Video: New Dentist Award winner shares his story
Dr. Richard Dath Collins, the 2016 ADA Golden Apple Award Winner for New Dentist Leadership, shares perspective on the profession, ADA membership and leadership.
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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 »
To parent dentists with parent PLUS Student Loans: Should you transfer student loan debt to your child?
Editor’s note: This is the seventh 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 »
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 »
Parents: Ask these questions before co-signing a student loan
Editor’s note: This is the sixth 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 »
5 things we wish we had known after dental school
When we first graduated, there were times we thought we knew everything, and there were times we thought we knew nothing. These raging fluctuations in our self-assessment were disruptive to our professional self-esteem. If we could impart some of the knowledge that we learned along the way, we think we could save some new graduates from a lot… Read More »