Dentaltown Magazine - February 2013

Articles
Howard Farran, DDS, MAGD, MBA, DICOI; Publisher, Dentaltown Magazine
This month, Dentaltown Magazine Publisher Dr. Howard Farran explains a method of evaluating your competition’s strengths and weaknesses, and how to use that information to your advantage.
Thomas Giacobbi, DDS, FAGD, Editorial Director, Dentaltown Magazine
Dentaltown Magazine Editorial Director Dr. Thomas Giacobbi encourages you to embrace change and to seek meaningful ways to make changes in your personal and professional life.
by Michael D. Fleming, DDS
Dr. Michael D. Fleming addresses the current state of amalgam regulation as well as common misconceptions in the ongoing amalgam safety debate.
by Benjamin Lund, Editor, Dentaltown Magazine
Have you registered for the 2013 Townie Meeting yet? Here are some of this year’s social and educational highlights.
by Douglas Carlsen, DDS
Dr. Douglas Carlsen explains what holds dentists back from retirement and shows what debt to pay off first, how fast and when.
by Tom Hopkins and Pat Leiby
Getting patients to accept treatment recommendations takes strategy and skill. Learn how from two marketing gurus, Tom Hopkins and Pat Leiby.
by Krista Houstoun, Assistant Editor, Dentaltown Magazine
Meet Dr. Roger Pecina, owner of Afdent, the largest solely owned one-building practice in America, and fierce anti-corporate- dentistry crusader.
by Thomas Peltzer, DMD
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Dr. Thomas Peltzer explains that yes, kissing affects oral health.
by Larry M. Chatterley and Randon Jensen
Larry M. Chatterley and Randon Jensen promote positive change by explaining how you can alter your attitude and get out of routines.
by John Fiore
Financing a start-up can be intimidating. John Fiore, senior vice president of Bank of America Practice Solutions, offers 10 tips.
by Ulf Krueger-Janson
Ulf Krueger-Janson explains how a composite resin with ideal material properties can be used to create lifelike dental restorations.
by Rod Kurthy, DMD
In this final article of this series, Dr. Rod Kurthy discusses science-based solutions to whitening sensitivity.
by Dr. David Cook
Dr. David Cook presents a general overview of the common full-arch dental appliances for parafunction management and protection.
Message Boards
Townie Dr. Michael Melkers shares an active work in progress. This case has a lot of nuances and Melkers offers tips and tricks along the way.
A Townie asks for help in determining which of his two employees is embezzling cash from his practice.
In This Issue
by Howard M. Goldstein, DMD, Director of Continuing Education
Howard Goldstein, director of CE, gives you the update for Dentaltown’s online CE.
Hygiene & Prevention
by Trisha O’Hehir, RDH, MS Editorial Director, Hygienetown
Implants Are Growing in Popularity
by Susan S. Wingrove, RDH
This course by Susan S. Wingrove educates on how to assess, identify and maintain (A.I.M.) dental implants.
What instruments do you use for cleaning implants?
Supplement
by David K. Randall
An excerpt from the book Dreamland: Adventures in the Strange Science of Sleep by David K. Randall.
by Michael J. Krahe, PhD, and Jennifer A.E. Krahe, PhD(c)
Dr. Michael J. Krahe and Jennifer A.E. Krahe explain what dentists can do to get involved in the transformation to patient-centric care in the burgeoning field of sleep dentistry.
by Larry Twersky
Larry Twersky explains why medical physicians and dentists need to work together to diagnose and treat sleep disorders.

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