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Create Your Own Awareness Campaign for Patients
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Create Your Own Awareness Campaign for Patients

Where are the great marketing campaigns for modern dentistry? Remember those 'Got Milk?' ads that ran for so long? They took something that was already a...

| 10 years ago
Research: Can Nanotube Surface Help Implants Heal Faster and Fight Infection?

Research: Can Nanotube Surface Help Implants Heal Faster and Fight Infection?

According to a recent news release: 'Smile!' a scientist at Michigan Technological University wants to lower the implant failure rate to zero using nanotechnology. 'Dental...

| 10 years ago
A Story of Real Customer-Focused Service
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A Story of Real Customer-Focused Service

Like many of you I am very familiar with the usual baton-passing ritual of arriving at a hotel. The doorman opens your car door and passes you off to...

| 10 years ago
Anterior Resin Restorations: A Technique For Predictable Class IV Restorations
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Anterior Resin Restorations: A Technique For Predictable Class IV Restorations

In my last article 'Anterior Resin Restorations: Which Resin Do I Use?', I wanted to give a quick overview of the many different composite resin materials...

| 10 years ago
Make Your World Full of Significant Others
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Make Your World Full of Significant Others

I love this picture because it signifies something special. It's a picture of my sons Kaleim and Rezwan, with Kaleim's wife Liz. What gives this...

| 10 years ago
Two Rules for Achieving Ideal Patient Retention
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Two Rules for Achieving Ideal Patient Retention

Too often when practices appoint patients they focus on just the date. But picking a number on the calendar is really just the beginning. If you want...

| 10 years ago
Study: Are Nanodiamonds the Future of Dental Implants?

Study: Are Nanodiamonds the Future of Dental Implants?

According to a recent press release UCLA researchers have discovered that diamonds on a smaller scale than those used in jewelry could be used to promote...

| 10 years ago
The First Rule For Buying Your First Practice
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The First Rule For Buying Your First Practice

Define your personal priorities. Buying into a dental practice is a big decision. The consequences are far-reaching because each day in your practice...

| 10 years ago
Requirements of a Stable Designed Occlusion
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Requirements of a Stable Designed Occlusion

Natural occlusions come in all arrangements, and they all work – unless they don't. I have seen many patients for whom 'maximum...

| 10 years ago
Word-of-Mouth, Multiplied
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Word-of-Mouth, Multiplied

Dental practices have always been about person-to-person interaction; it's the nature of the profession. Practices have always grown and thrived on...

| 10 years ago
Research: Bacteria Responsible for Gum Disease May Also Worsen Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Research: Bacteria Responsible for Gum Disease May Also Worsen Rheumatoid Arthritis

According to a recent news release from the University of Louisville, researchers and clinicians have long known about an association between periodontal...

| 10 years ago
Are You Giving Your Practice the Opportunity to be Great?
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Are You Giving Your Practice the Opportunity to be Great?

Have you ever seen what happens when you ask a group of kindergarteners how many of them can sing? Practically all the hands go up. For that matter, anyone...

| 10 years ago