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Sustainable oral care leader now available to dental practices nationwide.

PLUS ULTRA’s Eco-Conscious Oral Care Line Offered Through Patterson Dental 

Lorne Lavine, DMD, founder and president of The Digital Dentist, has more than 30 years invested in the dental and dental technology fields. A graduate of USC, he earned his DMD from Boston University and completed his residency at the Eastman Dental Center in Rochester, N.Y. He received his specialty training at the University of Washington and went into private practice in Vermont until moving to California in 2002 to establish TDD, a company that focuses on the specialized technological and HIPAA needs of the dental community. He can be reached at drlavine@thedigitaldentists.com or 866-204-3398.

The pandemic led many to relocate. Dentists should take advantage of newer technologies and software such as NexHealth, designed to allow practices to be more successful this year and in the foreseeable future.

How to Win the Year of the Patient

Jamie Collins, RDH, is a clinical practicing hygienist in Idaho and Washington state. She has been in the dental field for 20 years, both as an assistant and hygienist. With a passion for patient care, especially those with higher risk factors, she enjoys sharing the tips and tricks of the dental profession through speaking and writing for multiple publications. In addition to clinical practice, Collins is also an educator, has contributed to multiple textbooks, curriculum development, and creation, and contributes as a key opinion leader with multiple companies.

Dentists—even those who seemingly have it all—often feel guilty or fear stigma when facing mental health challenges. 


Coming Together  for Support:Dentists  Do Not Need  to Feel Alone

Stan Goff is a Managing Editor with MJH Life Sciences, which includes Dental Products Report, Dental Practice Management, Dental Lab Products, Modern Hygienist, and Dentist's Money Digest. He has covered the dental industry since 1999 and can be reached at sgoff@mjhlifesciences.com.  

Simplifeye Payments is an end-to-end solution for revenue cycle management designed to process in-office transactions, send text and email invoices, and create customizable payment plans that all reconcile in your patient management software. 

5Ws* Simplifeye Payments

Ankur Gupta, DDS, after completing a 1-year GPR in Cleveland, Ohio, started a practice from scratch in 2005. Armed with what he considered adequate knowledge, hand skills, and a personable demeanor, he watched as his practice floundered, finances became unpredictable, and his lower back and spirit toward life became worrisome. Rather than continue the trend, he made a guinea pig out of his office, family, and self, attempting any and all personal and professional “experiments” in self-improvement. More than a decade later, he enjoys enviable new patient numbers and case acceptance, a solution- oriented dental team, and, most importantly, a meaningful and positive identity. He happily shares the failures and successes with dental and community groups throughout the country, always ending his presentations with practical, implementable, step-by-step ways to be better.

Tough cases with big paydays are not always worth the added stress, so make sure to enjoy some freedom and your life while getting through the daily grind of running a dental practice.

Deep Dive: The Curse of the $50,000 Dental Treatment Plan

Kristin Hohman has served as Associate Editor of Dental Products report since 2019. She has a background in journalism and digital content. Kristin can be reached at khohman@mjhlifesciences.com.

3 Ways Mindfulness in Practice Helps Reduce Stress

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

Becoming a 'green' practice may feel like a lofty objective, it can be accomplished with a series of small steps.

How to assess a dental practice’s environmental impact and how to lessen it

Benco Announces 2022 Practice Design Competition Winners

The Dental Compliance Institute lists out 5 best practices for dental professionals and DSOs who have been a target of ransomware. 

The Dental Compliance Institute Publishes Guide on Surviving Ransomware Attacks

Dr Huff brings more than 19 years of dental experience leading and building a successful dental practice in Boise, Idaho. He was instrumental in creating a team environment that excelled at leading with the giving hand and had a passion for clinical excellence with a particular interest in state-of-the-art dentistry. He attended the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry in Minneapolis, committed himself to hundreds of hours of continuing education, and provided every level of care from orthodontics to implant surgeries and everything in between. He was an early adopter of CEREC and digital cone beam technology and gives talks on CEREC and digital dentistry. Dr Huff retired from clinical dentistry in 2018. He became the site director of the ISU AEGD program in 2021 and is a franchise owner and executive coach for Fortune Management.

The absence of confidence and competence is a big barrier that could be holding you back. 