Building trust with our patients
As dentists, we took a professional oath to care for our patients. We entered the profession with the ideological belief that we can and will […]
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With patients, meet them where they are
As the saying from my previous article goes: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people […]
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From Google University to Facebook Dental School: Are we too dependent on instant internet knowledge?
When I was preparing to start my practice in 2008, Facebook was just in its toddler stage. I started with a basic profile and I shared […]
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My New Dentist Life: Knowing enough to know what I don’t know
Editor’s note: This is the fourth article in a New Dentist Now blog series, My New Dentist Life, following a new dentist’s first year experience […]
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Dentist or therapist? In our profession, compassion is an inescapable part of our job
For most of us, the reasons behind becoming dentists are fairly common across the board: we like working with our hands; we like creating beautiful […]
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Questioning our role in health care in response to COVID-19
It feels strange to say, but I feel very lucky right now. In the face of an unprecedented pandemic ripping apart the fabric of our […]
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