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Dental Economics Magazine, June 2009 ARTICLES

Dental Economics
Volume: 99
Issue: 6
June 2009

Departments

Ask Dr. Christensen

In this monthly feature, Dr. Gordon Christensen addresses the most frequently asked questions from Dental Economics® readers.

Common Sense Dentistry

I was privileged this year to attend the IDS — the International Dental Show — in March in Cologne, Germany.

Doctors Building Wealth

Anyone who writes about current events for a magazine like this has a tough job.

Enhancing Technology

“Is it live or is it Memorex?“ You may remember those ads where the opera singer broke a glass with her voice.

Flourishing in Changing Times

If you allow it, busy lives coupled with unsettled economic times can shift your mind to negative thoughts.

New Products

This new curing light, which will be launched globally in June, has a utilizable wavelength range of 430 to 480 nm for the polymerization of light-curing dental materials.

Pearls for your Practice

KALOREâ?˘ from GC America — The dental industry has relied on the same basic monomer technology for years in its composite materials.

Practice Transitions

As a buyer's representative working with dentists who want to purchase or buy into a dental practice, I'm amazed ...

Features

Focus on...

Teamwork boils down to three factors — vision, goals, and communication.

Think about the leaders you have followed in the past.

Tight credit has hit businesses hard, causing expansion plans to be delayed or start-ups to be scrapped altogether.

The current economic times call for action-oriented leaders.

Almost two-and-a-half centuries ago, Benjamin Franklin proffered his famous advice, “Do well by doing good.

Communication between the dentist and laboratory technician forms the soul of their business relationship.

I visited Dr. Mark Peck and Dr. Mike Corson a couple of months ago in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Editor's Note: The PennWell® Dental Group Community site recently hosted a contest, in conjunction with National Children's Dental Health Month, for its members to discuss what they had done to help children.

Editor's Note: Practice growth expert and CEO of Scottsdale Center for Dentistry, Imtiaz Manji, and renowned lecturer and columnist Doug Young are co-presenters ...

Slow down .. shine your shoes front and back, and leave a positive, lasting impression with the patient

Departments

Editor's Note

If you page through the magazine this month, you will find something very unusual for Dental Economics® — a second cover ...

Viewpoint

During the last nine months, the Single Tooth Anesthesia system (STA) has brought smiles to my patients who can now be spared the dreaded numb lip/numb tongue experience.

Columns

Breakthrough Financial Planning

Have you ever noticed a large gap between your income and the financial results you achieved? By financial results, I mean the overall sense of satisfaction in your financial life.

Denatl Marketing That Works

Growing a healthy dental practice requires ever-vigilant, changing, and varied marketing efforts.

The Dalin Exchange

Dr. Dalin: Remineralization of teeth has become a hot subject in dentistry.

The Endo File

Given the huge variety of choices in the endodontic marketplace, especially when you want to make a change, it can be difficult to know which materials and methods to adopt.

From the Laboratory

This patient presented with some interproximal decay and some failing composites on teeth Nos. 7 to 10

Implant Dentistry

In Dental Economics®, November 2008, I opined that if the profession were to allow commercial entities to decide who should place implants, our “golden age“ would be severely shortened.

The Making of the Physician of the Oral Cavity

I am a student of dentistry. I study the clinical, unemotional, and technical side of dentistry, as well as the soft, emotional, and very mysterious aspects.

Practice Wisdom

One of my greatest frustrations in practice is staff turnover. Just when I think I have the perfect staff group, someone leaves!

Appliance Economics

Let's talk about interim partials. The interim partial is a treatment tool that has a valuable application at every age, every level, and for every problem â?¦

Comprehensive Case Acceptance

Comprehensive case acceptance is not a one-time event that occurs at the treatment conference.

Emerging Infection Control Challenges

The cleaning of reusable instruments prior to heat sterilization is a crucial, yet sometimes misunderstood, infection-control procedure.

Office Design

Cost per square foot quotes typically do not include all the information you need to make an informed decision about proceeding with a new facility or with an extensive remodel.

The X-ray Files

Heroes are often faced with life-and-death situations, and the outcome hinges on taking the right action.

Volume 99 Issue 6
June, 2009

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July 29-31 2009
PennWell
Las Vegas, NV  United States
RDH Under One Roof is an action packed event offering quality dental hygiene continuing education. At RDH Under One Roof the dental hygienist can experience dental hygiene continuing education courses with some of the leading speakers in the industry. RDH Exhibitors feature new dental hygiene products, new dental products and dental equipment. RDH UnderOneRoof
October 22-23 2009
PennWell
United States
This innovative online conference and exhibition uses leading-edge technology to bring the industry of dental hygiene decision-makers together with solution providers at the convenience of your personal computer. RDH Event
November 12-13 2009
United States
The dental community live and on-line, in a comfortable and hassle-free trade show environment. This innovative online conference and exhibition uses leading-edge technology to bring dental professionals together with colleagues and manufacturers at the convenience of your personal computer. DDS Tech Fair

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