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March 21, 2012

You’ve found the right associate to work in the practice and to assist in its growth. There are many issues to be settled to ensure that the associate has accepted the parameters of the job description reflective of the compensation, benefits and responsibilities agreed upon. To protect the owner and the associate, these points should be in writing and executed by the parties so when questions arise, the agreement can be reviewed and answers found without the necessity for litigation because of the vague nature of a contract.

March 21, 2012

Changing human behavior is not impossible, just almost impossible! This statement is easy to garner agreement around since most oral health care providers have experienced it on a personal as well as a professional level. A personal example many can relate to is losing weight which requires dietary habit changes, or getting more fit which requires additional exercise. Even when desiring the outcome the habit change would provide, changing a habit is challenging, and so the desired outcome is often elusive.

March 21, 2012

There are various psychological theories of how hypnotic trance works. The simplest explanation is to go to its origins, viewing hypnotic trance as an instinctive behavioral response of primal man to cognitively modulate his fight or flight psyche stress. In other words primal man used  rapid trance to  instinctually dissociate from the stress and conflict of the reality of a survival threat. This provided  him the time space in his mind to problem solve a fighting tactic and/or an escape route of which to become absorbed in.

March 21, 2012

You strive to deliver to your patients the best possible oral health care in a safe, friendly and professional environment. At the same time, you owe it to yourself and your team to smoothly juggle the many components of a professional business: personnel, marketing, accounts payable, risk management and more. Oh, you also hope to reserve some time for family, community and personal interests.

March 21, 2012

What would happen if you could tell how a patient was feeling and could connect with that person instantly? What would the patient’s reaction be?

March 21, 2012

D4D Technologies announced today that its in-house production, the E4D Podcast, is now available for download on its very own iTunes channel. Now you can be up-to-date anywhere and anytime on all the exciting news about E4D and learn how D4D Technologies is staying on the cutting edge of CAD CAM Dentistry.

March 21, 2012

Dentium USA Vice President, Joyce Son, announced that Dentium USA will launch a Study Club Program to provide speakers to Study Clubs across the USA on the subject of dental implants.  This initiative is a result of various surveys done by the dental press in which it has been reported that the profession is looking for more and more education on the future of implant dentistry. If you are a Study Club Executive Member, please contact Dentium USA directly by calling 877-304-6752 to discuss your needs.  

March 21, 2012

With the economic prosperity of the eighties, and advances in esthetic dentistry and technology, many dentists became of the opinion that treating new patient emergencies was a waste of the dentist’s and team’s time. Symptomatic of this is what one heard when calling such a dental practice after hours: “If you are a patient of record with an extreme dental emergency you may call xxx-yyy-zzzz.” New patients were deliberately discouraged from calling.

March 21, 2012

In 20 minutes, Dr. David Grayson was able to help a 7-year-old girl to stop habitually sucking her thumb. He’s helped patients quit smoking, and he’s performed dental procedures without using a drop of anesthetic. He’s eased his patients’ fears and enabled them to get treatment they may otherwise have opted not to receive. And he’s done it all through clinical hypnosis.

March 21, 2012

In early January, 3M ESPE announced that moving forward it would ensure the accurate fit of restorations created using its Lava™ Chairside Oral Scanner C.O.S., with a one-year guarantee for new doctors. The program is intended to highlight the system’s accuracy and demonstrate 3M ESPE’s commitment to customers who purchase this powerful technology.

March 21, 2012

There are various psychological theories of how hypnotic trance works. The simplest explanation is to go to its origins, viewing hypnotic trance as an instinctive behavioral response of primal man to cognitively modulate his fight or flight psyche stress. In other words primal man used  rapid trance to  instinctually dissociate from the stress and conflict of the reality of a survival threat. This provided  him the time space in his mind to problem solve a fighting tactic and/or an escape route of which to become absorbed in.

March 21, 2012

U.S. Small Business Association Administrator Karen G. Mills will host a Webcast Wednesday, March 31, at 7-7:30 p.m. EST, with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius that will cover the overall benefits and implementation of the new health insurance reform law with a focus on small business. This is the first of several regular webcasts at www.HealthReform.gov.

March 21, 2012

Like any specialty area of practice, providing implants services comes with some upfront costs. But the training, equipment and supplies needed to place and restore implants can be worthwhile investments, especially when you work well with internal and external partners and make the procedure an attractive option when it’s appropriate for a patient.

March 21, 2012

As 2009 was ending, many dentists were getting calls or were initiating them to their accountants or other financial advisors. Everyone was in a panic, requesting last minute assistance with what may be owed on their federal and state tax obligations for 2009. Others were speaking with their investment advisors hoping to find out what gains or losses they were going to be reporting on their 2009 tax returns and whether or not it was too late to change the results and path of their portfolios.

March 21, 2012

The Set-Up “With the emergence of new clinical data, health care professionals are becoming increasingly aware of the interrelationship of oral and systemic disease. In this article, Dr. Kelly Blodgett considers the possible connection of different inflammatory diseases,” Dr. Peter O. Cabrera, Team Lead