Fri.Mar 31, 2023

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Workforce Expansion Improves Health Outcomes in Underserved Communities

Dentistry Today

New research from Harvard School of Dental Medicine, sponsored by the Delta Dental Institute, and published in JAMA Health Forum , finds that expanding the dental workforce in Oral Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA) through the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) would reduce the risk of dental caries among children in underserved areas, improve care, and cut costs.

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ChatGPT for Dentistry: Answering Unusual Dental Patient Questions

My Social Practice

Answers to Crazy Patient Questions: ChatGPT for Dentistry You may have recently heard about ChatGPT and the company that developed the product, OpenAi. There are some very interesting advances in artificial intelligence recently and we’ve been using some of the tools to help write, copy and create images. I came across a few articles that had compiled some of the craziest questions that dentists had gotten from patients.

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The Inner Circle Acknowledges Ernest S. Reeh for His Contributions to Endodontics

Dentistry Today

Prominently featured in The Inner Circle, Ernest S. Reeh is acknowledged as a Most Trusted Healthcare Professiona l for his contributions to the endodontics field. Dr. Reeh graduated with a bachelor of science in chemistry with a minor in business from the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. He earned a doctor of dental surgery from the University of Alberta’s School of Surgery from the University of Alberta’s School of Dentistry and completed specialty training in endodontics

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Program Introduces Disadvantaged Teens to Careers in Dental Hygiene

Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences wants to show high school students that a vast array of careers awaits them once they graduate and provide information on the additional education and/or training needed to begin working in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or health sciences. Through its Pathways Academy Program, which serves low-income students, the university recently hosted a career day that highlighted health-related professions, including dental hygiene.

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Passive Income for Dentists… Will It Really Give You the Financial Freedom You Desire?

Dentistry Today

I’m often asked about passive income for dentists as it relates to retirement plans for the future. Many assume that it is regular income generated from investments that automatically offers financial freedom. While that sounds great, the truth is that passive income won’t help you achieve the financial independence that you desire. You may receive a small amount of interest from a CD savings account or a U.S.

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Elevate Your Practice in 2023: Proven Pediatric Dentist SEO Approaches

My Social Practice

2023’s Best Pediatric Dentist SEO Strategies A huge part of marketing for pediatric dentists is making sure your practice is up to current SEO standards. Without good SEO (Search Engine Optimization), your online presence takes a major back seat, and your other marketing efforts may go unnoticed. Let’s go over some pediatric dental SEO basics, and focus on the best strategies for your practice to implement moving forward.

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Our Best Life Companies Welcomes New Flagship Office and Practice Acquisition in Indiana

Dentistry Today

A Group Dentistry Now ‘Emerging Dental Group to Watch in 2022’ winner , Our Best Life Companies (OBL) is pleased to announce its expansion into Indiana with the opening of its first out-of-state flagship office, Granger Dental & Orthodontics which is now actively seeing patients, and the acquisition of South Bend Dental and Orthodontics which took place this January.

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How to Lead Your Team Through a Big Change

Dentistry Today

Every dentist has faced the challenge of trying to get the team on board with a big change. In the business world, this process is known as managing disruptive organizational change, and it isn’t something taught in dental school. As practice leaders, many dentists encounter the need to make essential changes to practice operations or systems but meet with team resistance.