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Are We in a Dental Recession?

I talk to a lot of folks in dental. And recently, I’ve heard rumblings that a nameless, major group in our industry (we’re talking hundreds of locations) is struggling to pay its doctors and will be headed for bankruptcy.

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What’s the Future of Dental Hygiene?

Dental hygiene has changed dramatically over the past few years. The labor market has still not recovered from the pandemic when a wave of retirements meant that practices found themselves navigating unfilled vacancies for months.

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When Should Dental Groups Start Building a Corporate Admin Team?

If you own a single practice — or a small handful of them — it probably makes sense to outsource some aspects of the business side of things like bookkeeping, running a call center, or HR. You’re not going to want to hire your own in-house team to take care of everything because the dollars won’t add up.

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What Can We Do About Perfectionism in Dental?

As a group, dentists are known perfectionists. But while a certain level of high standards is a welcome, if not downright essential ingredient to succeeding in dentistry, many doctors we talk to would also agree that the pressure to be perfect goes too far.

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Are We in a Dental Recession?

I talk to a lot of folks in dental. And recently, I’ve heard rumblings that a nameless, major group in our industry (we’re talking hundreds of locations) is struggling to pay its doctors and will be headed for bankruptcy.

Read More »

What’s the Future of Dental Hygiene?

Dental hygiene has changed dramatically over the past few years. The labor market has still not recovered from the pandemic when a wave of retirements meant that practices found themselves navigating unfilled vacancies for months.

Read More »

When Should Dental Groups Start Building a Corporate Admin Team?

If you own a single practice — or a small handful of them — it probably makes sense to outsource some aspects of the business side of things like bookkeeping, running a call center, or HR. You’re not going to want to hire your own in-house team to take care of everything because the dollars won’t add up.

Read More »

What Can We Do About Perfectionism in Dental?

As a group, dentists are known perfectionists. But while a certain level of high standards is a welcome, if not downright essential ingredient to succeeding in dentistry, many doctors we talk to would also agree that the pressure to be perfect goes too far.

Read More »