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Ask Dr. Christensen
In this monthly feature, Dr. Gordon Christensen addresses the most frequently asked questions from Dental Economics® readers.
Common Sense Dentistry
In your dental office, you are the CEO. You're in charge of running the practice and making sure everything happens the way it's supposed to happen.
Doctors Building Wealth
Investment psychology confirms that emotion and intuition lead individual investors astray.
Enhancing Technology
As I prepare columns and lectures, I often need to get files and images that are quite large in size.
Flourishing in Changing Times
Dentistry definitely falls into the category of "good." I didn't say it's easy, but the time and energy spent in our profession has significant emotional and financial results.
Pearls for your Practice
Helios 3000 LED Operating Light by Pelton & Crane — I can remember ordering dental equipment 30 years ago ...
Practice Transitions
If you are a new dental practice owner, you have probably been bombarded by the dismal economic news.
Features
Focus on...
A thriving hygiene department is a sign of a busy restorative practice. There are several steps you can take to maximize productivity in the hygiene department.
Dental hygiene is a key driver of practice production. Unfortunately, many practices aren't maximizing the potential of their hygiene department.
Today, science and new technologies are proliferating and changing the way we practice.
Did you know that the aristocrats in ancient Rome employed teeth cleaning slaves? Sounds pretty outrageous, but as I pondered this I realized that early in my dental hygiene career, there were many days when I felt just like a slave.
Idid not plan on being a dentist. My undergraduate degree is in studio art, and I only stumbled into dentistry due to the economic reality of being a starving artist.
Successful sedation dentistry begins with proper scheduling. Here's how you can maximize appointment efficiency and profitability.
Most dental students don't learn much about dental insurance. Often they only start to understand the workings of patient benefits (insurance) as they progress through their early years of dental practice.
Are you ready to have everyone in your town buzzing about your brilliant promotion?
Faced with difficult questions about his future, Dr. Bradley J. Olson uses continuing education, AACD involvement to fulfill his dental mission.
College costs rose 6.6% in 2007, or about twice the inflation rate.
Fees are always an awkward topic! The self-esteem of the doctor plays a major role in the fee-setting process.
Every dentist wants to find new ways to increase profitability, while at the same time increasing satisfaction and decreasing stress.
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Editor's Note
The weather has turned cooler, and it is a sign that fall is here. I love this time of the year — no more summer heat and humidity, no more pesky bugs ...
Viewpoint
This article will probably upset you if you are satisfied with the current high cost of implant dentistry, the turf battles raging over who places implants, and the lack of access to dental implant treatment for many patients who need them.
Columns
Breakthrough Financial Planning
Do you own your office building or have you built out a rented space? If so, you might have overlooked some large tax deductions that can still be realized.
Dental Marketing That Works
Should there be any question about the importance (and the immediacy) of the Internet as a dental marketing tool, just ponder the sheer number of online searches: about eight billion — yes, with a b — searches per month.
The Dalin Exchange
Dr. Dalin: Dr. Hammond, let me say that I was excited when DE Editor Dr. Joe Blaes asked me to interview you for this edition of the Dalin Exchange.
The Endo File
I recently received this e-mail from a reader that asks a common question of clinical relevance.
From the Laboratory
I put a lot of emphasis on being painless. To me, it really is job No. 1.
Implant Dentistry
While the analogy might seem far-fetched, oral implant therapy is, in a sense, dentistry's answer to Einstein's quest for a "unified theory," i.
The Making of the Physician of the Oral Cavity
There is no doubt that Rhonda Byrne, the creator of the mega-success, "The Secret," didn't just think her way to a successful marketing masterpiece.
The Power Practice
Years ago, when questioned about their secrets, women replied, "Only my hairdresser knows for sure.
Unleashing Your Potential
While there are no signs that the hippie movement is about to make a comeback, the Bob Dylan anthem of the '60s seems rather appropriate.
Appliance Economics
Do you ever wonder why your dental patients, in ever-increasing numbers, are asking you for help with their snoring?
Comprehensive Case Acceptance
Many dentists go through their days like refugees from the Roller Derby. They madly dash around the office doing a little dentistry on a lot of people.
The Hygiene Factor
Take a moment to sit back and examine the various services represented within your hygiene department.
Infection Control
Influenza is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses. It can cause mild to severe illness and, at times, can even lead to death.
Murphy's Law
The TV show "MythBusters" typically tests a popular myth that has become urban legend or folklore.
Quality Care for Oral Cancer
What Mom puts herself before her kids? I had a canker sore on the left side of my tongue for a month.
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