Volume 104, Issue 6

It would require the text equivalent of "Gone with the Wind" to adequately describe the details necessary to execute an average dental office construction project.

The strength of being a leader comes from the courage of personal convictions and the belief that within every challenge lies the seed of opportunity.

My practice is about 80% PPO. One thing that I've seen over the years is that reimbursement for procedures has not risen nearly as quickly as costs.

There are over 49 million people with Medicare in this country. There are approximately 249 million people with medical insurance.

There's a disagreement between many great social media adopters as to how to go about getting started with social media.

If you are a dentist or work in the dental industry, it's likely you have a strong opinion about PPO insurance.

How healthy is your practice? Is it growing and thriving, or is it on life support? There are practice vital signs that will help you determine the financial health of your business...

In a dental practice setting, the area where the greatest potential for contamination with saliva and/or blood (possibly containing infectious agents) is the treatment room or...

Last month's column discussed a recent Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) study, which failed to show a relationship between periodontal therapy and reduction ...

3M ESPE has developed a new model in the world of automatic impression material mixing with a convenient speed that is suited for beginners or dental practices that make numerous...

In nearly every transition involving the sale of a dental practice, the purchasing dentist has a valid concern regarding patient retention following the sale.

For many years, establishing a successful dental practice required little more than hanging a shingle, treating patients well, and waiting for word to get around that there was...

On May 22, 2011, Dr. Michael Fitterling's life changed forever when the Joplin, Missouri, tornado transformed his practice into a pile of rubble.

Plentiful, honest, and consistent communication with patients is fundamental to the success of a dental practice.

Social media has become the most pervasive medium on the Internet. In an online world where patients can choose from thousands of things to do, they spend more time on social ...

We have talked about early intervention of caries using some new sophisticated devices. Recently, the Canary System and the DEXIS CariVu added another dimension to this.

If a dentist collected $100,000 a month over a 25-year career, $30 million would flow through his or her checking account.

I occasionally have screws that are holding abutments in place over implants come loose. Although this has not been a frequent occurrence, when it happens it is disruptive ......

Three-dimensional imaging should not be limited to implantology -- and no one agrees with that statement more than Dr. Mark Setter.

As time passes, our clinical team gets accustomed to mundane routines that bring a sense of boredom and fatigue from the deathly spiral of repetition.

For many years, I believed I had mastered tooth preparation since I did it day in and day out in my practice. A busy schedule adds constraints that create a process where patterns...

The term "financial freedom" has always been somewhat of a banal phrase to me.

You have seen the statistics: 42,000 new cases diagnosed annually. You have heard the namedropping with high-profile cases: Michael Douglas and Beastie Boy Adam Yauch.

If you're a new dental school graduate, this is a very special time of year. It is the start of a whole new chapter in your life -- the first chapter as a practicing dentist!

I began placing dental implants in 1977, and in those days the procedure was quite a hard sell. Patients simply did not know what dental implants were ...

Periodontal disease is now considered a complex oral and systemic disease that needs to be addressed by an integrative coordinated care team that includes both dental and medical...

As CAD/CAM technology continues to be integrated into dental offices and laboratories, the benefits of its use cannot be overstated.