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a dirty game out there. I say all this as an owner. I would never make someone work more than 30 days past giving me notice. I would have a normal/healthy non-compete, but no way I am making you stay 60/90/120+ days when you want to quit. We make our profession so hard to deal with. If he doesn't like
May 20, 2025
Legal Issues
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simply by being you. These are the practices that can be a gold mine just by plugging you into the practice. 4. What percentage of the practice is hygiene? Using a baseline of 25% as healthy (understand there is nuance here), determining this number will help you to figure out if there is more
May 14, 2025
Practice Acquisitions
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incisors. Unless we have a significant class II or retrognathic mandible, I'm currently leaning towards preferring to let some collapse happen. Since we are already going to be in ortho later, this may add to our treatment time, but overall it's a better option than slapping a band on a healthy
September 23, 2025
Pediatric Dentistry
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faster than a cotton roll in July. From hundreds of candid GP (General Practitioner) comments, here's the distilled truth about what makes specialists beloved, what makes them unbearable, and how to keep the referral pipeline healthy. What Dentists Love GPs light up when specialists make them look
August 15, 2025
GP / Specialist Communication
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a bunch of stuff about this as well.....dentists who have been using lasers since 1989 and have seen the progress made in the field are very excited about this next advance in pbm. if its not for you, thats fine. I'm not putting a gun to you head and insisting you buy it or even try it out...thats your decision. Skepticism is very healthy.....just keep an open mind when the device hits the market - thats all.....
July 21, 2025
Anesthesiology
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of $7,500 per month, a healthy and realistic target for monthly profit from the hygiene department is around $10,000. Again, this is just a premise to make a point. This assumes a solid 3-3.5:1 production-to-wage ratio, consistent scheduling, a good mix of prophy and perio services, and reasonable
January 06, 2026
Billing
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say this model empowers patients. More data, earlier detection, personal baselines, and control over one's health. The company even claims some members have caught serious conditions earlier than they otherwise would have. Critics see something else entirely. Broad, untargeted testing in healthy
January 09, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
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in on the back side of the turbine and tap it out. To prevent this from happening, use quality burs and if the bur is hard to go in to the chuck, throw it out. Also be sure to clean the chucks on a weekly basis. I hope everyone have a very Happy Holiday Season and a Healthy and Prosperous New Year
January 09, 2026
Handpieces
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. As an adult general dentist, the enamel will eventually crack and expose that defect. At that point, it will have a huge head start towards that pulp. The problem as I see it, is that it wont be obvious until it's almost too late and the tooth will need endo. Healthy enamel cracks over time? All adults
January 22, 2026
Pediatric Dentistry
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benefiting from strong business support, mentorship, and ongoing education. This model suits dentists aiming to grow their practice with a healthy work-life balance and access to cutting-edge technology and operational resources. Can anyone buy this? It doesn't mention any licensure requirements, makes
April 22, 2026
Legal Issues
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or hand tools only. Plug in power tools are dangerous. Electricity requires a healthy level of respect, There are old electricians, and there are bold electricians. None are both. I've been playing with Ebikes and power wheelchairs lately. 24 volts and up esp. Li Ion batteries are scary with regard
May 11, 2026
Equipment
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to the gym helps me a lot as well. Of course, everything is easier said then done...it takes practice Be present. You are about to enter the best part of your life. Don't miss a thing. Go to all the school events.no matter how silly or trivial they seem. I never said no to anything healthy. My
June 08, 2025
Mental Health, Well-Being, and Stress Management
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Thanks for sharing that story Dr Bean. I can totally understand as i am married to a Colombian girl myself. The cuisine is very different to mexican. Its generally very healthy but not as tasty as mexican food. I am in a similar spot as the OP. Grew up as an immigrant kid, so still have difficulty
January 17, 2026
Leisure
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the posterior teeth on one side, and only 1~2 on the other side. Should I get metal frames for her? I haven't seen a flexible denture with rest seats. Is there a reason why and if there are limited features for flexible partial compared to metal? She also got sever gum recession and abfractions. I wonder
June 23, 2025
Removable Prosthodontics
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substantial. I've done your courses and take pics before, with probe in bleeding gums and full perio, they (insurance) still defers to bone loss in X-rays. In-network: no . You are contractually expected to collect on the D4342 fee. If the bone loss is not 2mm past the CEJ on the x-rays
March 11, 2026
Coding Q&A
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give him some peridex and let him know it will be sore but will heal. We all have a few of these. "Hey Mr/Mrs patient, with all the work we did on this tooth you can expect to have some sensitivity in your tooth and in the gums around the area. You will even feel some soreness under your tongue
April 28, 2026
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
