Bruce Bryen is a certified public accountant with over 45 years of experience and is a part of Baratz & Associates CPAs. He specializes in deferred compensation, such as retirement planning design; income and estate tax planning; determination of the proper organizational business structure; asset protection and structuring loan packages for presentation to financial institutions. He is experienced in providing litigation support services to dentists with Valuation and Expert Witness testimony in matrimonial and partnership dispute cases. He is also a financial writer for several dental journals. You may contact him at 609-502-0691 or at 

Articles

Dentists need to be aware of the differences between paying tax-deductible alimony and a lump sum settlement, as well as making sure their team works well together. 

When It Comes to a Dental Divorce, Start with the Best Evaluator

This new whitepaper from Miele details on dental instrument reprocessing best practices for the dental lab and practice. 

Miele Adds to Professional Whitepaper Series with Dental Instrument Processing Deep Dive

Robert Elsenpeter is a freelance writer and frequent contributor to Dental Products Report and Dental Lab Products. He is also the author of 18 technology books, including the award-winning Green IT: Reduce Your Information System's Environmental Impact While Adding to the Bottom Line. As such, he’s particularly interested in the technological side of dentistry.

The dental practice has a flow and function that can be optimized to better serve both the dental staff and the patients. 

New Trends in Dental Practice Design and Flow

DentalMonitoring Introduces DM Insights Clinical Data Analysis Platform 

This practice management imaging software from Carestream Dental is specifically designed for oral surgeons with features to bolster this specialty. 

Carestream Dental Launches Cloud Practice Management Solution for Oral Surgery 

Lisa Newburger, a master's level social worker supervisor, helps audiences find humor in talking about tough topics. Her "in-your-face" style of presentations and writing will make you smile or just shock you into taking some action. Either way, she is very effective at empowering others to reach their goals and feel better about themselves. Her entertaining workshops are available for national and international audiences. Writing for the dental industry since 2010, she uses an alterego (Diana Directive) to illustrate her points in a sarcastic but effective way. Presentations can be scheduled by contacting Lisa at www.discussdirectives.com/dental.html.

We share the perspectives of 4 different roles on the hiring and staffing crisis in the dental practice.  

4 Perspectives on The Hiring Nightmare in Dentistry

Digital workflows change many aspects about your practice, including the staff roles. What should each member of the team should know and be able to do when adding digital services to your practice?

Digital Workflow: Staff Roles in a Digital Practice

Making enough space for infection control in your dental practice is key to optimizing sterilization and sanitization. 

Good Infection Control Requires Room to Work

Laura Dorr is the former executive editor of DPR's Modern Dental Network and a regular contributing author.

By making sustainable, calculated investments, you can increase your revenue, practice value, your retirement nest egg, and more.

Smart Savings: Practice Investment Strategies That Retain the Most Value

Dental appointment scheduling platform Reach has announced its acquisition of Front Desk DDS to expand patient service capabilities. 