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  • Volume 114, Issue 08 (September 2024)

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    Understanding and believing your patients when it comes to their pain points is crucial for satisfaction and proper treatment.
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    This fictitious case study explores the potential of AI in dental medicine, highlighting possibilities for change within both administrative and clinical practice.
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    Miscommunication may be costing your practice more than you think. Solving this problem can increase revenue, patient satisfaction, and office productivity.
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    William A. Peña offers his insight on staff and business management through his personal experience starting a dental practice.
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    In this month's Pearls for Your Practice, Dr. Joshua Austin reviews Kettenbach's resin cement, a dental retractor by Zyris, and an AI phone service by Weave.

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    In part three of this series, Dr. Steven Duffin explores how the introduction of silver diamine fluoride has impacted the number of dental procedures and the spectrum of procedures...
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    The journey into digital dentistry is rife with challenges and opportunities. These two authors share their experiences and expertise to help you navigate the technology to make...
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    You may be a wonderful dentist, but patients will be hesitant to return to you if your injections are painful. Dr. Gordon Christensen suggests some techniques and products to ...
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    In part two of this series, the authors review the asset-based approach to dental practice valuation, which is particularly useful when tangible assets play a significant role...
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    As the Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department continue their formal inquiry into the impact of US health-care consolidation, launched in May 2024, it is time for every...
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    Presenting as a short, sharp, sudden burst of pain, dentinal hypersensitivity (DH) can lead to considerable physical discomfort and psychological distress for patients. Here’s...
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    These two multipractice owners—a dentist and a hygienist—offer strategies on optimizing dental technology and explain the specific types that have helped them.
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    Can surgeon-led platforms thrive within large-scale health care? With his MSO, Dr. Jason Auerbach is challenging assumptions about oral surgery at scale.
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    DE's September Rising Star Award Recipient is Akeyla Brown, DDS.
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    It's time to celebrate office managers! AADOM and CareCredit have teamed up to create a website that provides many resources for celebrating office professionals.
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