Dental Practice Advice and Responsibility Let's discuss in the dental practice advice arena............ R-E-S-P-O-N-S-I-B-I-L-I-T-Y. Definitely too long of a word to create another hit song like Aretha's 'Respect' but this R word is up there in importance and value. By nature, man is a paradoxical creature.  We've repeatedly heard since children that actions have consequences and that message often gets lost.  As adults, most sort of believe in this concept and few ever pick up on something just as important which is that even the action of doing nothing (in-action) has consequences.  Those doing the [...]

Dental Practice Advice-Here's a few things CE course providers are NOT going to share with you. In the dental practice advice category so far, we’ve covered, trade journals and major meetings. Now let’s talk about clinical “CE” courses.  [Once again, if there is no direct hands on surgery or lab work of some kind to be imparted with you touching a patient or a physical model, it’s time to break your habit.  I’m sure you can find other more pressing things to do with the time and money!] While "positioned" as clinical education, in MOST [...]

Dental Practice Advice-What the dental trade journals don't want you to know. In my dental practice advice series lets talk about trade journals and what they don't want you to know. Did you ever wonder why trade journals featuring clinical CE and/or the latest technical gear don't talk about dealing with the challenges faced with actually having patients want the procedures and the latest in technology being sold to the dentist? Did you know that at major professional clinical meetings, it’s "verboten" to talk about the real day-to-day issues of how dentistry gets paid for [...]