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amalgam has some sort of line coming off of it, 90% of those are fine to leave alone. As per the 'I feel bad telling them they need A,B, and C....'' its likely coming across as timid and easy to brush off Your job is to explain to them how to get their mouth as healthy as it can be, and keep
July 15, 2025
Ideas To Make Your Practice Grow
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as Obesity being 100% prevented by a doctor. Obesity is 100% preventable, yet more than 50% of the US is overweight. Why don't doctors just educate the public on the need for healthy diets and exercise? Problem solved, right? A dentist cannot stop caries in these "underserved" populations. It has
March 04, 2026
Ethical Issues
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and I just turned 60. Any questions? I answered you above but really does it matter if I work 110 or 140? The numbers are actually pretty accurate and maybe even on the conservative side. It's not healthy. I know and I'm not bragging but your Insistence to disagree with me on something you have
May 05, 2026
CE Comments / Suggestions / Events
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perfection. Claim to be able to at least try to make them healthier. That is it. Those who want perfection need to go to another dentist. Learn to be this way and you will quickly like dentistry for all of the freedom, pride, and good income, that it can give you. I just saw one of my longstanding patients
May 25, 2025
Restorative Dentistry
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show we delivered on our promises, making your site healthier and getting you significantly more visibility. We're disappointed that after nine months of good results, you decided to end our work together and dispute payments for services you'd already received. We stand by the quality of our work
October 08, 2025
Marketing
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-retained overdenture following successful osseointegration of mandibular implants. Two mandibular implants evaluated and confirmed to be stable and well-integrated. Tissue conditions were healthy with adequate space for attachment housing. Healing abutments removed, and Pop-Clicq SV-RP H 6mm
October 08, 2025
Artificial Intelligence
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unless you are quick and maybe you can go ahead and prep a crown at the same visit. People that need quads of work get preference in scheduling. A 1-surface composite appt on PPO is a loser. Work at least 2 rooms. Consider EFDAs to restore fillings. People with healthy mouths get lower preference
August 22, 2025
Ideas To Make Your Practice Grow
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over head. I have said it before, this model used to work because pay was low and rents were low. That is not the case. Assuming you are heavy or completely PPO, you may want to re-think your entire practice and drop the crappy PPO's and most of your staff. Focus on patients who want to achieve healthy
October 27, 2025
Staff Management Issues
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and/or based on the patient's insurance status - e.g. true FFS or PPO. All else being equal, dentistry remains an amazing career opportunity. Just look at the chaos that other healthcare fields are facing right now from the pressure on CMS funding alone. I'm grateful that the industry is as healthy
July 14, 2025
Academy of Dental Management Consultants
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happier (and def healthier) and despite the B.S they put up with, they admit they couldn't stand the shit dentists have to put up with. I do wish I had picked accelerated BS/MD/DO , and I think that's the way to go. Can be a practicing MD at 27 or 28. Much less loans, and your residency will teach
July 17, 2025
Dental Students
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on that thing) and 3-4+ close relationships as well as at least 1 regular social group. Wes Moss who published this research wrote a book on this. It's on my to-read list. What the Happiest Retirees Know: 10 Habits for a Healthy, Secure, and Joyful Life by Wes Moss Kids, wife, tennis, video games, stocks i
January 07, 2026
Retirement Planning
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for getting someone to teach them things like like cooking skills/learning a useful language (Spanish/Hindi/French), personal trainer for fitness, etc. If your kids can run a household (laundry, cleaning, basic maintenance, cook/bake) , know personal finance, are fit/healthy, talented (can speak another
December 01, 2025
Retirement Planning
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she had 5 years ago. She could earn more than half of us on DT if she went into private practice and hired counselors and therapists. It is not healthy, though, to spend all of your time trying to help people with true problems that are often unfixable. People that truly care have a hard time leaving
December 10, 2025
Retirement Planning
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sure people went to the kiosk. Hi Nick, Yea, you are reading it wrong. Those results are ONLY what the AI produced. There were no humans involved in any of those calls, total appointments, or new patient appointments. Just Yobi. They are doing real effective work and producing a very healthy return
February 09, 2026
Patient Communication / Education
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. It was hard to make it through without getting teary. (What happened to the emojis???) But I do think she was naive in several areas - w/ her relationships, and her health. If someone thinks walking 3 miles/day at 60 is going to keep you moving well/healthy at 80+...I think we have an information problem
