Category Archives: Life as a New Dentist

New dentists should start saving now for these 5 things

Editor’s note: This is the eighth 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 »

Working in a large group practice

From working and shadowing in a number of different dental practices throughout my schooling, I had an idea of what I wanted out of my first job. I wanted to work in a modern office utilizing the technologies I learned in school. I wanted to be able to do quality dentistry that I could stand behind. I wanted… 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 »

Two dentists, two approaches on owning practices

Dr. Steven Holcombe used an analogy to describe buying his dental practice. “I like to use the comparison of telling a child the stove is hot,” said Dr. Holcombe. “Now remember, a hot stove is not a bad thing — you need it to cook food. Now, you can explain and warn the child all you want, but… Read More »

How to avoid financial stress for dentists

Editor’s note: This is the fourth 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 »

One year down, plenty more to go

This has been the quickest year and 2 months of my entire life. I’ve done more dentistry in one year than I ever really imagined I could do, I’ve tried to figure out this whole work-life balance a little better, and I’ve become a CE junkie. I’ve mentioned plenty of times how fortunate I am to practice in… Read More »