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Building Psychological Safety: The Question Formulation Technique
Practice Management

Building Psychological Safety: The Question Formulation Technique

Promote a space for your team to openly share mistakes and lessons learned from failure through encouraging expression and the free flow of questions....

| 1 year ago ›
What Dentists Can Learn from 2021’s Effects on Dental Practice Hiring
Practice Management

What Dentists Can Learn from 2021’s Effects on Dental Practice Hiring

If you're having a hard time getting people to apply to work at your dental practice, you're not alone. Here's why this problem is happening, and how...

| 1 year ago ›
Changing the Narrative in Your Dental Practice and Community
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Practice Management

Changing the Narrative in Your Dental Practice and Community

Are we talking about the wrong things in our dental practices? Spear resident faculty Dr. Ricardo Mitrani shares his vision for the dental profession...

| 1 year ago ›
Moving Beyond Dentistry’s ‘Zoom Boom’
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Practice Management

Moving Beyond Dentistry’s ‘Zoom Boom’

Dentistry's lessons learned from the 2020 pandemic go beyond the 'Zoom Boom.'

| 2 years ago ›
Creating a New Vision for Your Dental Practice
Practice Management

Creating a New Vision for Your Dental Practice

Dr. Ricardo Mitrani introduces FLOW — Focus on Letting Others Win — a new way to help dentists meet the changing needs of patients, nurture...

| 2 years ago ›
Rewriting Mission and Vision Statements for Growth
Practice Management

Rewriting Mission and Vision Statements for Growth

Downtime during the new coronavirus pandemic gives dental teams an opportunity to re-establish their principles and redefine how they serve patients.

| 2 years ago ›
How to Use Patient Education to Tackle 3 Practice Challenges In the COVID-19 Crisis
Practice Management

How to Use Patient Education to Tackle 3 Practice Challenges In the COVID-19 Crisis

How are you communicating with your patients during the coronavirus pandemic? Learn how to refine your communication plan to reduce patient anxiety and...

| 2 years ago ›
Patient Communication in the Age of Information
Practice Management

Patient Communication in the Age of Information

The evolution of technology and accessibility in today's modern age has had a huge impact on human behavior - so how does this change how we interact...

| 4 years ago ›
5 Steps to Improving Case Acceptance
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Practice Management

5 Steps to Improving Case Acceptance

Utilizing these five simple steps can vastly improve your patient's understanding of what you can do as a restorative dentist.

| 4 years ago ›
Managing the Second Opinion: Part II
Practice Management

Managing the Second Opinion: Part II

When seeing second-opinion patients, communication can seem like a precarious exercise. Using these tips, however, will set you - and the patient - up...

| 6 years ago ›
Managing the Second Opinion: Part I
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Practice Management

Managing the Second Opinion: Part I

What causes a patient to seek a second opinion? What can you do to build trust and open communication so your patients don't leave your practice? Read...

| 7 years ago ›
Treatment Planning: Optimizing Results and Case Acceptance by Utilizing the Buyer’s Journey
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Practice Management

Treatment Planning: Optimizing Results and Case Acceptance by Utilizing the Buyer’s Journey

While dentists have patients and not 'buyer's,' utilizing the concepts of the Buyer's Journey can help with treatment planning and case acceptance.

| 7 years ago ›