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Understanding Your Unemployment Insurance Rate

Understanding Your Unemployment Insurance Rate

Among the controllable costs for any practice is the unemployment insurance rate that you must pay for your employees. In most states, the percentage...

| 9 years ago
Go With the 'Outside-In' Flow

Go With the 'Outside-In' Flow

Every doctor has a preferred exam sequence and incorporating the outside-in rule in the new patient exam can makes things flow as smoothly as possible....

| 9 years ago
Welcome to a Brand New Spear
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Welcome to a Brand New Spear

At a time when increasing numbers of online publications have begun placing their content behind a paywall, Spear has decided to offer even more to dentists...

| 9 years ago
The 'Outside-In' Approach to the New Patient Exam

The 'Outside-In' Approach to the New Patient Exam

One of the biggest issues with the new patient exam is the amount of time it takes up. One of the goals is to gather all the data as efficiently as possible...

| 9 years ago
Can You Light Cure Too Much?
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Can You Light Cure Too Much?

Light cure composite materials have produced a radical shift in dentistry over the past 40 years; it's a shift I have lived in while graduating...

| 9 years ago
From 'Good' to 'Great' Dental Assistants
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From 'Good' to 'Great' Dental Assistants

A tried and true way to grow your dental practice is to make every patient's appointment a memorable experience, especially for new patients. It's...

| 9 years ago
A New Way to Classify Gum Disease Based on Gene Expression Signature?

A New Way to Classify Gum Disease Based on Gene Expression Signature?

According to a recent news release, researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have devised a new system for classifying periodontal disease...

| 9 years ago
Study: Protein Might Play Key Role in Gum Disease

Study: Protein Might Play Key Role in Gum Disease

According to a recent news release, scientists at Forsyth, along with a colleague from Northwestern University, have discovered that the protein, Transgultaminase...

| 10 years ago
What is the Universal Dental Language?

What is the Universal Dental Language?

Every day in our practices and with each one of our patients, our ability to communicate impacts our success immensely. Not only are we able to do what...

| 10 years ago
 Inlays, Onlays and Veneers vs. Crowns

Inlays, Onlays and Veneers vs. Crowns

The most conservative treatment possible for patients is taught as the first choice in dental schools. As with most choices in dentistry, there are...

| 10 years ago
New Invention May Help The Body Generate New Bone
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New Invention May Help The Body Generate New Bone

According to a recent news release, a new invention made at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo, Norway, helps the body generate new bone,...

| 10 years ago
Make Accurate Dental Models

Make Accurate Dental Models

Many dental procedures require models of teeth. Our new staff training course, Making Accurate Dental Models, provides a detailed review of the process....

| 10 years ago