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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
You get to the office and your schedule is JAMPACKED. On top of that, four people call in the first hour with emergencies that must be seen today.
Financial Planning
If you followed the principles of the first two articles in this series, you should be generating funds for saving and investing.
Flourishing in Changing Times
The success of Starbucks is one to emulate in dentistry. Leadership, vision, marketing, staffing, and training create the Starbucks experience, which is based on a commitment to the shared good for all partner employees and customers, according to Seth Godin, author of The Purple Cow: Transforming Your Business By Being Remarkable.
Infection Control
Question: My office ultrasonic cleaner does not seem to be working very well.
Pearls for your Practice
Odyssey® Navigator from Ivoclar Vivadent - When was the last time you or one of your team had to lug a heavy laser from one room to another, and then had to move something else to make room for it? Rather frustrating, isn’t it? Why can’t these companies invent a laser that is small and portable?
Practice Transitions
A knowledgeable buyer’s representative can help keep you from making major mistakes.
The New Dentist
Editor’s Note: Jason and Colleen Olitsky graduated in 2001 from Temple University.
Features
The equation for dentists is really that simple. The monetary difference between painful and pain-free dentistry can mean tens of thousands of dollars of extra income in your pocket annually, and as much as half a million extra in your pocket at retirement.
Around 1975, medical surgeons began using a new device that complemented and, in some cases, replaced the scalpel.
Let’s say you have been thinking about a dental laser. You have seen the buyers’ guides, read some articles in the dental publications, maybe attended a laser lecture or two at a dental convention.
Is your road to retirement fraught with the confusing nomenclature of the financial world? Does your head spin upon hearing asset allocation, diversification, large-cap, nano-cap, value funds, growth funds, REITS, price to earnings, dividend yield, TIPS, ETFs, and the 50-day moving average?
There are two simple rules which, when followed passionately, guarantee you wild success in dental practice.
Cosmetic dentistry. We all do it on some level.
When a doctor or group of doctors invites Jameson Management, Inc. to evaluate their practice and design a strategic business plan for their immediate and future growth, we carefully listen to their goals, joys and concerns.
Disclaimer: I am not a leader in dentistry nor even one of the world’s greatest dentists.
With an eye on the present and an eye on the future, Drs. Marty Carrow and Kevin Chapel have found success in suburban St. Louis.
Let’s say a new family moves in a couple of blocks from your office, and the mother holds a gathering for her new neighbors.
A wise person once said, “Friends in your life are like pillars on your porch.
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Editor's Note
The Chicago Midwinter meeting was a great success. The exhibit floors and lecture rooms were packed with people during the meeting.
Viewpoint
While the delivery of health care is a focus of many national debates, reports, and pundit columns, the delivery of oral health care to Americans has been marginalized...
Letters from Readers
Reading Dr. Blatchford’s column, “Better, not bigger - Dr. Susan Weyers" (February DE) made me go to my office desk and open the top drawer
Columns
Breakthrough Financial Planning
What will the 65-year-old today say to you down the road about your financial management? Perhaps this person will ask if you really had a clear vision of what financial issues were really important in 2007.
The Dalin Exchange
Dr. Dalin: When I first graduated from dental school and returned home to practice with my father, he told me that I should spend time with the lab technicians.
The Endo File
Preventing postoperative pain and swelling (POPS) is far preferable to managing its occurrence.
The Exceptional Practice
Technology literally has changed the way we see the world. Television brings us live feeds from inside a spacecraft thousands of miles away, or our personal Web-cam brings us into our friend’s house across town.
Implant Dentistry
It is very gratifying to be involved in implant dentistry as it increases its reliance on an evidence-based practice model.
New Dentist
Buying a dental practice is most likely one of the most critical financial decisions a dentist will make.
Sudden-Impact Solutions
In one of my previous columns, I gave SEVEN REASONS for employees' performance shortfalls...
Unleashing Your Potential
A white Christmas is something to be enjoyed, but for those of us living in the Denver area, Christmas 2006 was a prime example of “enough is enough!” Multiple blizzards, snowdrifts, and hazardous driving conditions affected everyone, including my granddaughter, Bailey.
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