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1192 Samuel E. Cress DDS of Colony Dental and The Center for Craniofacial and Dental Sleep Medicine : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Samuel E. Cress, D.D.S., director of The Center for Craniofacial & Dental Sleep Medicine located in Sugar Land, Texas, received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Austin College in Sherman, Texas. He completed his Doctorate of Dental Surgery from the University of Texas Health Science Center, San...  Read More
Reese Harper – Flexing Your Wealth Building Muscles Part 1
Podcast Episode #221: Reese Harper – Flexing Your Wealth Building Muscles Part 1 Episode #221: Dentist Freedom Blueprint Podcast Reese Harper – Flexing Your Wealth Building Muscles Part 1 When you’re trying to establish yourself and build wealth, it’s so important to break free from the bad,...  Read More
Just be good.  Hire good (period)
    What level of expertise do you hold?   Before he opened his restaurant, Petr spent many years working as a cook. Perfecting the craft of running the kitchen. Feeding his mind recipe books and devouring the words of his mentors.  Several years spent mastering the recipes that had been...  Read More
How to Overcome Fear When Building a Dental Practice
            Running a dental practice can be scary. There are a lot of uncertainties we must overcome as we try to grow our practice and achieve our dreams. But it’s not easy to overcome the fear that comes from growing a dental practice. Between patient care, marketing, leading a team, and...  Read More
Which of these fraud (embezzlement) scenarios is worse?
Would you choose Ma Barker or Robin Hood? Which of these fraud scenarios is worse?  If you had to, which one would you choose?  #1: A patient pays $100. Your employee steals the $100 and records a write-off of $100 on the patient's ledger #2: A patient was expected to pay $500, and pays $400....  Read More
How to hire dental temps in California
The employment laws in California are ever changing and while the demand for dental temps in increasing, it has become more difficult for Dental Offices to employ dental temps. Have no fear!  We are here to help!  This post takes a quick look at how to work around the system. We want to start...  Read More
When To Save A Tooth? Part 2: To Save or Not to Save
In today’s article, we continue to discuss the pros and cons of saving a tooth versus replacing it with an implant-supported crown. Deep decay or fracture of natural teeth generally requires root canal therapy. This is an added expense that should be weighed against the cost of the extraction and...  Read More
1191 Dr. Zak Allmand DDS of Apex Payment Solutions & Monon Family Dental : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Dr. Zachary Allmand graduated from Indiana University Dental School in 2005. Post-graduation, he served our country in the United States Air Force for 5 years, deploying to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. After fulfilling his service to our country, he purchased a dental...  Read More
Patient Record Release Authorization Elements
                          Many patient record release forms do not follow the strict guidelines required for HIPAA compliance. Dentists using these forms face the risk of an alleged privacy breach. A HIPAA compliant patient record release form should contain the following elements:               ...  Read More
 Converting Prospects to Patients through Personalized Online Consultations with Dr. Brian Harris, DDS
Dr. Brian Harris, DDS is our guest this week on The Dental Up Podcast. He sits down with Shaun Keating to discuss the importance of building trust by utilizing new online technology and making it easier for new prospects to be well informed and convert them to long-term patients before they even...  Read More
Caries Risk: Fluoride Risk and Benefits
This is about the “F” word. I say the “F” word because there is so much controversy around the use of fluoride. Very few dental materials have created this strong of a controversy. Much of this controversy is about fluoridated water. This blog will talk about caries risk: Fluoride risk and...  Read More
The Beauty Factor in Dentistry
As you practice dentistry, it helps to understand that beauty is a high priority -- often the HIGHEST priority -- of your patient.     Read More
Dental Seminar on June 4th
Simple, But No Simpler: An Investment Review Part V
Summary So, the natural question is Isaiah why to go through all the effort to write and explain when you and I both know it’s unlikely anyone’s opinion has been changed. I mean when has the internet ever changed someone’s mind? The Boglehead community is fierce and set in their ways. First, I...  Read More
How to Hire a Full-Time Employee for Less Than One Part-Time w/ Beth Bogan
Expand your office hours and provide real-time help to your patients with a professional and HIPAA trained customer service team. Show patients when they're coming to your website that they are significant, that they matter that their concerns matter, that their fears that they feel are silly and...  Read More
Every business relies on reputation to retain and increase their client base, and dental practice is no exception. Social media is a  for your dental practice to market itself to potential patients.   The trouble is, one negative comment could potentially undo years of hard work on building a good...  Read More
Should You Buy or Should You Walk? (Part 1)
Should You Buy or Should You Walk? Look at the Tax Return FIRST!  In my opinion, a practice HAS TO make money AND has to make sense for you to reasonably go forward with any purchase. Let’s figure out how to determine basic profitability quickly and easily.    It would be helpful to have...  Read More
Dental Realist: Episode 37 - Is This the Truth About Dentistry?
The release of a recent article by The Atlantic called  raised some questions about some of the information about dentistry that the general public receives. On Episode 37, Dr. Neff, Dr. Stevens, and Dr. Waldron discuss many of the topics in this article. Is dentistry really a science?  Where is...  Read More
What to do When Team Performance Lags - HCD Leadership vs LCD Management
It's no wonder for years survey companies like Gallup consistently report that only 30% of team members feel engaged and are participating in their workplace.  70% are disengaged, disconnected, merely going through the motions and phoning it in.  They're fully codependent. They are physically...  Read More
6 Tips to Find Dental Assistants – Including Job Template!
If you have been struggling to get qualified Dental Assistants to apply to your job, you are not alone. With the dental field continuing to grow, Dental Assistants have more work options than ever before.   Gone are the days of posting your job on Craigslist and having a flood of Dental Assistant...  Read More
This Dentist Lived to Write and Wrote to Live
Once or twice a year in this space we play a game with readers where we share clues about former dentists who earned fame and fortune in other careers and have the readers guess who they are.  In , we wrote about the many exploits of Paul Revere and how the ‘midnight rider’ performed the first...  Read More
How to buy a new Prime Scan for $55,000!! The Dilemma, The Solution, The Process.
Finally! Sirona has Prime Scans on it's way! This new release has dentist feigning for the latest and greatest in the Cerec world.  THE DILEMNA The new Prime Scan comes with a $70,000 price tag, maybe not the biggest problem your facing.   The bigger problem is that you already have an Omnicam...  Read More
Episode 66: The Magic That Has Been Lost In Dentistry
Has dentistry lost some of the magic along the way? Can we get it back? Dr. Bryan Laskin and Dave discuss this idea. The Magic That Has Been Lost In Dentistry Find us on !  Read More
Your Hidden Competitors
Dentists, who are your competitors?  How many do you have right around you?  Here are some thoughts on competition in the dental field that might not have occurred to you.   Read More
1190 Dave Weinberg, Principal of Scientific Metals : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Dave was born in Canada and raised in Houston, Texas. He was a graduate of Mcgill University and MBA from the University of Arizona.  VIDEO - DUwHF #1190 - Dave Weinberg AUDIO - DUwHF #1190 - Dave Weinberg Scientific Metals was started by his father Mark Weinberg. Scientific Metals started as...  Read More
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