Dear DrBicuspid Member,
Combine a complicated patient list with practice management concerns and more and you have stress. But how do you destress? In her latest Sheri's Solutions, Dr. Sheri Doniger relates a conversation she had with Dr. Desirée Walker at the 2016 Women in Dentistry conference about beating stress. Read her column here.
The ADA's Marko Vujicic, PhD, and Dr. Gerald Glickman from Texas A&M University came together in a highly anticipated session at the recent 2016 American Association of Endodontists annual meeting. They explored how changes to supply and demand will continue to impact both general dentistry and dental specialties, dental student debt, use of data, and more. Read Assistant Editor Theresa Pablos' two-part report here and here.
When current patients are satisfied with the care and service their dental practice provides, they would probably be comfortable recommending it to others. But are enough of your patients actually doing this? If not, you have tremendous growth potential just waiting to be tapped, notes Dr. Roger P. Levin in his latest Practice Success tip.
California is considering a bill to increase oversight of pediatric sedation during dental procedures after a 6-year-old boy died while under general anesthesia for an extraction. The bill would tighten requirements for dentist supervision of sedated patients and also require dentists to inform parents of an increased risk when general anesthesia is used. Read Features Editor Donna Domino's piece here.
How much is your practice worth? Our Practice SnapShot (still in beta testing) is free and gives you an approximation in less than 10 minutes. Try it out here, you might be surprised how much your practice is worth.
