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Are You Fulfilling Your Dreams With Your Vision for Your Dental Practice?
Your dental practice vision is an important part of who you are, both professionally and personally. However, the practical challenges of running a dental practice and the realities of life can often lead to your vision and career fulfillment taking a backseat. That doesn’t have to be the case if you take the right approach…
4 Reasons You Need To Stop Referring Orthodontic Cases Out and What To Do Instead
Why refer out for orthodontics if you don’t have to? As a general dentist, you likely come across a variety of cases that require referral to some type of specialist. Of course, one practitioner can’t have the skills and knowledge to handle every case. However, when it comes to orthodontic treatment, orthodontic CE courses for…
4 Reasons It’s Important to Shape Your Patient’s Orthodontic Treatment Expectations Properly
It’s not unusual for a patient to walk into their dentist’s office asking for a smile makeover—a Hollywood smile—that, while desirable, might not best suit their features. This isn’t to say that we can’t help them achieve an amazing smile that they will love, but a significant part of our role in shaping a patient’s…
4 Ways the Patient-Doctor Paradigm Has Changed Since the 80s
The dentist-patient relationship is the cornerstone of quality clinical care, and its significance has grown over time. We see it in article after article that stronger dentist-patient relationships correlate with improved patient outcomes, but what does that mean? It means that a positive and trusting relationship between the dentist and patient tends to lead to…
3 Benefits of Continuing Education in Orthodontics for Pediatric Dentists
Most kids who get braces are between the ages of 9 and 14, and about four of every five people in braces are minors. This creates a tremendous opportunity for pediatric dentists who treat kids in this very age group—maximize the dentist-patient relationship and offer orthodontics directly in your practice. To that end, orthodontics is…
If You Only Take One Orthodontic Course, This Should Be the One
This orthodontic course could change the trajectory of your dental career. Finding the time for continuing education can be a challenge for many dentists. Though they know it is important, there are opportunity costs to consider. From balancing time with family members and friends to taking time for self-care, there are certainly things that should…
5 Things To Keep in Mind When Hiring for a Pediatric Dental Clinic
Hiring Considerations in Pediatric Dentistry Searching for a new team member can be an expensive and frustrating experience. Whether you’re looking for a new dental assistant or a treatment coordinator, you need someone who possesses the necessary skills and will naturally blend with your current team. The hiring process is sometimes a roll of the…
10 Tips on Creating an Office Culture That Will Positively Affect Your Patients
How To Create a Positive Dental Office Culture Culture is a way of life for a group of people. When it comes to a dental practice, this includes everyone from the dental assistants to the patients. Every dental office culture is as unique as the people who cultivate it, affecting team member job satisfaction, patient…
Learn This Vital Skill To Strengthen Your Dental Practice
Questions To Ask Yourself To Uncover Vital Information Opportunities in business are changes that allow you to advance your dental practice success. Finding opportunities in apparent downturns is a valuable business skill. When patient revenue dips, you may be tempted to take the path of least resistance, feel discouraged, or doubt yourself. Challenging times in…
3 Ways Orthodontics Provides More for Your Patients Than Great Smiles
The Impact of Orthodontic Advancements on Patients and Your Practice Our teeth impact every aspect of our daily lives. They affect the way we eat, how we speak, and how self-confident we are, so it’s no surprise that patients who suffer from things like overcrowding, spacing, or overjet are often hesitant to show off their…
Don’t Self-Destruct! 7 Steps To Stop the Stress Right Now
Stopping the Stress To Avoid Dentist Burnout We all experience stress at one time or another. The truth is that working in a dental practice can be overwhelming between clinical and administrative responsibilities. Studies show that the dental field has some of the highest statistics for working professionals to develop depression and anxiety, which leaves…
4 of Our Best Online Orthodontics Courses and Why They’re So Popular
Best Online Orthodontics Courses for Dentists Dentists typically live busy lives between their dental practices and families, which usually means they don’t have enough time in the day (or year) for lengthy continuing education courses. For this reason, the American Orthodontic Society (AOS) realized that orthodontic training courses online are beneficial because they allow dentists…
