Free student loan webinar hosted by DRB

DRB Student Loan is hosting a free “Student Loan Best Practices” webinar specifically for dentists. The student loan marketplace has evolved, and options now exist which allow dentists to refinance their student loans to much lower interest rates (starting at 3.39 percent variable, 3.95 percent fixed for ADA Members w/ autopay). The webinar is scheduled Tuesday, Nov. 15… Read More »

To parent dentists with parent PLUS Student Loans: Should you transfer student loan debt to your child?

Editor’s note: This is the seventh article in a fall financial series of New Dentist Now blog posts from Darien Rowayton Bank, which provides student loan refinancing and is endorsed by the American Dental Association. Qualifying ADA members receive a 0.25 percent rate reduction to DRB’s already low rates for the life of the loan as long as… Read More »

Community health dentistry: Saying yes in a world of noes

This morning I sat in a room full of 600 people. Most of them I didn’t know. We were all different shapes and sizes and colors, really only connected by a single logo printed on all of our name badges. In front of the room stood several important people, including the CEO. One by one, they told their… Read More »

Share your 2017 New Year’s practice resolutions with the editors of Dental Practice Success

What plans do you have for making 2017 your best practice year ever? Do you want to build, open or renovate a practice? Or get more involved with continuing education or organized dentistry? Or add more balance between your practice and your life? Whatever your resolution, we encourage you to share it with Dental Practice Success today at… Read More »

Parents: Ask these questions before co-signing a student loan

Editor’s note: This is the sixth article in a fall financial series of New Dentist Now blog posts from Darien Rowayton Bank, which provides student loan refinancing and is endorsed by the American Dental Association. Qualifying ADA members receive a 0.25 percent rate reduction to DRB’s already low rates for the life of the loan as long as… Read More »

5 things we wish we had known after dental school

When we first graduated, there were times we thought we knew everything, and there were times we thought we knew nothing. These raging fluctuations in our self-assessment were disruptive to our professional self-esteem. If we could impart some of the knowledge that we learned along the way, we think we could save some new graduates from a lot… Read More »