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that didn't have a focus on prevention as well as advanced restorative. Our patients knew that their work would last longer with regular maintenance in the hygiene dept. to keep the foundation (perio) healthy and address early demineralization with fluoride and oral health counselling. In my experience
June 27, 2025
Hygiene Discussions
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number of new cavities for those who ate less than one apple a week, could one conclude that the lower number of new cavities can be attributed to eating an apple a day? Or is it possible that the people who eat an apple a day are more nutrition conscious and have a more healthy diet in general
April 02, 2026
Restorative Dentistry
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oils are the problem as if lard is the solution. The data is clear that reducing fried food intake is where the work is needed. Truly bizarre to watch unfold. Marshall I second this. I want my kids to be healthy. I no longer have blind faith in medicine or the "experts". There is a healthy amount
September 23, 2025
Announcements
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moma daddies... It's recipe for being poor and hurting your kid's chances of success (not just $) Do you tell your patients that if they ask why you are recommending a crown Well said.Marriage or no marriage, kids or no kids the trick to HAPPINESS is getting older, wiser, staying healthy
June 23, 2025
Personal Finance
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At risk of being told yet again that my comment is irrelevant, I always produced over 4 x my hourly rate, and it was not through unnecessary treatments. There were no bloody prophies, the patients got needed treatment, and they mostly had high dental IQ (for want of a better term) and kept healthy
June 13, 2025
Hygiene Discussions
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continents, uS of A is the best of them all. The poor here are richer than anywhere else. You would have to see it with your own eyes to see the poverty. Millenial Doomers. I hope most lurkers pay them little mind. Reading too much of that stuff is not healthy for those who might not have such a natural
December 21, 2025
Politics
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always rooted for a material recession mainly because I do think flushing leverage, debt out of the system makes way for a healthier market. It also resets housing costs, business costs, health insurance, rental, commercial and so on. The continuation of propping up the economy has resulted
November 18, 2025
Medical / Health Insurance
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the lateral in protrusive, but this has been corrected in her temps No offense, bit she has a healthy dentition, why exploit her vanity and take this case at all? It is a waste of teeth, time and resources. This is not why I want to be a dentist. judgy af meh same thing as plastic surgeons....its
December 09, 2025
Cosmetic Dentistry
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in their candy in exchange for healthy 'good' treats, local restaurant gift certificates (which local businesses donated (ie., free frosty from Wendy's), and toys (I think it was every 10pcs of candy got you one 'dental buck' and there were prizes ranging from small and up). I just thought I would share
March 17, 2026
Bleaching / Whitening
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Trump sends the FBI over to Kamalas house, you are going to be fine with it. I bet she has records as well. The guy on the left also Met with Biden. Refused to shake his hand. The guy on the left has a healthy fear of Trump. He treated Biden like a Chump because he was a pushover. Biden was met
May 27, 2025
Politics
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and work part time. Under Trump.....all Canadian licenses will be accepted soon.....but CANUCKS do not want that......! LOL! Why do you think the state board set it up that way? Job protection! . MANY of us do. You're a Canadian MAGA? that's an oxymoron I'm right of center by a healthy margin, probably
May 29, 2025
Licensing by Credentials
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: Dentistry is what you do. Family is who you are. Build the career that lets you be both. I asked AI to explain my job as a dentist to a five year old: I help people keep their teeth healthy and strong. I clean their teeth, fix any that are broken or have holes (called cavities), and make sure
August 06, 2025
Practice / Family Management for Women Dentists
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cotton pellet. 7. when there is no more bleeding... you are out of the zone of inflammation and into good healthy pulp 8. mix BIODENTINE from Septodont... please use only 5 Drops of the accelerator 9. place and condense the Biodentine so that it is in direct contact with the pulp tissue 10. place
September 16, 2025
Endodontics
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in an otherwise healthy patient. The Medrol Dosepak was built to guide longer courses and to make directions easy to follow. In dentistry the inflammatory spike after difficult extractions or hot pulps peaks in the first one to two days. By the time a six day taper is halfway done, the biology has already
October 13, 2025
Pharmacology
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I just went in to the office for an emergency, and I'd like to hear feedback on what I should have done differently. 18 year old healthy female was playing softball and got hit in the face. #11 was knocked out, they found it and placed it in milk and were at my office within 45 minutes. #11
October 26, 2025
Endodontics
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the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the beauty in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that one life has breathed easier because you lived here. This is to have succeeded. Ralph Waldo Emerson
June 16, 2025
Personal Finance
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? Can't we just save a few dollaz so we don't do teef anymore and take our other trouble to the wood pile ...till we die instead? some peepz live in wilderness raising healthy wild kidz with other jubs....including ...Shine, trappin', choppin', loggin', diggin' gold, diggin' oysters, diggin' mushrooms
June 17, 2025
Personal Finance
