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Tuesday Tip: When Happy Holidays Go Horribly Wrong

Tuesday Tip: When Happy Holidays Go Horribly Wrong

The holiday season can leave some dental team members bitter. As a practice owner, give them the gift of better communication, acknowledgment, rewards...

| 4 years ago
The Success of Our Failures
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The Success of Our Failures

In dentistry, we can learn from our daily clinical failures, like an open margin, an incorrect shade, a ledged canal or a fractured root tip during an...

| 4 years ago
You Cannot Do That ... Yet

You Cannot Do That ... Yet

Efficient esthetic dentistry is the result of good planning and lacking the confidence with specific clinical techniques merely gives you an opportunity...

| 4 years ago
Fuel Your Wishes

Fuel Your Wishes

Dentistry is stressful, given the demands we place on ourselves — not just from a clinical and patient standpoint, but also leading teams and...

| 4 years ago
Pride Acquisition Enhances Practice Solutions’ Technology-Enabled Consulting

Pride Acquisition Enhances Practice Solutions’ Technology-Enabled Consulting

Not 'consulting' as we once knew it, Practice Solutions gives dentists and the practice teams a platform that blends traditional consulting with real-time...

| 4 years ago
Tuesday Tip: It’s the Last Quarter, Time to ‘Lock and Load’

Tuesday Tip: It’s the Last Quarter, Time to ‘Lock and Load’

Use this Q4 practice management checklist to prepare your dental practice team for the end-of-the-year push.

| 4 years ago
I am a Has-Been!
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I am a Has-Been!

Ever find yourself listening to 'the old guy' share lessons about dentistry? Dr. Steinberg explains what we can learn from the clinicians that have led...

| 4 years ago
Tuesday Tip: The Leader as Coach – What I Learned From Jim Boneau
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Tuesday Tip: The Leader as Coach – What I Learned From Jim Boneau

Being an effective leader requires you to be a coach for your team to help them succeed on their path to high performance.

| 4 years ago
How Dentists Can Cope with Compassion Fatigue

How Dentists Can Cope with Compassion Fatigue

Are you stressed and suffering? It's time for dentists to consider the insidious impact of compassion fatigue.

| 4 years ago
When Ethics and Law Collide with Professionalism

When Ethics and Law Collide with Professionalism

Ethical decision-making processes can be taught in organized courses of study. However, dentists often face circumstances in caring for their patients...

| 4 years ago
Designing a Welcoming Orthodontics Office

Designing a Welcoming Orthodontics Office

Consider these tips to make the experience more memorable and inviting for a wider variety of patients.

| 4 years ago
Tuesday Tip: The Dental Insurance Conundrum

Tuesday Tip: The Dental Insurance Conundrum

'To be in network, or not to be in network …?' Amy Morgan examines dental insurance challenges through a Shakespearean lens.

| 4 years ago