6 habits of financially secure practices

Like any admirable goal, getting your business’s finances in order and becoming financially secure requires the development of good financial habits. Here are six habits of financially secure practices, according to the ADA Center for Professional Success. Consistently and appropriately increasing fees: Each year the cost of providing quality dentistry increases, including supplies and salaries. As the dentist… Read More »

ADPAC working for dentistry in 2016

As you may have heard, there’s a big election in 2016. This election will be the most expensive, aggressive, and important election this country has ever seen. In addition to electing a new president, all 435 House members and a third of the Senate will be up for election. The American Dental Association’s Political Action Committee (ADPAC) is… Read More »

Love the heck out of dentistry

My first year as a dentist was discouraging to say the least. As a new dentist I assumed that all dentists cared intensely about their patients and their work. I was heartbroken when I found out that this wasn’t true. My first job landed me right in the thick of dentists and staff that didn’t care — about our patients,… Read More »

ASDA journal dedicates issue to ‘the millennial dentist’

The Journal of the American Student Dental Association dedicated its latest issue on the “Millennial Dentist.” “Stereotypes brand millennials as lazy, entitled and narcissistic. It’s certainly not the most attractive description for someone who’s spent a lifetime in education, but the unfortunate reality of today is that a lot of people really believe that’s what we’re like,” wrote… Read More »

Women in dentistry see progress, continued challenges

Did you know that less than 50 years ago, only 1.1 percent of dental students were women? Today, it’s 47.7 percent. According to ADA News, while challenges remain for women dentists — addressing the lack of representation in leadership roles and education, improving ergonomics, closing a wage gap — women leaders in the profession say the rise in… Read More »

Staying fit in dentistry

Have you ever stepped foot in a gym in January? You might as well go back home and sit on your couch and you’ll burn just as many calories as you will waiting for a machine. Any regular gym goer hates “resolutioners”. Innocent people are starting the year off by attempting to get healthy while “gym elitists” condone… Read More »