Category Archives: Helping You Succeed as a Dentist

So you want to be a practice owner someday: Planning for growth and expansion

Editor’s note: This is the fifth article in a summer series of New Dentist Now blog posts on practice ownership from Wells Fargo Practice Finance, the practice lender endorsed by ADA Business Resources. To read other articles from the series, click here. Most new practice owners don’t open their first practice with thoughts of immediate growth in mind.… Read More »

Finding value in ‘newness’ in your new dentist life

I drink two cups of coffee a day. Minimum. Sometimes, I don’t even want to drink that second cup. I do it because I feel like I have to. Like people will look at me in a strange way if they found out. I can hear it now. “You only drink ONE cup a day?!” they would gasp.… Read More »

So you want to be a practice owner someday: Developing a technology plan

Editor’s note: This is the fourth article in a summer series of New Dentist Now blog posts on practice ownership. To read other articles from the series, click here. Dental technologies have evolved at a remarkable pace over the past decade due to the digitization of medical equipment. While the investment in digital technology can be significant, the… Read More »

So you want to be a practice owner someday: Working with professional advisors

Editor’s note: This is the third article in a summer series of New Dentist Now blog posts on practice ownership. To read other articles from the series, click here. Whether you’re buying or building a practice, you will need a team of reliable advisors to support and guide you through the process and create the outcomes you envision.… Read More »

So you want to be a practice owner someday: Paths to ownership – Should you acquire or build?

Editor’s note: This is the second article in a summer series of New Dentist Now blog posts on practice ownership. To read other articles from the series, click here. Congratulations on your decision to become a practice owner! You have many challenges and rewards ahead of you. One of your first tasks is to decide whether to acquire… Read More »

New Dentist Conference, ADA annual meeting inspire new dentists, dental students

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 »