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    Systems

    Pediatric dental group uses teledentistry to give kids a head start toward oral health

    Brittany Kinol, DMD, talks about how teledentistry “helps save time, shorten the distance between patient and office, and...allows my team to see these patients in their most ...
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    Tips for spotting workers’ compensation fraud in the dental practice

    Aug. 1, 2019
    Unfortunately, some employees try to make fraudulent workers’ compensation claims. There are signs dentists can watch for to see if an employee is trying to make a fraudulent ...
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    Science & Tech

    Pearls for your practice

    Dr. Joshua Austin shares some of the latest and greatest dental products that he loves in his practice, and why.
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    Investments

    Revisiting the 6 months’ salary ‘rule’

    Many dentists have heard the advice about saving six months of salary before saving in other ways. Is this the best way for them to approach their savings?
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    Science & Tech

    Your 3-D printing gut check

    Aug. 1, 2019
    3-D printing, a once fledgling technology, has come into prominence in several industries, with dentistry being one of the most prolific.

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    Marketing

    How to recoup your dental technology investment with marketing

    Aug. 1, 2019
    Once you make sure there is a market for your new dental technology, it’s important to get the word out about it to patients. Here are some of the steps that will help.
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    Direct mail–phobic to newfound believer

    Aug. 1, 2019
    Dr. Kleinheinz went from equating marketing to a money pit to 87.5% more new patients and three new staff.
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    Science & Tech

    I have it—You want it!

    Dr. Howard Glazer shares some of the new products that he recommends to his colleagues here.
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    Practice

    Ask Jay: How do I balance my practice investments with my personal income?

    Aug. 1, 2019
    If you have questions, Jay has answers. Email your questions to [email protected]. Jay will answer them here and in an online video.
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    How to win the battle for new patients by accepting your lack of control

    Aug. 1, 2019
    Let’s get a little Zen for a moment and talk about control. Specifically, let’s talk about what you can control and what you can’t.
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    Technology Trends

    Economically and clinically leveraging implantology in your practice or DDSO: Part 3 of 6

    Aug. 1, 2019
    Implantology can be a profitable area for dental practices. But dentists have varying degrees of skills in implantology. There are several avenues dentists can take to become ...
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    Does your social media content prove your practice’s worth?

    Aug. 1, 2019
    The main power of social media comes from its ability to provide social proof, a term coined by psychologist and author Robert Cialdini.
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    Technology Trends

    You can 3-D print what?!

    Dr. Lou Shuman shares a list of some of his favorites for how 3-D printing is impacting our society as a whole, both for fun and dramatically.
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    Composite Resin Materials

    Speed, efficiency, and beauty: Direct composite restorations

    Dr. Ian Shuman explains the materials and techniques he uses to place direct composite restorations in two posterior cases where he achieves beautiful end results.
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    Marketing to centennials

    Aug. 1, 2019
    Who they are, what they care about, and the changes they are bringing to marketing your practice
    Dr. Moody and the team from New Horizon Dental Institute, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) dental office in Tempe, Arizona, enjoy a beautiful night at Scottsdale’s Top Golf.
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    DE’s Advisory Board member profile: Justin D. Moody, DDS, DABOI

    Aug. 1, 2019
    Our editorial board helps us provide the latest and greatest information to our readers. Let’s meet one of them!
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    Patient Communication and Patient Financing

    Friendliness is important when answering phones

    Dental patients may leave your practice if they don’t like how they’re treated by those who answer the office phones. It’s very important for people to receive excellent treatment...
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    Science & Tech

    Enjoy every practice day!

    Dr. Gordon Christensen has some great suggestions for ways to make practicing dentistry more enjoyable every day. You’ll gain more satisfaction from life too!
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    Entity choices for dental practices and real estate entities

    Aug. 1, 2019
    Dentists must be careful how they handle the structure of their practices. There are opportunities and traps when it comes to entity choices.
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    To sell or not to sell

    Aug. 1, 2019
    Many dentists might be tempted to sell their practices, thinking they can retire on the income from the sale. But there are many considerations regarding money that should be ...
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    Practice

    3-D printing: The final frontier

    Aug. 1, 2019
    DE’s Chief Editor Dr. Chris Salierno says, “As a child, I could imagine I might live in a world of handheld computers someday,...but here we are in 2019 with dentists summoning...
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    Lasers

    Granuloma removal and apicoectomy with bone graft

    Louis Napolitano, DMD, shares a case in which a hard- and soft-tissue laser was used for granuloma removal and apicoectomy with a bone graft.