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5 Steps to Change Patient Behavior and Stop Delayed Care

Delaying dental care is not a new trend for dental patients during the pandemic....

Chairside Manner Matters More to Patients Than Clinical Skill

While dentists may prioritize their clinical skill, patients care much more about how dentists...

When It Comes to Your Dental Patients, Be a Maven and a Mensch

One of the most misunderstood relationships in the business world is the dentist/patient relationship....

Patient Complaint Review Shows That Chairside Manner Matters as Much as Clinical Skill

A two-year study of complaints made to the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of...

Five Common Mistakes Every New Dentist Should Avoid

If you’ve spent the last few years training to be a dentist and you’ve...

Has Technology Destroyed the Healing Touch?

Melvin Konner, PhD, MD, professor of human biology and medical anthropology at Emory University,...

When and How to Say No to Facial Injectable Patients

If you go through the exercise and expense of becoming properly trained in the...

7 Ways to Better Serve Your Patients

Working with patients can be very rewarding when you are a dentist. They help...

Try Magic and Comedy to Engage Patients and Ease Dental Anxiety

Some people might not like going to the dentist—unless, perhaps, they’re going to see...