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For the 1st 20 years of my practice, no one did. Now the assistant takes BP before a crown seat on everyone. In 38 years I have only decided not to treat the patient based on BP a few times, and I knew it before the cuff went on. Malamud told me in the '80's that if the patient is healthy enough
May 02, 2026
Practice / Family Management for Women Dentists
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of maintaining a financially healthy dental practice while also (hopefully) carrying a healthy pregnancy and (hopefully) raising a child is welcome! Congratulation on your pregnancy! Take care of your self and be cautious during pregnancy months. You can hire part/ full time associate t help so you can do
September 26, 2020
Practice / Family Management for Women Dentists
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. Other residents have worn exposure badges, modified their duties, or reassigned nitrous-heavy cases. And yes, plenty worked full schedules through healthy pregnancies. Small Practice, Big Impact In lean offices, a pregnant assistant or provider missing shifts, even with legit reasons, can
July 13, 2025
Practice / Family Management for Women Dentists
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, the contractions and pain and discomfort suddenly become so bad that I would like to go back to work. This baby loves going to work with his Mommy I guess. congratulations just wanted to wish you a easy delivery and a healthy child :)
June 15, 2016
Practice / Family Management for Women Dentists
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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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done having kids you can revisit ownership. Ownership is not for everyone and is not the only path to success. I enjoy ownership, but it has taken me a while to love it. If you're lucky enough to have spouse that can take care of all the bills, just sell and concentrate on a healthy life right now
May 03, 2021
Practice / Family Management for Women Dentists
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abdominal incision I was out for 6 weeks - should have been 8. I was very tired and had mild pain when I went back. I was very fit and healthy - but this was major surgery - not so much in regards to pain but in the fatigue after. I think my experience is on the opposite end of the spectrum from
April 07, 2016
Practice / Family Management for Women Dentists
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to work a slow schedule. I don't really do much lifting, unless we have to transfer a wheelchair-bound pt. But my staff frequently has to be reined in when it comes to loading up the schedule, even when I'm healthy. They think everyone with a toothache needs to be seen same day, even if they call during
November 21, 2018
Practice / Family Management for Women Dentists
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long to my pump! I thought abuot it the other day and got a little teary eyed. It has been such a wonderful blessing to be able to provide nourishment to my two little people and give them a healthy start in life. *High fives to all the nursing mamas!!!*Yay!! I love this post! I nursed my first
May 10, 2016
Practice / Family Management for Women Dentists
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that and establish a healthy marriage and partnership that works, and that is hard and requires 2 willing participants, just like any other marriage. What else would be the problems resulting from a woman earning more than her husband? and singling out Dr drake to answer your question (which has obvious
September 03, 2025
Practice / Family Management for Women Dentists
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feel like we are young and healthy and even if we got it, we'ld be fine. My husband and I are both dentists. We never stopped going to work. Even in the thick of it, we were seeing emergencies. Staying isolated just isn't an option for us and I think it has been a blessing. We just could not get
September 03, 2020
Practice / Family Management for Women Dentists
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working in various practices in no way prepared me to own one. Delia, I too am a big fan of strong perio programs. It makes the rest of restorative dentistry easier easier if you start with a healthy foundation. Happy to see this thread on DT. VeronicaDelia, I like this photo.Also
March 07, 2015
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for them that keeps me informed so I know how they're doing in addition to their regular school teacher. I'm also somewhat OCD about them eating healthy and developing good habits from the early years of life. My spouse is supportive but can't follow directions :) I'm several years out of school
January 21, 2021
Practice / Family Management for Women Dentists
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of doctor time to perform all those procedures but the patient may be in the office for 2 hours or more total time. Plus it would depend on the procedures themselves. 3 occlusal amalgams, extracting an erupted #16, and scaling and root planing on a healthy 18 year old with bleeding points
October 12, 2014
Practice / Family Management for Women Dentists
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is important too! Let's not forget that! There's another 100% I need to give. He definitely gets the short end of this stick, and I know that isn't healthy or sustainable long term (I've been divorced once before). And then there's my family. My dad passed away suddenly a few years ago, and I realize
December 22, 2015
Practice / Family Management for Women Dentists
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should get someone to do it. I've pared down procedures that I don't enjoy and just refer to others that specialize in that. So you are just referring the prophy to the hygienist or keeping it for yourself if it pays well enough. To feel pampered and have 50 minutes worth of gum massage, patients have
May 22, 2022
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wrong. I received 6 calls last weekend. I saw three of the patients Saturday morning. One, an anterior bridge on a woman came off, which I recemented, another split tooth with the fragment hanging off the gum, and a third, a pulpitis that had kept the patient up for two nights. I was there for 2
May 17, 2019
Practice / Family Management for Women Dentists
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want to be around me as much! You can NEVER GET THOSE YOUNGER YEARS AWAY, but God-willing, if you're healthy and like dentistry, you can work when they're older!) I used to start early at 7AM and finished up by3PM. My last patient was always at 2PM for either denture adjustment or denture try
April 10, 2015
Practice / Family Management for Women Dentists
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a thing about running a business let alone a dental business. This is a completely separate topic, but if your family relies on your income to support your lifestyle, I'd strongly encourage you to purchase disability insurance. I was healthy one day and then paralyzed the next, no warning, nothing. I
January 21, 2021
Practice / Family Management for Women Dentists
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die/not be healthy => the non-mulltitasking genes would be excluded from the next round of procreation. Or, they would be at a lower rung of the ladder. :) Keep in mind that if he worked and those things would have to be done by a babysitter, you'd probably be even less happy
September 18, 2014
Practice / Family Management for Women Dentists
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dysfunctional backgrounds (especially dental staff.. but also a few dentists!) . They have never learned appropriate behavior or healthy communication skills as this is how their families operate on a regular basis. It seems like the most detail-oriented,anal-retentive staff(in a good way) are also
April 05, 2015
Practice / Family Management for Women Dentists
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