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    • Volume 114, Issue 06 (June 2024)

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    Fulton Collins
    July 24, 2024
    Most patients want to receive treatment as much as dentists want to provide it, but finances may get in the way. Here's how to help patients and gain their loyalty to your practice...
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    Mark B. Murphy
    July 19, 2024
    Insurance for your dental practice is as important as insurance for. your vehicle. This dentist learned the hard way and wants to educate his peers.
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    It can be challenging to find an associate dentist who treats the practice as if it were their own. Instilling this ownership mentality in an associate requires intentional efforts...
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    Noncompete agreements may be a thing of the past within the next few months. Or will they? Learn the ins and outs of what's happening with the new FTC ruling.
    Gary Kadi
    June 30, 2024
    If you're nervous about telling your team that the practice is now part of a DSO, have no fear! Here are the best ways to share the news.

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    EBITDA is the primary factor that influences practice value from the perspective of DSO and private equity buyers. Here are some ways you can increase revenue and control your...
    Sharyn Weiss, MA
    June 28, 2024
    Taking the time to develop a compensation system will make it much easier to approach the topic for everone on the team. Here's how to get there.
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    When it’s time to value your practice, you want to make sure that number is accurate. The authors review the market-based approach, a method that analyzes the metrics of comparable...
    The presence of caries lesions in unerupted teeth is rare but not unique. What is different in this case is the careful observation of the affected teeth, both pre- and posteruption...
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    Even when business is thriving, it can be daunting to consider the logical next step—expanding your practice to multiple locations. At one point, this dentist was in those shoes...
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    Most people don't enjoy performance reviews, but when handled correctly, they can be a valuable tool to develop employees and increase practice success.
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    In this month’s Pearls for Your Practice, Dr. Joshua Austin reviews a composite, an intraoral scanner, and metal implant scanbodies.
    Can revenue-producing preventive procedures be emphasized in dentistry? Dr. Gordon Christensen traces the various stages of prevention and treatment, and the products and ways...
    Dr. Joshua Austin interviews Dr. Lori Trost, a restorative dentist in Red Bud, Illinois, about technological innovations that are most vital to her dental practice.
    Chief Editor Pamela Maragliano-Muniz, DMD, shares her thoughts in the June 2024 issue of Dental Economics magazine.
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    Every dentist should work with advisors, but it's vital that dentists understand how to make the most of those relationships.
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    John A. Wilde, DDS
    June 1, 2024
    Dentists enjoy many luxuries, but also many challenges. Dr. John A. Wilde has some strategies for mitigating potential problems that often come with a career in dentistry.
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    In his popular bimonthly column, Dr. Howard Glazer reviews three promising new products on the dental market today.
    Meredith Gantos, DDS, MAGD, MaCSD, is the June 2024 DE Rising Star.