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. Half Jewish? I imagine several coastals here have this book for their grandkids when they come over. Its a well known biological FACT. Merry Christmas and my sincere wishes for a happy and healthy new year to all of you. Just the tip? True The language in my lease gave the landlord unusual
December 25, 2025
Politics
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are strong people! God bless you! Enjoy life and live healthy. Amazing stories. Brings hope to many lives. Thank you guys for sharing. Congrats Allan! Really appreciate you sharing your story and most of all bumping this thread each year to show anyone struggling what's possible with hard work
January 10, 2026
Substance Abuse & Recovery
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I have a patient with #10 missing and bone is not thick enough for an implant without a bone graft, which the patient does not want to do. #9 is healthy and #11 has RCT+crown. She wants something fixed so the options are: 1. #9-11 bridge 2. Maryland bridge coming off lingual of #9 3. Cantilever
November 03, 2025
Fixed Prosthodontics
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of the appropriate xrays, probed, scaled, polished, discussed, etc. His mouth was fairly healthy, and she got done relatively quickly. It was no later than about 8:45 or 8:50AM. He told her that he was scheduled to be in his office at 9:00AM (which is in the next town over - about a 25-30 minute drive). He told
November 05, 2025
Patient Communication / Education
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from years gone by. I don't feel the trauma to a child of having healthy teeth removed is justified by the limited gain from an orthodontist point of view. Am I missing something here? Are other people routinely doing this? Any input from some orthodontists would be appreciated. Thanks My input
November 06, 2025
Orthodontics
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, and you can also fish big nymphs and sculpins under an indicator. Big hopper on the surface and big nymphs make me giggle, the fish set themselves! if you've never fly fished before, these are the conditions that make it easiest to learn. A couple more photos the guide service set me. Nice healthy fish
November 07, 2025
CE Comments / Suggestions / Events
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your patient population is more challenging medically? (Past drug abuse etc?). Sometimes for many it's not just the extractions but it's the medical issues that become very difficult to deal with. To a point. A lot of them are young and relatively healthy in general with no systemic issues (a lot
January 17, 2026
Charitable Dentistry
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the bottom 10% or so and get rid of low quality customers. We do it on our own business and terminate maybe a dozen to two dozen offices each year who don't show up to meetings, don't do training, don't follow the plan, etc. It's like fitness, if you want to be healthy and fit you need to cut out the junk food.
February 10, 2026
Front Office Discussion
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-interpreted as years in good health where one can generally do what they want and enjoy life without significant limitations or disability-data is more limited and often reported at age 65 rather than 63. Healthy life expectancy (HLE), also known as disability-free life expectancy, measures
February 20, 2026
Handpieces
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to do that. Not knowing which patients ok to treat if forgot pre-med (healthy joint vs cardiac), what to do when patient denies 3 month recalls after SR/P, patient fractures cusp and I need to ask to take PA for a crown instead of just doing it prior to exam.I've just taken so many difference
March 03, 2026
Hygiene Discussions
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I was taught to rest crown margins on healthy tooth. Isn't margin elevation just a fancy way of saying that the crown margin is resting on the build up? Why does it seem like that to me? Because it is exactly like that. 20 years ago out of school I was more apt to do a crown lengthening by the book
April 08, 2026
Prosthodontic Cases
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, sensitivity to music played in minor keys, and radiographic evidence of what appears to be teeth "sulking." Gingival overenthusiasm disorder (GOD) GOD is a rare condition in which the gingival tissue attempts to cover the crown of every tooth simultaneously. Symptoms include rapidly advancing gum tissue
April 22, 2026
Marketing
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and cuts like tooth structure. Reasonably priced too.Gr8 That is genius! Thank you for this So you roll it up like gum or putty ?? My system is much simpler 'easier and more efficient. I taught it to my grad students for 2 decades I use a round medium coarse diamond 1.8 mm to start. I start
May 15, 2025
Restorative Dentistry
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wood in a iron skillet and call it a havan. nothing happens. no god appears. no suffering is averted. Western science is the only true religion that all humans should follow. brush and floss everyday to avert cavities and rinse with a mouthwash to avert gum disease. see your dentist every 6 months
August 31, 2025
General Health
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Well, Im no munitions expert, but I SUSPECT its not like buying an illegal stick of gum. You seem to think they trade them back and forth between countries. Right? So dumb... The same dipshits are arguing that Trump is TOO dangerous to have nukes but Iran religious nutjobs 100% SHOULD have nukes
June 23, 2025
Politics
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court initially. So, in a sense, we can both be right. It will also be a winner in the sense that it succeeded in gumming up the works and stalling for time. And have you noticed the crickets as Team Hamas looks for an adult starving in Gazaotherthan Jewish hostages? Yeah, we wouldn't want
August 06, 2025
Politics
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of his jacket sleeve? amazing case. I never could figure how the gingival margin is flush when you place these over the tooth. Your case looks even more difficult with the grinding element. Did you make the patient get a night guard also? The cases I have seen the gums are all irritated due to that ledge
January 10, 2026
Cosmetic Dentistry
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