The Three Numbers You Need to Know
A well-lived life is one in which you know the 'answer' you are working toward. So how do you break that answer down into concrete, measurable terms?...
Imtiaz Manji | 10 years ago ›
If You Think You Thought of Everything, Ask Your Patient
Edges of anterior teeth are chipped and broken on a regular basis. They are broken during playground accidents, chipped while drinking from a glass...
Kevin Kwiecien | 10 years ago ›
Ask 10 people what life is about and you'll likely get 10 different answers. For one person it's about achieving transcending enlightenment,...
Imtiaz Manji | 10 years ago ›
In my early years of practice, I remember when there was a heavy push for resin-based indirect restorations, like ArtGlass, belleGlass and Targus. While...
Kevin Huff | 10 years ago ›
The Five Kinds of Energy You Need
Accomplishing our goals in life often requires having the right energy – but what is the right energy? In my experience, not all energy is created...
Imtiaz Manji | 10 years ago ›
Best of Spear Review: Esthetics
As we continue to offer insightful content by the Spear faculty and guest writers, we want to make certain that you don't miss any of it. The following...
Denise Prichard | 10 years ago ›
Keep Your Higher Purpose in Mind
If a Genie granted you three wishes, what would you wish for? Given the chance, many of us would wish for an escape from everyday things we are responsible...
Imtiaz Manji | 10 years ago ›
Occlusal Reduction for Indirect Restorations: Is 1.5 mm Enough?
Are the posterior indirect restorations you receive back from your laboratory, relatively flat compared to your expectations? Is it your laboratory's...
Robert Winter | 10 years ago ›
Three Ways to Fast Track an Associate to Success
Previously, I wrote about how it is the responsibility of the senior dentist to give a new associate every opportunity to flourish when that new person...
Imtiaz Manji | 10 years ago ›
New Lesson Announcement: Teaching Patients That Prevention is Not Enough
We are excited to introduce our new Lunch + Learn Team Development module for Digital Suite: Teaching Patients That Prevention is Not Enough....
Cody Lopez | 10 years ago ›
How to Make Someone 'The Right Person for the Job'
I call it 'Cinderella Syndrome.' It's that stage that a lot of dentists go through when it is time to bring an associate aboard. They wait, like the prince with...
Imtiaz Manji | 10 years ago ›
Being a Dentist in a Digital World
It is an astonishing but easily overlooked fact that almost all of us are carrying around in our pockets devices far more sophisticated in computing power...
Imtiaz Manji | 10 years ago ›