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Dentistry in the Second Wave

Dental Peers

Looking back to the glorious month of August, it was not just the wonderful summer weather we were enjoying. We were also enjoying the easing of restrictions as Covid numbers appeared to be on the decline. Yes…we heard the warning calls about the potential for a second wave. Perhaps we hoped that wave would not materialize as we enjoyed how properly distanced, outdoor get togethers gave us a break from “Covid fatigue”.

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Training for Dental Team Members That Ensures They Deliver WOW

Delivering Wow

Just like with any business, hiring is one of the most important parts of a dental practice. If we don’t put the right systems and strategies in place when looking for new members for our dental practice, we’ll end up with the wrong people on our team. Bad hires are extremely costly. They lead to a high turnover rate amongst your staff—not to mention other problems like poor productivity—and can be super costly.

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Dentistry in the Second Wave

Oral Health Group

Looking back to the glorious month of August, it was not just the wonderful summer weather we were enjoying. We were also enjoying the easing of restrictions as Covid numbers appeared to be on the decline. Yes…we heard the warning … The post Dentistry in the Second Wave appeared first on Oral Health Group.

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How to master these seven dental key performance indicators

Bookkeeping For Dentists

There are so many dental practice key performance indicators floating around, it probably makes your head spin. The good news is, no matter what all that KPI noise tells you, the ultimate dental practice KPIs simply come down to your financial reports (the actual money in and out), particularly, your collection income vs. practice overhead expenses.

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Join me at ADA Virtual Connect #ADAFDC

Dental News and Technology

Join me live on October 17 at 11am and 1pm CT. The lectures will be on demand after that until the end of the year. #ADAFDC sign up by clicking here.

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Is an associate-to-owner path right for you?

ASDA Blog

Maybe you have always dreamed of owning your own practice, of being your own boss — someday. But you’re not quite sure how to get there. If you want to own “someday,” the associate-to-owner path might help you get there faster. With the associate-to-owner path, you join a practice as an associate with an agreement for a future complete sale. This can be a great route if your ultimate goal is 100% ownership, but you do not currently have full financing available or if you want on-site mentorship

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A Dentist Office With a Different Approach and a Less Traditional Design

Off the Cusp

Off the Cusp - Patterson Dental blog. Share. Tweet. Share. Steven Freeman, DDS, is the owner of Elite Smiles , a full-service dental office located in St. Augustine, Fla., that provides pediatric dentistry, orthodontics for all ages, Invisalign, implants, general dentistry, sleep apnea treatment and more. With nearly all dental specialties covered, patients rarely get referred to another dental office.

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IDS 2021: Innovative hygiene concepts in the dental practice: This is precisely why IDS 2021 is so important

Dental News and Technology

#idscologne Innovative hygiene concepts in the dental practice: This is precisely why IDS 2021 is so important Established and innovative surgery hygiene for hands, surfaces, instruments, special sections – tips and intelligent, additional protection measures – IDS demonstrates Corona prevention in its entire spectrum Dental surgeries are considered to be one of the most Corona-secure places in the country.

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Want to Have Some Fun? Try These 13 Dental Contest Ideas

My Social Practice

A big question in social media is “how do I get people to engage with what I’m posting?” The answer? Provide value, and make it fun for patients, fans and team members to participate. A great way to do this is to occasionally run a contest or small giveaway! Nothing attracts attention like a chance to win a prize—even a ten-dollar gift card. Whether you are looking for dental or orthodontic contest ideas these 13 great ideas will make sure to get your page some attention.

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Show Your Support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month with Patterson Pink Products

Off the Cusp

Off the Cusp - Patterson Dental blog. Share. Tweet. Share. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual global campaign to increase awareness of the disease. Each year, nearly 2 million new breast cancer cases are diagnosed across the globe , and Patterson Dental is committed to helping increase awareness and raise money for research. As we have for several years now, we’re asking our customers to show their support for patients affected by breast cancer by wearing pink throughout t

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How to master these seven dental key performance indicators

Bookkeeping For Dentists

There are so many dental practice key performance indicators floating around, it probably makes your head spin. The good news is, no matter what all that KPI noise tells you, the ultimate dental practice KPIs simply come down to your financial reports (the actual money in and out), particularly, your collection income vs. practice overhead expenses.

