By: Dr. Eric Block, CAGS, FICOI Dr. Bill has grown to hate his practice, his team and his patients. When he’s at work, he feels oppressed. He’s just going through the motions, counting the minutes until the office closes and he can be home and truly happy. But then, as soon as he’s at the little league game, out to dinner with his wife, or even lying in bed, it
By: Dr. Justin Baltz After stumbling across a book titled, “Winning” written by the late Jack Welch, I became captivated with the idea of implementing candor into my practice. Welch, who is thought to be one of the most dynamic and successful CEOs of all time, led General Electric (GE) to great new heights in success and profitability. In chapter 5 of his book, Welch describes candor as “the biggest,
By: Dr. Laura Brenner Howard Farran recently wrote a column in Dentaltown titled, “Follow the Golden Rule.” In it, he offered excellent examples of how we can share our greatest and highest good with patients. When it comes to clinical care, we should only do treatment on patients that we would choose for ourselves. I like that. It allows us to lead with our integrity. Equally as important, he dives
By: Ms. Kathy Forbes, RDH, BS When I was asked to write an article about, “how the pandemic has affected the hygiene profession and your thoughts regarding the future,” my first thought was sure, “I can do that!” After all, having been a dental hygienist for over 40 years as well as an educator, speaker, and author to a variety of publications, this is what I do. I researched the
By: Kyle O’Donnell, DDS I am excited to celebrate this holiday season more than any other time in recent memory. For the first time in three years, I hope to share meals, laughs, gifts and hugs without the haze of uncertainty the pandemic provided for so many of us. Regardless of tradition, this season is special in that we choose to rekindle our connection with loved ones, remember those who
By: Mr. David Bashford, Esq. Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act was effective January 1, 2021. The foundation element of the law prohibits pay differentials between male and female employees that perform substantially similar work. Because many dental teams tend to be predominantly female, you may have paid little attention to the new law, thinking that you do not have male and female employees who perform the same job.
This editorial is part of a special series on Women in Dentistry for Women’s History Month. By: Dr. Terri Tillis and Ms. Lisa Hinz It can be elusive. Yet, you know it when you see it. And, you know the feeling when you experience it. When it is present in an oral healthcare setting, a feeling of camaraderie and satisfaction is created among team members resulting in greater productivity. Patients
By: Dr. Sampada Deshpande Every so often, I’ll get a message on Instagram (IG) asking ‘how do you stay so motivated? You are such a hustler.’ I don’t know when I became a poster child for motivation? Because the reality couldn’t be any further from that description. What you see on IG or LinkedIn, is probably the best version of anyone’s life. We are all going through the same motions
This editorial is part of a special series on Women in Dentistry for Women’s History Month. By: Lexi Dunnells My transition from teaching high school math to dentistry baffles most people. As different as these two careers may seem, they certainly have one thing in common: everyone loves to tell you how much they hate you. “You teach math!? I HATED math as a kid, it’s the worst.” “You’re in
By: Marie Chatterley, CTC Associates So much good news to report in the ever-changing marketplace of dentistry! I am thrilled with what we have seen over the last two years in practice transitions and with the growth of practices owned by independent practitioners. Dental professionals are seeing positive changes in buyer makeup, lending ability, sales price, lease negotiations, new patient flow and revenues. Quality of Our Independent BuyerOne of
By: Dr. Dwinita Mosby Tyler The U.S. (well, the whole world for that matter) has experienced dramatic change over the past year and a half and some of those changes have us wondering how much progress we have made in advancing and achieving health equity. You know the spiel… Health equity is achieved when every person has the opportunity to “attain his or her full health potential” and no one
This editorial is part of a special series on Women in Dentistry for Women’s History Month. By: Katie Thorne, RDH, BS As dental professionals, we play a unique and critical role in our pregnant patients’ team of healthcare providers. There is a consensus among medical professional groups that oral health contributes to a healthy pregnancy, delivery and infant.3 Despite this consensus, the majority of pregnant women in the US do