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Integrating Nutrition and Wellness Into Your Dental Practice Part 1
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Integrating Nutrition and Wellness Into Your Dental Practice Part 1

Your patients' overall nutrition and well-being is directly tied to their oral health and vice versa - are you putting this critical relationship into...

| 7 years ago
Ethical Dentistry: Teaching Students the Truth About Being a Dentist

Ethical Dentistry: Teaching Students the Truth About Being a Dentist

Ethics in dentistry can be a touchy subject. Would teaching ethics in dental school change perceptions?

| 8 years ago
A Subtle Yet Simple Way to Improve Dental Treatment Acceptance Rates

A Subtle Yet Simple Way to Improve Dental Treatment Acceptance Rates

Do you tell your dental patients what treatment they need, or do you help them learn and decide? Improve your treatment acceptance rates with these insights.

| 9 years ago
Selling Dentistry: Ethics or Income, and Other Choices Dentists Must Make

Selling Dentistry: Ethics or Income, and Other Choices Dentists Must Make

Dr. Kevin Kwiecien discusses the difficult decisions many dentists are forced to make. Are you selling or practicing dentistry?

| 9 years ago
An Educated Diagnosis and Appropriate Dental Treatment Plan

An Educated Diagnosis and Appropriate Dental Treatment Plan

Dr. Kevin Kwiecien shares his list of the top six things to consider when creating a dental treatment plan.

| 9 years ago
Flipping the Triangle for Dental Patients: Part II

Flipping the Triangle for Dental Patients: Part II

You can access Part I of this series by clicking on the link. A 2010 article by Margolius and Bodenheimer notes that, 'Somehow, there must be...

| 9 years ago
Flipping the Triangle for Dental Patients: Part I

Flipping the Triangle for Dental Patients: Part I

In a recent post, I shared an article that resonates with me regarding dentists shifting the paradigm from tooth fixers to a business of giving patients...

| 9 years ago
Dental Patients: Another Identity Crisis?!
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Dental Patients: Another Identity Crisis?!

Is your livelihood based on your income from doing dentistry for your work?  In other words, are you dependent on money that you make from restoring teeth...

| 9 years ago
Implementation: Is it Reality?
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Implementation: Is it Reality?

In a previous article, we looked at the common dilemma of implementation of concepts, techniques and philosophies after a quality learning experience....

| 9 years ago
Just Blame It on Your Dental Assistant
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Just Blame It on Your Dental Assistant

Remember the last time you were preparing a tooth for a crown and couldn't see at all because your mirror was soaked?  And your patient's head was turned...

| 10 years ago
The Infamous Monday After CE
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The Infamous Monday After CE

How many times have we heard the phrase, this course will change the way you do dentistry on Monday – or when you go back to the office on Monday…...

| 10 years ago