental Patients: Don't Just 'Sell' to Them

One of the most successful businesses in the history of retail was guided to greatness by a man who hated the idea of selling. So says Apple's former...

| 10 years ago
Success in Dentistry: The 'Big Four'
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Success in Dentistry: The 'Big Four'

Let's make this simple. There are a lot of moving parts when it comes to obtaining success in dentistry, but ultimately it all comes down to patient...

| 10 years ago
Has Dentistry Kept its Promises to You?
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Has Dentistry Kept its Promises to You?

There are a lot of great reasons to become a dentist—as I have written about here before; it remains among the most desirable professions in the nation, and...

| 10 years ago
Why You Should Love Your ‘Bad’ Patients
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Why You Should Love Your ‘Bad’ Patients

Some patients are easy to love. They respect your value, accept your recommendations, pay promptly and are always looking to do the best thing for their...

| 10 years ago
How Much Do You Really Know About Your Next Patient?
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How Much Do You Really Know About Your Next Patient?

Know your audience. That is a cardinal rule, whether you are writing, or giving a presentation, or whether you are a dentist having a one-on-one treatment...

| 10 years ago
Why Wait for a Crisis?

Why Wait for a Crisis?

I remember when we, as a family, had to come to grips with the reality that my wife Shahinool's cancer had progressed to the point where there was little...

| 10 years ago
How Do You Respond to the Patients’ Greatest Hits?
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How Do You Respond to the Patients’ Greatest Hits?

People are all different, and people are all the same. Anyone who works in a service profession, such as dentistry, comes to understand this paradox intimately....

| 10 years ago
What Makes a Dental Team Great?

What Makes a Dental Team Great?

There are a lot of factors that go into making up a well-functioning, smoothly-aligned, high-performing dental team – but I would say that one...

| 10 years ago
The Problem with 'Preventative' Care
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The Problem with 'Preventative' Care

You are doing an examination on a patient and you identify a significant concern. You describe to them what you see, explain the urgency of treating it...

| 10 years ago
Give Yourself Room to Grow
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Give Yourself Room to Grow

In a recent article, I wrote about a new perspective on the 'glass half-empty' metaphor, in terms of how it applies to our lives. The empty portion, as...

| 10 years ago
Seeing Beyond 'Half-Full/Half-Empty'
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Seeing Beyond 'Half-Full/Half-Empty'

When I was young, I was like a lot of kids in that I could never seem to get enough of what I wanted. My mother would often remind me that my glass is...

| 10 years ago
Three Strategies for Moving Forward
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Three Strategies for Moving Forward

Every dentist has issues they have to deal with—whether they are team issues, patient issues, facility or business issues, time or economic issues. This is...

| 10 years ago