Professional Courtesy—AI: Let’s Have Some Fun
Dentaltown - February 2025
Editorial Director Dr. Thomas Giaccobi highlights the essential role AI is expected to play in personal and professional life and
reviews a few basics to help Townies to start incorporating these tools into daily life.
Professional Courtesy: Future Focused
Dentaltown - January 2025
Editorial Director Dr. Thomas Giacobbi explores how AI-driven technology can transform dental practices by improving efficiency
and treatment acceptance while giving dental teams additional time to focus on providing personalized care.
Professional Courtesy: TCA Today and Beyond
Dentaltown - December 2024
Editorial director Dr. Thomas Giaccobi discusses the 2024 Townie Choice Awards—celebrating top dental products and services chosen by dentists who rely on them daily, embodying Dentaltown’s mission of shared expertise and best practices.
Professional Courtesy: Don’t Miss This Deadline!
Dentaltown - November 2024
The deadline for compliance with the expanded Beneficial Ownership Information reporting requirements is on the horizon. Editorial Director
Dr. Thomas Giacobbi discusses all the details, including who must file, what information is needed and how to submit it online.
Professional Courtesy: Paper Boy Entrepreneur
Dentaltown - October 2024
Editorial Director Dr. Thomas Giacobbi reminds dentists that while there might be a lack of business education in dental school, some lessons learned much earlier in life can help run a practice well.
Professional Courtesy: Associate Ambitions, Practice Pivot
Dentaltown - September 2024
Editorial Director Dr. Thomas Giacobbi shares lessons learned from hiring various types of associates and emphasizes understanding each other’s goals.
Professional Courtesy: The How, Why and When of Retirement
Dentaltown - August 2024
Editorial Director Dr. Thomas Giacobbi says when you’re considering retirement, it’s important to balance matters of money with matters of the heart.
Professional Courtesy: Vote and Verify
Dentaltown - July 2024
Dentaltown editorial director Dr. Thomas Giacobbi gives a preview of this year’s Townie Choice Awards and highlights a few exciting systems dentists can adopt today.
Professional Courtesy: Flake Repellant
Dentaltown - June 2024
Editorial director Dr. Thomas Giacobbi examines the growing trend of no-show fees and how practice owners can better respect their time.
Professional Courtesy: Remember the Past, Embrace the Future
Dentaltown - May 2024
Editorial director Dr. Thomas Giacobbi’s recent outside-the-operatory experiences have him thinking about how technology can supplement but not supplant good old-fashioned knowledge.
Professional Courtesy: Conducting Your New-Patient Performance
Dentaltown - April 2024
Dentaltown Editorial Director Dr. Thomas Giacobbi explains how your team should perform every new-patient appointment
as smoothly as an orchestra performs a symphony.
Professional Courtesy: The Dental Landscape
Dentaltown - March 2024
Dr. Thomas Giacobbi discusses how a recent landscaping project gave him some great insights into how patients experience the treatment-planning process.
Professional Courtesy: A Better 2024, With Help From Your Friends
Dentaltown - February 2024
Editorial director Dr. Thomas Giacobbi shares the importance of getting advice from your peers, especially when it comes to staffing issues.
Professional Courtesy: Who’s in Your Boat?
Dentaltown - January 2024
Editorial director Dr. Thomas Giacobbi explains how a dental team is like a rowing team, and recaps why Dentaltown is the best place to help get your team all headed in the same direction.
Professional Courtesy: Change Your Game!
Dentaltown - December 2023
Editorial Director Dr. Thomas Giacobbi reviews some of the best advice pulled from the message boards this year, including practice management tips and equipment picks for making next year the best one yet.
Professional Courtesy: Pain or Progress?
Dentaltown - November 2023
Dentaltown’s editorial director, Dr. Thomas Giacobbi, says the evolution of technology in dentistry is incremental: As newer technology develops, it’s often easier to adopt and adapt if you have experience with the technology that preceded it.
Professional Courtesy: Troubles With a Time Machine
Dentaltown - New Grads Edition 2023
Dentaltown’s editorial director, Dr. Thomas Giacobbi, shares “advice from the future” for new dentists.
Professional Courtesy: Is Dentistry a Job or a Profession?
Dentaltown - October 2023
Dentaltown Editorial Director Dr. Thomas Giacobbi shares a selection of great conversations found on the message boards and highlights some of the important issues in dentistry today.
Professional Courtesy: An Eye-Opening Tour at Glidewell
Dentaltown - September 2023
Dentaltown Editorial Director Dr. Thomas Giacobbi recaps how the technological advances he saw during his guided tour of Glidewell will help doctors practice dentistry more efficiently.
Professional Courtesy: New-Patient Personality Types
Dentaltown - August 2023
Dentaltown Editorial Director Dr. Thomas Giacobbi breaks down the most common personalities seen in new patients and gives tips on how to connect with them.
Professional Courtesy: Vote To Drive Dentistry Forward
Dentaltown - July 2023
Dentaltown Editorial Director Dr. Thomas Giacobbi recaps some of the best products and
services he’s discovered on Dentaltown.
Professional Courtesy: Improvement on Two Front
Dentaltown - June 2023
Dentaltown Editorial Director Dr. Thomas Giacobbi discusses two vital areas private practices should focus on to stay competitive within a corporate landscape: associate pay and after-hours care.
Professional Courtesy: Running With the Dentists
Dentaltown - May 2023
Dentaltown Editorial Director Dr. Thomas Giacobbi shares his takeaways after attending this year’s International Dental Show and breaks down some of the impressive technology on display in Germany.
Professional Courtesy: My Interview With an AI Chatbot
Dentaltown - April 2023
Dentaltown Editorial Director Dr. Thomas Giacobbi shares his conversation and commentary after discussing dentistry with artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.
Professional Courtesy: Eat Less Dog Food
Dentaltown - March 2023
Dentaltown Editorial Director Dr. Thomas Giacobbi discusses his experience of going out-of-network and
provides a checklist for those looking to do the same.