Prioritizing the demands of work and your personal life can often lead to stress, unhappiness and reduced productivity. While stress can sometimes help us perform under pressure and motivate us to do our best, there are real physical and mental consequences associated with chronic stress. In the dental office, you may face various stressors. Handling patients, performing intricate… Read More »
Dr. Don Deems, a columnist, speaker and author, shared with ADA Center for Professional Success the 10 most common mistakes when presenting treatment. “As a certified professional coach to dentists, I also know too well the myriad of differing philosophies of practices, the plethora of ‘do it my way’ treatment presenting methods and the challenges we dentists have… Read More »
Seventeen member dentists, including several new dentists, attended an ADA Success Speaker Training program July 24 at ADA Headquarters to hone their facilitation and public speaking skills. The ADA launched ADA Success, an all-new program for dental students offering a series of programs on topics most relevant to students today. Each program is one-hour in length and is… Read More »
Westwood, Calif. — While many 2015 dental graduates are busy looking for or settling into practices, one of their fellow graduates is urging both them and dental students to mark some days in early November on their calendars. The New Dentist Conference, which for the first time will coincide with the ADA annual meeting, which takes place in… Read More »
We knew all along. We knew there were things we were not learning while we were in school. Now, we’ve made it out. We are practicing dentists. We’ve climbed the mountain, celebrated, taken a deep breath, and turned around to find ourselves at the bottom of another mountain. We know there are things we don’t know. Now what?… Read More »
Are you an employee dentist? Do you know your rights? The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration unveiled a new version of the employee-rights poster OSHA-covered dentists and other employers must display in a conspicuous place where employees can see it but said employers need not replace previous versions of the posted notice. The new version of the… Read More »