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Colossal Case Acceptance The Hygienist Plays a Vital Role in Encouraging Patients to Say Yes

As dentists, we think of ourselves as technicians, health professionals, scientists, artists…not salesmen. The...

Allergy and Toxic Reactions to Local Anesthetics

Local anesthesia (LA) forms the foundation of pain control techniques in dentistry. These drugs...

Building Relationships Builds the Practice

When dentists think about practice building, many things come to mind, such as PR,...

Where Have All the Technicians Gone?

“Where have all the technicians gone?” This is a question that we all may...

The Relationship Between Coronary Artery Disease and Periodontal Disease

William Hunter, an English physician in the early 20th century, brought to our attention...

Dentists Can Protect Their Incomes With Business Interruption Insurance

An orthodontist cannot get into his offices for 2 weeks after a fire completely...

Office Design: Communicating Service Quality

It is this simple: Your patients have no means of evaluating the quality of...

Managing Risk Factors in Successful Nonsurgical Treatment

Management of periodontal disease is a dynamic and ongoing process. Only recently have we...

From Bridges to Implants: The New Paradigm for General Practice

It appears that most general dentists believe that a fixed conventional bridge is still...

Initial Management of Temporomandibular Disorders

One of the most controversial topics in dentistry is the subject of temporomandibular disorders...