Dentaltown Magazine - May 2010

Articles
Rethinking the Practice of Dentistry
Daniel J. Poticny, DDS, FACDNA
Dr. Daniel J. Poticny presents the benefits of zirconia.
Dr. Douglas Carlsen
Dr. Douglas Carlsen provides a basic primer for the person who needs the most office finance knowledge and has the least time to learn about it – the dentist.
Jay M. Geier
Jay M. Geier examines three key categories to evaluate when preparing for retirement.
Fred Joyal
Fred Joyal explains why it is important to ensure that your team has the tools they need to take your practice to the next level.
Sandy Pardue
Sandy Pardue introduces the steps to get you started on creating organizational systems that will help you alleviate stress and get you on the road to becoming more organized.
Dr. Jay B. Reznick, DMD, MD
Dr. Jay B. Reznick discusses the unexplainable natural force that causes permanent posterior teeth to migrate mesially in the dental arch.
Joe Steven Jr., DDS
After 30 years of dentistry, Dr. Joe Steven Jr. presents the second part of the number-three lesson he learned; painless dentistry.
Drs. Kenneth Koch and Dennis Brave
Drs. Kenneth Koch and Dennis Brave provide information to help you sleep better at night when faced with separated or broken instruments or perforations.
Luke Kahng, CDT
This article from Luke Kahng, CDT, demonstrates a series of case studies in which stump color communication issues are dealt with.
Marie Leland, Assistant Editor, Dentaltown Magazine
This month, we visited Topsham Dental Arts in Topsham, Maine. This family-run practice consists of a father, son and daughter team. Together they share the reasons they chose dentistry as a career and they provide advice for other dentists considering practicing with family.
Hygiene & Prevention
Trisha E. O’Hehir, RDH, BS, Hygienetown Editorial Director
Checking Lingual Frenums
The value of interproximal cleaning
Perio levels in German adults
Dentistry and oral health improving in Switzerland
Toothbrush diagnosis of gingivitis
Low concentration CHX effective
What causes increased inflammation during pregnancy?
Trisha O’Hehir, RDH, BS, Hygienetown Editorial Director
Caries Diagnosis is Prevention Failure
In This Issue
Howard Farran, DDS MBA, MAGD, Publisher, Dentaltown Magazine
Spouse in House
Thomas Giacobbi, DDS, FAGD Editorial Director, Dentaltown Magazine
Expanding Your Skill Set
Michael Simmons, DMD
Dentists can have an enormous impact on the discovery and co-treatment of sleep disordered breathing conditions, which carry the most significant morbidities and mortalities of all sleep disorders.
Restorative Dentistry
Message Boards
Even when things are going well, there is room for improvement. What is most effective? New procedures, marketing or a consultant?
This is a fair question, and it begs the question “Is hygiene a profit center or loss leader for a PPO practice?”
What happens when you take the time to listen to and learn from your colleagues on Dentaltown.com? A successful start-up.
Townie Clinicals
Short-term orthodontic treatment can provide nice cosmetic results without the removal of tooth structure for veneers. This is a sample case.

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