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Using Clinical Photos on an iPad to Communicate Findings With Patients
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Using Clinical Photos on an iPad to Communicate Findings With Patients

As the cliché goes, pictures are worth a thousand words. Over the years clinicians have incorporated various visual aids in patient communication. Visual...

| 11 years ago
The Most Important Three Seconds ...
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The Most Important Three Seconds ...

If I could give one piece of advice to all people who staff the front desks of dental practices, it would be to look up. When I present myself in front...

| 11 years ago
Understanding Overlap Buccal Cusps
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Understanding Overlap Buccal Cusps

When veneering maxillary posterior teeth for esthetic reasons such as widening the buccal corridor or making significant color changes,...

| 11 years ago
Where to Find the 'Right Patients'

Where to Find the 'Right Patients'

Just about every dentist eventually reaches the point in his or her career when it is time to 'go deeper to go higher.' In the early stages of a practice's development,...

| 11 years ago
Is it Always Wear?

Is it Always Wear?

I remember many years back my dad telling me that his dentist made him a night guard for his 'grinding habit.' A few years later he underwent a full year of...

| 11 years ago
Options for Altering Tissue Position
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Options for Altering Tissue Position

The need to alter the position of the gingival tissue is something we all commonly face as restorative dentists. We regularly see patients with recession...

| 11 years ago
The Grand Importance of Small Kindness

The Grand Importance of Small Kindness

One of the more memorable speakers I saw at the recent TED conference was a young woman named Orly Wahba who had a very simple, yet powerful message....

| 11 years ago
A Scalpel for Resin?
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A Scalpel for Resin?

Does using a rotary instrument to remove excess resin cement or composite ever make you nervous? Personally I find it particularly troubling around a...

| 11 years ago
The Problem With Cherry-Picking
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The Problem With Cherry-Picking

You will probably not be surprised to hear that as the CEO of a dental education company I have strong opinions on the value of continuing education for...

| 11 years ago
A Creative Approach to Problems and Solutions
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A Creative Approach to Problems and Solutions

Suppose you're in a busy three-operatory practice with limited space. You have been working on your presentation and value-creation strategies and you...

| 11 years ago
The Path to Real Success
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The Path to Real Success

Do what you love and the money will follow. We tell young people this all the time when we are encouraging them to pursue a life of meaning and fulfilment....

| 11 years ago
Why Teams Resist Change

Why Teams Resist Change

I often hear from dentists who say that one of the biggest difficulties they have in implementing change in the practice is getting their team to buy...

| 11 years ago