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Dental Economics Magazine, May 2009 ARTICLES

Dental Economics
Volume: 99
Issue: 5
May 2009

Departments

Ask Dr. Christensen

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

Common Sense Dentistry

There is no question that the recession has hit our economy and hit us hard.

Enhancing Technology

Dental offices are resorting to new ideas to get new patients, and market their services, and equally important, maintain their current patient base.

Flourishing in Changing Times

Ownership or leasing is a dental business decision with pinnacles and pitfalls.

Pearls for your Practice

Suni3D from Suni Medical Imaging — A 3-in-1 Pan/Ceph/3D. I can remember in the late 1960s when the SS White Panorex came on the market.

Practice Transitions

Please note that the following article is not intended to be a legal opinion or to address other legal issues that might arise in the case of marriage dissolution.

Features

Focus on...

The use of dental implants as a routine modality for replacing missing teeth is a departure and paradigm shift from conventional dentistry.

Implant dentistry is one of the fastest growing areas in dentistry today. That trend will likely continue ...

Office of the Month

Congratulations to the winner of the 2008 Dental Office Design Competition for small practices, Swonke Family Dentistry in The Woodlands, Texas.

In today's uncertain economy, patients often seek alternative solutions to dental problems that best fit their financial condition.

Many patients are referred to our endodontic practice to find the cause of mysterious pain.

As I read the morning paper, my eyes were drawn to the headline “NO ANSWER FOR STOCK FREEFALL!”

“My name is Tasia. I have been in an abusive family since I was born.

In times of uncertainty, it is needed more than ever to help you weather the economic storm.

A look at the benefits versus the cost of new technology in dentistry

It is my hope this article will show you why now is the time that you should invest in yourself, and why there is every reason to be confident that this is the best investment decision you could possibly make.

Departments

Editor's Note

I have just returned from a two-week trip that included stops in Cologne, Germany; Bienne, Switzerland; Hot Springs, Ark.

Columns

Breakthrough Financial Planning

If you read my articles about retirement, you know that I don't believe in the Industrial Age concept of retirement, which is defined in the dictionary as being “put out of use.

Dental Marketing That Works

There's no such thing as a “set-and-forget” Web site. We have yet to find a successful practice Web site that performs well on neglect.

The Endo File

Question No. 1 was answered in Part 1 of this two-part series, and was published in last month's Endo File.

Focus on Human Resources

If domestic violence hasn't infiltrated your workplace yet, be thankful, but don't erroneously believe it can't or won't.

New Dentist

Many of you may remember that wonderful day when you finished your state board exam or walked across the stage to receive your diploma ...

Practice Wisdom

My best dental assistant just gave her notice, and I am devastated! She has taken a job in another office here in town.

Quality Care for Oral Cancer

Adjunctive screening technologies can greatly assist in the oral cancer screening examination process, are excellent practice builders, and enhance the benevolent nature of the dental profession.

The Science of Creating Wealth

Though I can't tell you what to do individually, I can share with you what many of my students are doing to survive, create stability, and even grow in these difficult times.

Emerging Infection Control Challenges

The first report describing a high level of microbial accumulation in the coolant waterlines for high speed handpieces was published in 1963.

Office Design

How about ...$485,333.12? For those of you just looking for a number, this could be a legitimate answer ...

Preventing Pain in Dentistry

With productivity goals and time management constraints looming, taking the time to properly position yourself and your patients is often overlooked — and your body pays the price.

The X-ray Files

Whoever said, "It's not what you know; it's what you think you know that isn't so" ...

Volume 99 Issue 10
October, 2009

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