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Increasing levels of smoking may increase the relative risk of dental implant failure

Dental News and Technology

Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice Available online 15 September 2020, 101493 Summary Subjects or Study Selection The authors searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and Scopus databases for randomly controlled clinical trials, cohort studies, case control studies and case series of subjects with dental implants who smoked, who also reported implant failures and the number of cigarettes they smoked.

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How to navigate social-media-promoted dental products

ASDA Blog

Your feed on social media is full of ads. One minute you’re looking up pulpal necrosis on Google and the next, a plush, personalized, toothpaste subscription box is asking for your email on Instagram. As a dental student, you can’t help but be skeptical of these products and the broad claims they make. As future dentists, we should know which products have claims that are supported by research and the ones that have potential for harm.

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How Social Media Helps Maximize SEO for Your Dental Practice

We Speak Dental

How Social Media Helps Maximize SEO for Your Dental Practice. How do social media and SEO work together? If you’ve done your homework, you may have found that there’s some debate over whether or not social media directly impacts SEO ranking. Refresher: SEO stands for search engine optimization, and it is a strategy focused on optimizing the chances that potential patients will find your website first when using a search engine, that your website will rank at the top of page one.

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Could a Metal Allergy Stop You From Getting Dental Implants?

North Suburban Endodontics

The subject of allergies covers a wide swath in medicine. Among other things, people have allergic reactions to animal fur, various foods and plant pollen. The effects are equally wide-ranging, anything from a mild rash to anaphylaxis, a life-threatening shutdown of the body's vital systems. Approximately 5% of people are also allergic to various metals including nickel, cobalt, chromium and gold.

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YouTube Video SEO Tips – Dentists & Service-Based Businesses

Clicc Media

The post YouTube Video SEO Tips – Dentists & Service-Based Businesses appeared first on Clicc Media Inc.

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Q&A: Treating pediatric patients

ASDA Blog

Dr. Emily Hahn attended Marquette University in Milwaukee for both her undergraduate and dental school education, earning her DDS in 2012. During two years of pediatric training at Lutheran Medical Center, she also earned a certificate in leadership education in neurodevelopmental and related disabilities. In 2014, she began providing dental care for medically complex children at St.

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Welcome to our Experts Arena product unveiling presentations

3M

The post Welcome to our Experts Arena product unveiling presentations appeared first on 3M Dental Blog.

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Dental Implant Process at Blackburn Dentist Melbourne

Healthy Smiles

. A dental implant process takes approximately an hour per implant. The process tends to spread out over a period of 6 months or sometimes more. At Healthy Smiles , you will have the most caring Blackburn dentists Melbourne, who will carry out the procedure, ensuring that you are comfortable all the time. What is a dental implant? A dental implant will help you replace your missing tooth.

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Store and Access All of Your Images in One Secure Place with XVWeb

Dental News and Technology

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Can Restorative Dentistry Protect Your Dental Health?

Broomfield Dentists / MountainAire

It’s noticeable when something goes wrong with our teeth because of how it affects our ability to eat, drink, and talk. This not only affects our health, but our daily routines too. When you leave dental problems untreated, you increase your risk of further damage to surrounding teeth, infection, tooth loss, sepsis, heart problems, and more. Fortunately, with restorative dentistry, extreme health issues can be avoided.

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A Worthwhile (and Timely) Comparison of Private Practice Dentistry and the DSO Model of Dentistry

Planet DDS

It might appear that 2020 has narrowed your opportunities in dentistry. Yet, industry shifts could also open your mind to consider what has remained strong in a challenging year - the DSO model of dentistry. The future of dentistry isn’t necessarily at risk. But changes in patient care protocols, the increased expenses associated with PPE, loss of production during the pandemic shutdown, and more are taking their toll.

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Removing Hardened Plaque Reduces Your Risk of Disease

Jeannie Chung DDS

When you floss (you do floss, right?), you probably notice a sticky, yellowish substance called plaque stuck to the thread. This thin film of tiny food particles and bacteria is the reason you floss and brush in the first place: Because it's the main trigger for tooth decay and gum disease, removing it decreases your risk for disease. But this isn't the only form of plaque you should be concerned about.

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Behind The Smiles: Brenda McNulty

YapiApp

Hiring A Team That Represents Your Brand with. Brenda McNulty. This week’s episode of Behind The Smiles features Brenda McNulty, Dental Group Director of supportDDS. She talks to us about team building and changing the way that dentists hire and train their teams. In this episode, Brenda teaches us: Why the term “team” is such an important term to use and how to hire for your team.

