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Orthodontics Can Make a Big Impact on Your Little Patients
You’ve seen the effects of untreated orthodontic issues. The prevalence of malocclusion in children and adolescents is 56% globally. Crooked or misaligned teeth hamper a child’s ability to chew food and speak clearly. Sometimes, atypical facial and dental features can even impact the child’s psychological health. This is why orthodontics can be essential in the…
10 Reasons Patients May Be Leaving Your Practice
Keeping the patients you have is important to the health of your dental practice. Dental practices put so much effort into getting new patients through marketing and patient referral programs that it can be disappointing when you notice patients leaving your office for another practice. Retaining them is equally important as attaining them, which puts…
10 Pioneering Women In Dentistry
Women have a great history as groundbreaking dentists. Dentistry is one of the leading healthcare fields that offers women an incredible work-life balance. In fact, the ADA reports that a majority of women who enter the dental profession do so because of the balanced lifestyle and how other women help mentor the next generation of…
5 Tips for Improving Your Case Acceptance Rates
Dentistry is challenging enough when you take into account difficult treatment plans, finance management, staff issues, and patient retention—and then you need to consider the case acceptance rates from patients for their treatment plans. When you understand how to communicate your dental recommendations and develop a bond with patients, the case acceptance rates in your…
10 Things You’ll Be Glad You Did In Ten Years As A Dentist
Each day we have the opportunity to make choices that affect both our professional and personal lives. Dentists are fortunate to have a career that allows more work-life balance than most other health professions. But sometimes the hardest thing to do is make choices about how you want to grow as a dental leader and…
Can Probiotics Help Your Patients Maintain a Healthier Oral Microbiome?
Probiotics can improve oral health as well as overall well-being. Dentists want to do everything they can to help keep their patients’ oral health in top shape. Aside from preventive care, recommending probiotics is a beneficial way to help maintain a well-balanced oral microbiome. When most people think of probiotics, they think of gut health…
Burnout: The Biggest Challenge Most Dentists Face and How to Overcome It
Being a dentist is rewarding, but it’s also really difficult. It has been a long, tiring day. The stream of appointments has been crazy and added to that the challenge of a patient who was unhappy with their treatment. Life on the personal front has not been great either. The kids are asleep by the…
5 Ways Orthodontics Benefits General Dental Practices
Enhance your dental practice by adding orthodontics. Not everyone thinks of general dentistry when they think of orthodontics, but that is beginning to change. General dentists who provide orthodontics for their patients are doing them a great service because they know their patients well: their personalities, their oral health needs, and their oral care goals.…
5 Advanced Dentistry Choices Dentists Love
Expand your skills with a continuing education course in advanced dentistry. There is no greater feeling for a general dentist than providing the highest level of dental care for your patients. What better way to offer great dental care than to invest in yourself as a provider? When you choose to advance your knowledge and…
5 Ways Orthodontics Benefits Pediatric Practices
Expand your skills and provide added benefits for your patients with orthodontics. Your pediatric dental practice is booming, but you want to raise the bar and offer your patients treatment that most other practices don’t have. Incorporating orthodontics into your pediatric dental practice is the number one way you can brand yourself as a comprehensive…
5 Best Ways to Learn Orthodontics as a General or Pediatric Dentist
Take advantage of online or in-person orthodontics training. Dentists get questions about orthodontics every single day. Patients want to perfect their smiles, and sometimes orthodontics is necessary to restore functional health or correct a cosmetic issue. What can you do to effectively answer your patients’ orthodontic questions? Wouldn’t it be convenient for you to learn…
3 Things To Know About Facial Esthetics & Orthodontics
A healthy smile means more than just straight teeth. The general public assumes dentists solely observe and treat teeth, however, this couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, dentistry is a comprehensive subsection of medicine that involves the cardiovascular system, the temporomandibular joint, and the sensory system. Moreover, dentistry affects our facial esthetics, our…
