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Two Simple Words That Can Drive Your Future
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Two Simple Words That Can Drive Your Future

It's easy to become trapped in the boxes that inform our thinking about time and money. It's easier to take comfort in the routine and structure you have...

| 10 years ago
Want to Discuss Better Patient Care With Your Team?

Want to Discuss Better Patient Care With Your Team?

Every day you have opportunities to talk to patients about treatment options that may be right for them. In the new Lunch + Learn Team Development ...

| 10 years ago
Three Morning Meeting Mistakes And How to Correct Them
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Three Morning Meeting Mistakes And How to Correct Them

It can be the most important 10 minutes of your day. When a morning team meeting is done smartly and effectively it can help you sidestep...

| 10 years ago
How to Separate Provisionals and Not Lose Contact
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How to Separate Provisionals and Not Lose Contact

One of the things I love most about continuing education and coming to the Spear campus for courses is the interaction with other dentists from around...

| 10 years ago
The Power of Bite-Sized Growth
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The Power of Bite-Sized Growth

I have written before about the astonishing power of geometric progression from an economic perspective—how small, consistent investments will compound and...

| 10 years ago
Can a Reduction Coping Help?

Can a Reduction Coping Help?

Have you ever had to retake an impression because you did not create enough room for your lab technician? While it should be a rare occurrence, when it...

| 10 years ago
Give Your Team Permission to Fail

Give Your Team Permission to Fail

'Let's do something we have never done before.' In many circumstances, this can sound like an exciting proposition. However, for people who are charged with...

| 10 years ago
Have You Made a 2014 'To-Not-Do' List?
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Have You Made a 2014 'To-Not-Do' List?

A list of New Year's resolutions is really like a 'to-do list' on a larger scale. As with many to-do lists, some of the items on it keep getting pushed...

| 10 years ago
Those Pesky Mirrors
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Those Pesky Mirrors

Using the mirrors necessary to gather intraoral images for Facially Generated Treatment Planning is, for most of us, the most difficult aspect of the...

| 10 years ago
The Problem with Being Perfect
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The Problem with Being Perfect

Whenever I hear dentists refer to themselves as perfectionists, I get a little concerned. I understand that they mean they are uncompromising in their...

| 10 years ago
The Voice of a Champion

The Voice of a Champion

Change is a fundamental part of life, and life in a dental practice is no exception. There will always be changes: your team, your patients, practice,...

| 10 years ago
Best of Spear Review 2013 1-5

Best of Spear Review 2013 1-5

It's been another extraordinary year for the Spear Review, the publishing platform of Spear, thanks to our insightful and passionate contributors and...

| 10 years ago