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  • CAD design stages showing full-arch implant prostheses created using photogrammetry for dental implants
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    Photogrammetry for Dental Implants: The Cost of Efficiency
    Photogrammetry for dental implants can improve accuracy and efficiency in implant-supported multi-unit prostheses, but it also entails trade-offs.

    By Leila Zadeh

    • September 22, 2026

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  • A sagittal CBCT scan with color-coded airway volume mapping, illustrating the three-dimensional view now central to the dentist’s role in airway health.
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    The Dentist’s Role in Airway Health: 10 Years of Change
    Ten years after Spear introduced airway education, Dr. Jeff Rouse reflects on how the dentist’s role in airway health changed,…

    By Bonnie Serino

    • September 17, 2026

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  • Front desk staff managing endodontic emergencies as a patient in pain describes his symptoms during a walk-in visit.
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    Managing Endodontic Emergencies in General Practice: Proven Strategies
    Managing endodontic emergencies well protects patient trust and practice growth. Learn how GPs can triage, treat, and prescribe with confidence.

    By Melissa Seibert

    • September 15, 2026

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  • Chairside-fabricated custom healing abutment held with a hemostat.
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    • Implants

    Custom Healing Abutments: A Proven Tool in Implant Cases
    Custom healing abutments help dentists preserve peri-implant soft-tissue contours and shape a natural emergence profile during implant healing.

    By Farhad Boltchi

    • September 8, 2026

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  • Dental team member reviewing an AI in dental diagnostics outcome simulation of a patient on a tablet.
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    • Treatment Planning

    AI in Dental Diagnostics for Stronger Case Acceptance
    Discover how AI in dental diagnostics reshapes the new patient visit, helping dentists build trust and drive stronger case acceptance…

    By Mike Skramstad

    • September 1, 2026

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  • New dentist career advice hero image of a smiling early-career dentist standing with arms crossed in a dental operatory
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    • Practice Management

    Essential New Dentist Career Advice for Your First 5 Years
    Practical new dentist career advice covering mentorship, student loans, and practice ownership, built for your first five years in practice.

    By Vishal Sharma

    • August 25, 2026

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  • Path to practice ownership: Dr. Andy Janiga with his senior partner and dental team during his partnership years
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    • Practice Management

    My Proven Path to Practice Ownership: What I Learned
    Follow one dentist’s path to practice ownership and learn the clinical, financial, and leadership lessons that prepare associates to own…

    By Andy Janiga

    • August 18, 2026

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  • Dr. Vishal Sharma at the 2026 Dykema Conference discussing DSO growth strategy
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    DSO Growth Strategy: The Future is Bright, But Value Levers are Changing
    DSO growth strategy is shifting from acquisition to education. See what DSO leaders say is driving same-store growth and long-term…

    By Vishal Sharma

    • August 13, 2026

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  • A man is reviewing student loan repayment changes for dentists on his phone while going through paper bills at his desk.
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    Critical Student Loan Repayment Changes for Dentists 
    Student loan repayment changes for dentists are reshaping plans, payments, and borrowing limits. Learn what it means for your financial…

    By Austyn Scott

    • August 11, 2026

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  • Dr. Andy Janiga and his associate, Dr. Kayla Sargent, standing together at the Center for Dental Excellence, an example of dental mentorship for new dentists in practice.
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    • Spear Member Stories

    Dental Mentorship for New Dentists: A Career Guide
    Discover how dental mentorship for new dentists builds clinical confidence, improves decision-making, and accelerates long-term career growth.

    By Andy Janiga

    • August 4, 2026

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  • Financial growth chart overlay showing rising dental practice profitability trends
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    Dental Practice Profitability: Proven Strategies for Growth
    Discover strategies to improve dental practice profitability through smarter metrics, cash flow, overhead management, and sustainable growth.

    By Daniel Butterman

    • July 28, 2026

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  • Dental practice overhead dashboard showing practice performance metrics used to monitor profitability and operational efficiency.
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    Dental Practice Overhead: 8 Ways to Improve Profit
    Learn eight practical strategies to reduce dental practice overhead by improving systems, increasing efficiency, and protecting long-term profitability.

    By Amy Morgan

    • July 21, 2026

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  • Dental practice owner reviewing a financial performance dashboard to monitor dental practice cash flow, revenue trends, and key business metrics.
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    Dental Practice Cash Flow: Effective Strategies for Every Season
    Learn practical dental practice cash flow strategies to manage seasonal revenue fluctuations, build reserves, and improve profitability.

    By Bill Harrigan

    • July 14, 2026

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  • Dentist reviewing a dental practice metrics dashboard to monitor practice performance and key business indicators.
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    5 Essential Dental Practice Metrics Every Owner Should Track
    Learn which dental practice metrics matter most, how to interpret them, and how they support sustainable growth and better decisions.

    By Spear Team

    • July 7, 2026

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  • Dental professionals participating in a leadership and education workshop focused on clinical growth in DSOs, provider development, and clinical consistency across multiple locations.
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    Clinical Growth in DSOs: An Executive’s Guide
    Clinical growth in DSOs drives provider performance, case acceptance, retention, and enterprise value. Here’s how leading organizations build systems that…

    By Daniel Butterman

    • June 30, 2026

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  • Clinical mentor providing hands-on training to new dentists to help reduce dental associate ramp time and improve clinical confidence through dental mentorship
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    • Spear Member Stories

    Dental Associate Ramp Time: How DSOs Accelerate Growth
    Hear how one DSO reduced dental associate ramp time through structured clinical development to improve productivity and consistency.

    By Spear Team

    • June 25, 2026

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  • Dental professionals participating in a collaborative leadership meeting during a chief clinical officer training program focused on clinical strategy and team development.
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    Chief Clinical Officer Training for DSO Growth
    Learn how chief clinical officer training helps DSOs improve EBITDA, retention, onboarding, governance, and clinical consistency at scale.

    By Vishal Sharma

    • June 23, 2026

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  • Dental clinician using an intraoral scanner during a patient exam as part of a DSO technology strategy focused on clinical consistency, efficiency, and digital workflows.
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    • DSOs

    Smart DSO Technology Strategy That Actually Scales
    Learn how a successful DSO technology strategy improves adoption, clinician performance, patient experience, and measurable ROI.

    By Vishal Sharma

    • June 16, 2026

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