Volume 105, Issue 3

A mentor of mine gave me very useful advice when I was just beginning my academic career. It was this: "You need to understand where you have been in order to appreciate where...

In this digital media age, your practice is online whether you like it or not. Since you can't keep people from talking about you-online or off-the appropriate approach is to ...

You may be wondering why there is an article in this issue on how to analyze a sleep study. If you do not already know, a sleep study is required in order to diagnose someone'...

In the past hundred or so years, many discoveries have been made, some of which were quickly accepted and implemented, others not so much. Among the quicker variety was the discovery...

Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been a hot topic within the dental profession the past few years, and with good reason. Since dentists are one of the most-visited...

What's your marketing plan for 2015? Is it the same as 2014? 2013? 2007? Attracting new patients today requires differentiation from the dental offices down the street. More and...

In my coaching and training business, I see many doctors with enormous anxiety about investing money in their practices. They mistakenly believe they can't afford it, or they ...

Panic over marketing and new competition seems to be woven into the fabric of our industry. Baby boomer doctors who grew up when advertising was prohibited find it difficult to...

I am a solo practitioner with a fairly small practice. I have one business assistant, one hygienist, and one chairside assistant. Over the past 12 months, three different chairside...

"That was easy, Doctor." Debra was my last patient of the morning. We had just finished prepping a couple of crowns, taking impressions, and making temporaries. She was right;...

Much like prohibition, years from now, we may look back and have to remember a time when marijuana wasn't legal. The momentum for legalization, whether medically or recreationally...

We ask two experts the same questionon a complex issue.

It has recently come to my attention that patients who visit my office are often confused - but not because we don't explain ourselves clearly and not because we don't answer ...

The Sunshine Act and stricter ADA guidelines are going to change how you get your dental CE. Don't worry–it's change for the better—but here's some things you should consider....

Right now sleep apnea is the most popular kid in school.