Volume 114, Issue 02 (February 2024)

The best investment dentists can make is in themselves, starting with their health. The money will follow, and here's how to build on that wealth.

A recent study found that patients who were prescribed Prevident 5000 fluoride spent, on average, 48% less on restorative dentistry. But is this a good thing, business-wise, for...

Your most valuable asset is your dental practice. Ty Ramsey describes the financial and risk mitigation benefits to keep in mind as you consider how a DSO can protect your practice...

The future does not always follow the past. If you want to sustain and grow your wealth through every stage of the market cycle, you must have a financial plan that doesn’t rely...

In a landscape where patients are struggling to get access to needed care and dental practices are grappling with rising costs, reduced insurance reimbursement, and declining ...

Dr. med. dent. Jan Hermann Koch gives an overview of a major global patient survey on prevention methods. More than 278,000 patient surveys unequivocally affirm the widespread...

It’s impossible to learn about biomimetic dentistry without acknowledging the contributions of Dr. Pascal Magne. Dr. Pamela Maragliano-Muniz, chief editor of Dental Economics,...

Data indicates that new patients have a 200%–300% higher financial value in the first 12 months than current active patients.

From exposure to distance, there are some very common and fixable mistakes clinicians are making when taking x-rays. But these problems are easy to remedy.

Dr. Mehrdad Razaghy presents a case study illustrating how today’s dental materials have transformed our perspective on direct composite materials in routine dentistry.

It's high time we free ourselves and our patients from the shackles of dental benefits. This is where medical billing for dental procedures comes to the rescue.

Dentists are in the people business, and keeping patients happy should be top of mind. Doing so will naturally lead to a better business.

Dr. Pamela Maragliano-Muniz shares her thoughts on the February 2024 issue of Dental Economics.

You can call your own shots when it comes to what you keep and what you delegate to a new DSO partner. Gather the right team for the big move.

Finding a specialty practice buyer, an associate's buy-out obligations, and buy-sell agreement stipulations are some of the questions William Prescott received from readers. What...

When you don’t have a compensation system, you don’t understand your true payroll costs, and your salary decisions can be reactive, subjective, and unfair. Here's how to avoid...