5 Steps to Change Patient Behavior and Stop Delayed Care
2021-09-16
Delaying dental care is not a new trend for dental patients during the pandemic. We’ve all heard how much anxiety patients can have about going
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Chairside Manner Matters More to Patients Than Clinical Skill
2021-03-19
While dentists may prioritize their clinical skill, patients care much more about how dentists make them feel, according to fourth-year dental student Hannah Klaassen of
When It Comes to Your Dental Patients, Be a Maven and a Mensch
2020-03-12
One of the most misunderstood relationships in the business world is the dentist/patient relationship. Dentists spend so much time trying to figure out what impresses
Patient Complaint Review Shows That Chairside Manner Matters as Much as Clinical Skill
2019-12-06
A two-year study of complaints made to the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario (RCDSO) between 2007 and 2017 is yielding new insights into
Has Technology Destroyed the Healing Touch?
2017-03-22
Melvin Konner, PhD, MD, professor of human biology and medical anthropology at Emory University, was quoted in a 2001 Newsweek article titled “The Downside of
When and How to Say No to Facial Injectable Patients
2016-09-29
If you go through the exercise and expense of becoming properly trained in the administration of facial injectables, you probably aren’t thinking about all of
7 Ways to Better Serve Your Patients
2016-08-03
Working with patients can be very rewarding when you are a dentist. They help pay all the bills and give you a great lifestyle. Sometimes
Try Magic and Comedy to Engage Patients and Ease Dental Anxiety
2016-01-07
Some people might not like going to the dentist—unless, perhaps, they’re going to see Dr. Todd Cooper of Tidewater Dental, with 3 locations in Maryland.