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Dental Tourism Is Not Going Away: What Returning Patients Mean for Your Practice
Many dentists are seeing a practical result of cross-border care: a patient returns from travel with completed full-arch rehabilitation, implant-supported prostheses, or a veneer case and requests maintenance, repair, or an opinion. The useful question is not whether dental tourism is good or bad....  Read More
What to Consider Before Opening a Dental Practice
Opening a dental practice is both a clinical and commercial undertaking. Professional qualifications and patient care remain at the centre of the operation, but long-term success also depends on premises, staffing, compliance, cash flow and the experience created for patients.A detailed business...  Read More
Managing a demanding career while orchestrating a household requires an unbelievable amount of mental and physical fortitude. Today, more than ever, women are balancing full-time corporate roles, family dynamics, and personal aspirations despite outdated societal criticisms. This ongoing balancing...  Read More
Partnership Blues?
Pushing Reset.So, you chose to enter a partnership with a group and things are not going as planned.  This is an increasingly common water cooler discussion.  What can you do?  The answer of course is, “...it depends”.  It depends on what the actual issues are - i.e. philosophical differences,...  Read More
Medical Assistant Certification Online: What Employers Actually Look For
Getting certified is supposed to open doors, but a lot of new medical assistants finish their coursework and still feel unsure about what hiring managers are actually scanning for on a resume. Having talked to clinic managers and HR staff across a few different practices, a pattern shows up again...  Read More
Episode 41: Dr. Namrata Upadhyay on Dental Career Expansion & MedTech Innovation
Dental career expansion is creating new opportunities for dentists and hygienists looking beyond the traditional operatory — and Dr. Namrata Upadhyay is helping lead that movement globally. In Episode 41 of The Technology Evangelist Podcast, sponsored by Medidenta Digital Solutions, host Dr. John...  Read More
Top 5 Orthodontic Providers in DFW for Braces & Clear Aligners
Choosing the right orthodontic provider in the Dallas–Fort Worth (DFW) area is an important step for patients considering braces, Invisalign®, or clear aligner therapy. With several orthodontic practices available across Dallas and surrounding areas, patients often compare providers based on...  Read More
Latest Advances Modern Dentistry Patient Care
The Latest Advances in Modern Dentistry That Are Improving Patient Care in Brunswick VIC Dentistry in Melbourne has changed dramatically over the past decade. Modern dental practices no longer rely solely on traditional techniques to diagnose and treat oral health problems. Today, innovative...  Read More
Episode 40: Dr. Howard Farran on Dental Business Strategy, AI, DSOs, and the Future of Dentistry
Dental business strategy is no longer optional for modern practices — it is the difference between stagnation and long-term growth. In Episode 40 of The Technology Evangelist Podcast, sponsored by Medidenta Digital Solutions, host Dr. John Flucke speaks with his longtime friend and dental school...  Read More
Smoke & Mirrors?
“Equity” is one of the most frequently discussed and least understood topics in the healthcare growth arena.   Have you heard the question, “What’s your equity story?”  When it comes to the answer, the old adage - “Everything before but and after because, is bullshit.” - most definitely applies....  Read More
Why the Best Dental Marketing Agency Recommends SSL Certificates for Every Dental Website
For dentists searching for the best dental marketing agency, website security is one of the most important yet often overlooked parts of a successful digital marketing strategy. A professionally designed website should not only attract visitors—it should also protect patient information, inspire...  Read More
Why Behaviors Are More Powerful Than Self Talk
Your Brain Believes Receipts Self talk matters. The words you repeat in your mind can shape your mood, your focus, and your choices. Telling yourself, “I can handle this,” is usually better than saying, “I always mess things up.” But self talk has one major limit. It is still just a message....  Read More
Episode 39: Dr. Alan Stern on Dentist Coaching, Practice Clarity, and Building a More Profitable Dental Career
Dentist coaching is reshaping how clinicians define success in modern dentistry — and Dr. Alan Stern is a clear example of what happens when clarity, behavior change, and core values drive practice transformation. In Episode 39 of The Technology Evangelist Podcast, sponsored by Medidenta Digital...  Read More
The 10 Best Dentists in Houston: A Practical, Side-by-Side Guide (2026)
Converted Houston has hundreds of dental practices, and most of them use nearly identical language to describe themselves, so telling them apart before your first visit is hard. The most useful thing you can compare up front is what you can see: how wide a practice's services are, how easy it is...  Read More
Feeling The Squeeze?
A confluence of events finds doctors facing unprecedented financial pressures.  It really doesn’t matter if you are in private practice or part of a larger group.   The dental industry has experienced a permanent erosion of profit margins over the last decade or more.  Top line pressures from...  Read More
Orthodontic treatment is about much more than creating a straight smile. Every tooth movement depends on healthy gums, healthy bone, and a clean oral environment. Whether a patient wears traditional braces or clear aligners, oral hygiene plays a direct role in treatment efficiency, comfort, and...  Read More
The American Sleep and Breathing Academy - Part 2 : Dentistry Uncensored w/ Howard Farran #1715
In this roundtable — part two of the show's airway and sleep series recorded around an ASBA gathering — Howard Farran sits down with three leaders working at the intersection of dentistry, sleep, and medicine: Dr. Luann Hall, a UCSF-trained "recovering pediatric dentist," minimally invasive...  Read More
Episode 38: Organized Dentistry, Dentist Wellness and the Future of Oral Health with Dr. Brett Kessler
In Episode 38 of The Technology Evangelist Podcast, sponsored by Medidenta Digital Solutions, Dr. John Flucke speaks with Dr. Brett Kessler—Past President of the American Dental Association (ADA), practicing dentist since 1995, and one of the most influential voices in organized dentistry. This...  Read More
Dr. Eric Recker : Dentistry Uncensored w/ Howard Farran #1714
Dr. Eric Recker : Dentistry Uncensored w/ Howard Farran #1714 In this episode, Howard Farran sits down with Dr. Eric Recker — a dentist of 24 years, keynote speaker, author, pilot, mountain climber, and success coach based in Pella, Iowa — for a candid conversation about burnout and the path back...  Read More
Restoring the Doctor-Patient Connection, One Visit at a Time
Patients can tell when a medical visit stops feeling like a conversation and starts feeling like data entry. You sit there with a concern, maybe two or three, while your doctor tries to listen, think, click, code, refill, document, and move quickly enough to stay on schedule. It’s a lot. In Canada,...  Read More
What to Actually Do When a Dental Emergency Happens
There's a specific kind of panic that hits when something goes wrong with your teeth. Maybe you bit into something hard and felt a crack. Maybe a filling fell out mid-meal. Maybe your kid took a fall at the park and came up with a bloody mouth and a missing tooth. At that moment, most people freeze...  Read More
Why Houston Families Keep Coming Back to the Same Dentist
There's a particular kind of dread that comes with dental appointments. Even people who otherwise handle doctor visits just fine will find a way to reschedule a cleaning three times before finally showing up. It's not really about the procedures themselves — most of us know a cleaning takes twenty...  Read More
Dental Office Retirement Plans Explained: Costs, Matches, and Compliance Pitfalls
Finding, and keeping, hygienists and assistants is harder than ever. Rising wages and glossy DSO benefits can make your practice look bare-bones, but a retirement plan turns that liability into a hiring edge.   Clock’s ticking. From 2025, SECURE 2.0 makes auto-enrollment standard for most new...  Read More
If your mental picture of a  still involves goopy impression trays and long waits for lab work, you are in for a pleasant surprise. Over the past couple of decades, dentistry has embraced technology in ways that make treatment faster, more accurate, and far more comfortable. Understanding these...  Read More
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