Message from the Online Community Manager

 
The Impact of One

Dentaltown.com reached 150,000 members this spring!

This is exciting news, not just because of the amount of activity on the boards, but because dentists who are part of the Dentaltown community believe in leaving dentistry better than when they entered the profession. They believe in helping each other find ways to achieve faster, easier, effective dentistry.

In 1999, Dr. Howard Farran started Dentaltown.com under the premise that no dentist should ever have to practice alone. Dr. Farran might have had the initial idea, but it is each and every one of our 150,000 members who make Dentaltown the community it is today. Dentaltown’s success can be attributed to the purposeful conversations held on the message boards, the passion behind each post and the community-generated discussion happening every day.

Dentaltown is a positive embodiment of the “snowball effect” – a snowball rolls down a hill, starting small but gaining momentum and size as it continues, building upon itself. In the same way, when one dentist posts a question or case online, hundreds of dentists read it and thousands of patients are affected and receive better dentistry because of the input. Dentaltown has stock in each member and its success is due to solo dentists, just like you, who make up a communal whole.

Thank you for being a part of this unique online community and helping to create better dentistry for patients! I’d love it if you’d join the conversation online – Who’s one Townie who has changed the way you practice? Visit the message board listed below and tell us.

If you have questions about the site, call me at 480-445-9696 or e-mail me at kerrie@farranmedia.com.


Dentaltown.com Celebrates 150,000 Members

Click here to join the conversation about which Townies have changed the way you practice.


Case Presentation

The Train Wreck That Comes Into Your Office
This patient had her maxillary anterior work done three to four years ago and the porcelain has broken off three times since. What would you have told her?



Message Boards

I Don’t Want to Remove Your Beautiful Amalgams!
Patients with well-restored, asymptomatic teeth and relatively deep amalgams are asking for them to be removed. What are your thoughts on the ethics of this process?

How Many Handpieces for My Start Up?
A sales rep is pushing this dentist to buy nine handpieces for a start-up practice. Do you think that is too many?


Features

Comments
Dentaltown Magazine is based on an interactive publishing model. After you read this magazine, jump online to Dentaltown.com and post your comments and feedback about the articles.


Media Center
Webcast: Maximize the Value of Your Most Powerful Asset: Your Reputation
You know intuitively that your online reputation is important, but how do you manage it? Chris Brubaker, a small business marketing expert and Director of Marketing at Demandforce, gives you a practical guide on how to build your best possible reputation and teaches you how to leverage your practice’s assets to bring in the right type of new patients.

Online CE
Simplifying Posterior Composites: What’s New, Exciting and Different? – Bruce Crispin, DDS, MS
An overview and evaluation of the “Bulk-fill Technique” for posterior composites. It also reviews a broad spectrum of supportive materials that can be used to expand ones armamentarium for posterior composite placement.
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Sally Gross, Member Services Specialist
Phone: +1-480-445-9710
Email: sally@farranmedia.com
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