Cover Story
Treating Dental Patients With Eating Disorders
Millions of people in this country, more than 90% of them young women, suffer...
Hygiene
Production, Products, and Your Bottom Line
By now, you have attended several years’ worth of periodontal diagnosis/treatment courses and have...
Occlusion
Puppy Dog Sales, Part 2: How to Increase Case Acceptance With Integrity and Professionalism
In Part 1 of this article I discussed dentists’ responsibility to help patients make...
Management
A Marketer’s Take on Practice Building
All businesses need to have an ongoing marketing effort in order to maintain their...
Occlusion
Bite Treatment, Part 1: Applying the “Puppy Dog Sales Technique” to Dentistry
Many dentists do not like the term “sell,” and they like even less to...
TMD
Botulism Toxin: Use in Disorders of the Temporomandibular Joint
Botulism toxin (BTX) is produced during the growth and autolysis of the strictly anaerobic,...
Hygiene
You Are What You Write
Does your documentation reflect what you really do? It has been said many times,...
Hygiene
The “Bag o’ Meds”: Clinical Implications of Common Patient Medications
The review and updating of patient medical information is becoming more complex each day....
Aesthetics
Metal-Free Dentistry: Restoration of Congenitally Missing Lateral Incisors
Dentistry has changed. Patients no longer come to the office for traditional, “drilling, filling,...
Hygiene
Postoperative Care for the Dental Patient…Showing You Care
The dental office is often forbidden territory for the general public. The fear of...