February 16, 2026
General Health
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, friends, or others in need. Become an enabler for others to pursue what it is that makes them safe, happy, and healthy. Relegating entire populations or forcing your worldview upon others is the opposite of masculine. One thing is for sure, I wouldnt want my son to be raised in a world where he
July 28, 2025
General Discussions
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on at 0.40-0.50c, yes they have SL009 in the phase 3, but they would need a major cash draw, would dilute it like crazy, etc. Speaking of which, the company is in great financial shape- they have 24 to 36 months of cash in reserves. They actually just gave their leadership a pretty healthy amount of RSOs
January 12, 2026
Personal Finance
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running a business, patients, stress and it is profound. I remember checking my BP often and it drops dramatically. You sleep better, feel healthier, energy levels go up and you are just less tired. I remember thinking and feeling all this and then thinking one day: "hmmmm will I become stressed again
January 29, 2026
Retired and Soon to be Retired Dentist's Forum
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, not collisions. A common pattern: This can injure even strong, healthy individuals- not a fragility issue CrossFit vs cycling CrossFit: controlled, progressive, lower unpredictability Cycling: environment-driven, less controllable CrossFit injuries = more minor/overuse Cycling injuries = more acute/event
April 08, 2026
General Health
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all sorts of bonding issues and is not healthy. I think it's called attachment disorders. Just as a side note, child care is so expensive that I think staying home makes financial sense for a lot of people. On that same line, I think mulit-generational homes are part of the solution->grandparents
August 07, 2025
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rewarded closed leadership, discouraged collaboration from the outside, and created a belief that all ideas must originate internally. That is not how healthy organizations work. It has created a culture of organizational isolation, and it has damaged trust in ways that are now undeniable. The ADA is like
December 08, 2025
American Dental Association
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says about sleep amount General recommendations Most experts - including the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and the **Sleep Research Society - recommend adults sleep at least 7 hours or more per night for optimal health. () Many guidelines say the healthy range for adults is roughly 7-9
February 03, 2026
General Health
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. Then over 6 months worked up to walking 5 miles daily. Today I am 170lbs, 9% body fat, walk/run 5 miles every day, A1c is 4.2, LDL is 20, and liver enzymes normalized just this month. For diet I eat mostly protein with some complex carbs/fruits and "healthier" fats. Long version: At first I could
March 15, 2026
General Health
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funds are healthy at $163 million as of April 30 2025 (This figure includes our Headquarters Building Quasi-Endowment Fund) . In other words, after selling the buildings the ADAs total reserves were $163M, but importantly, a large portion of that is the restricted (board-designated) building sale
May 20, 2025
American Dental Association
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had a newspaper on my stand for seven years. You don't make money like you used to. I sell a lot of water in the summer. Gum sells for $2.50. Some days, I don't even make $10 and I still sit here. You get used to it because you're always gonna have somebody come by and start a conversation. I pay
March 09, 2026
Dentistry In The News
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helps their patients to adopt and adhere to healthy behaviours. It is really interesting to me how difficult it can be to develop habits without a system, and how much easier it is with one. And of course, how much easier it is to do something once you've developed the habit. Another thing I
May 13, 2026
General Health
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only ~50% collectibility Healthy practices keep of AR in the 90+ day bucket For a $750,000-$1M production practice, that's $65,000-$200,000+ left on the table yearly Things are getting heated up. We are reading natively from OD after testing claims manually. It's a slow process for the coding
April 08, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
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cavities in these communities. This initiative aligns with Kennedys broader Make America Healthy Again agenda, which includes skepticism toward fluoride use and other public health measures. Critics express concern that such policies may lead to increased dental health issues, especially among
May 22, 2025
Preventive Dentistry
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Hello, I have a patient who would like to replace #8,9 crowns to cover the darkness at the gumline. They look like Emax crowns on RCT treated teeth. What can I do to the preps to block that darkness and what crown material should I use this time? Thanks! You may want to see if you can internally...
April 27, 2026
Cosmetic Dentistry
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