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Eight Mistakes Dentists Frequently Make

Coaches Corner

Eight Mistakes Dentists Frequently Make. We’re dentists just like you, so we know what it’s like. Mistakes are frequently made. For example, you want to make some simple changes in your practice, but you have a patient in room one for a crown prep, an emergency patient on the phone who needs to be “squeezed in,” and an issue brewing in the staff lounge.

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What is the Aftercare Required for All-on-4 Dental Implants?

Healthy Smiles

Those who have lost some or all their teeth know the pain of losing teeth. It is difficult to chew food, and it is even more difficult to smile without hesitation. But teeth restoration methods provide a way to nail both these tasks without any discomfort. One such method is dental implants. Dental implants are considered as one of the best methods to restore missing teeth.

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4 Tips to Consider When Hiring an Associate Dentist

The Big Brush

Choosing to hire an associate dentist into your practice is a major decision. After all, adding a team member to your current staff requires a large ongoing investment in terms of not only training but a commitment of your time as well.

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Minimizing the Risks of Gum Recession

North Haven Dentists

PEOPLE USED TO THINK that gum recession was an inevitability of getting older, but that’s not necessarily true. What is gum recession? It’s when the edge of the gum tissue recedes from around the crown of the tooth, exposing more and more of the root. We often think of it as age-related because it’s typically such a gradual problem that it takes years or even decades to become noticeable, but gum recession can start as early as childhood.

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Do Specialists Refer Back To You?

Coaches Corner

Do Specialists Refer Back To You? If you are a general dentist, you probably have a great roster of specialists who gladly handle your referrals. But are the specialists referring back to you? Surely over the years people have asked orthodontists, pediatric dentists, oral surgeons, and yes – even periodontists for the name of an excellent general dentist.

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Ideas and Tips For Orthodontic Health Month

My Social Practice

The month of October is National Orthodontic Health Month! For dentists and orthodontists , this means celebrating healthy smiles and talking about the benefits and importance of orthodontic treatment. Many things have changed this year. However, your goal to provide the very best patient experience and orthodontic care remain very much the same. National Orthodontic Month gives orthodontists a unique opportunity to kick-start their final quarter.

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Jimmy Fallon's Daughter Loses a Tooth on National Television

Cherokee Dental Professionals

Even though coronavirus lockdowns have prevented TV hosts from taping live shows, they're still giving us something to watch via virtual interviews. In the process, we're given occasional glimpses into.

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What is Dental Anxiety and How Can You Overcome it?

Healthy Smiles

Does a feeling of dread pass over you every time someone mentions going to the dentist? How do you find yourself feeling when you walk in a dental clinic? If the whole experience of getting treatment by a dentist makes you feel nervous, you might be interested in what follows. These symptoms suggest that you might be suffering from dental anxiety. To know more about this condition and ways to overcome it, keep reading!

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Colgate® to Go Direct with Patient Product Recommendations

Denticle

Introducing Colgate Professional Direct: A New Way to Make Convenient Product Recommendations a Reality for Patients A global leader in oral care, Colgate® is excited to introduce a new technology platform called Colgate Professional Direct (CPD), a website for dental professionals to make recommendations at the click of a button and send discounted Colgate products right to patients’ homes.

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How to Prepare for a Dental Job Interview

Princess Dental Staffing

Did you finally get the call for that dream dental job that you have been applying for? If so, congratulations! Now that you have locked down an interview for the position, it is time to start preparing for the job interview. The job interview is pretty much the most important part of your job search, because it is the time where you get to prove to the hiring manager that you are the best fit for the position.

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Hand Insurance for Dentists: What Could You Consider?

The Big Brush

As a dentist, your hands are crucial to your career. In fact, some dentists choose to take out insurance policies on their hands in order to protect their income.

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Clinical Case: Esthetic Rehabilitation of a Severely Compromised Anterior Case

3M

The post Clinical Case: Esthetic Rehabilitation of a Severely Compromised Anterior Case appeared first on 3M Dental Blog.

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Apteryx Imaging Enters Government-Funded International Consortium Agreement with Trestle GmbH to Develop Artificial Intelligence Software Applications for Dentistry

Denticle

We are seeing an incredible amount of work with artificial intelligence in dentistry, especially in the analysis of radiographs. Over the past couple of years, I've worked with several companies that are working on projects that will allow for the faster and potentially more accurate reading of x-rays by dental personnel. Now comes this announcement from one of the industry leaders, Apteryx.