Dr. Amisha Singh is a Denver native and loves living in beautiful Colorado. She founded a scratch start dental practice, Smile Always Dental, in Parker, CO. While in dental school, she was the founder of the first diversity-oriented, nationally-based organization in the school and her passion for organized dentistry continues. She is now an active member of the ADA, CDA, and MDDS. She serves on the CDA House of Delegates, on the ADA Dental Wellbeing Advisory Committee, and on the MDDS and CDA Membership Councils. She is the CDA New Dentist Committee Chair for Colorado. She is also a blogger and professional speaker who works with IgniteDDS to inspire other dental professionals and provide the resources to be the best clinicians possible. She writes for numerous publications, serves on the junior editorial board for Dental Entrepreneur Women’s magazine, the Dental Economics Editorial Advisory Board, and as co-editor of the MDDS Articulator. She is the AVID Healthcare Liaison for Denver Public Schools and teaches a success series integrated into the curriculum of underprivileged middle school youth to aspire them to careers in healthcare. She was also a workforce diversity consultant for the Colorado Department of Public Health and worked to help recruit underrepresented minorities to the professions of dentistry and medicine. She also serves as an ADA Success Speaker, participates in the ADA Institute of Diversity in Leadership, and is the founder of the CDA Diversity in Leadership program. She was recognized as one of the 2018 10 Under 10 Top ADA Dentists nationally. She also believes in innovation and serves her profession as a DMG Young Key Opinion Leader. Her passion is encouraging entrepreneurial spirit, inspiring others and she wants to dedicate her life to helping make dentists and patients alike be better, healthier, more empowered people. When not practicing dentistry, she loves to get lost in a good book, cook, and do all things creative.
Lit leadership lessons: Let’s talk about perspective
Why? It’s a question we often ask, but without perspective, we will never know the answer, writes Dr. Amisha Singh.
Lit leadership lessons: How dental professionals can honor boundaries
Dr. Amisha Singh discusses why setting boundaries is so important for dental professionals and how it can improve health.
Embracing Failure to Adopt Everyday Innovation
An important lesson in leadership? Understanding that it’s OK to fail if you’re learning from your mistakes and moving forward.
Dealing with Imposter Syndrome in Your Dental Career
By: Amisha Singh, DDS Leadership. You have heard the word, and maybe even understand the importance for…
How Phased Therapy Elevates Your Single Tooth Dentistry Every Time
By: Kevin Muench DMD, MAGD Time can work against you, or it can work for you if phased therapy is the proposed treatment. Though it seems simpler than a full mouth reconstruction, single tooth dentistry can take years to achieve the desired outcome. For this reason, we must bolster our communication and relationship skills. So, what can…
How to Lead an Old Team as a New Dentist
By: Jennifer Murphy, DDS, FAGD So you’ve graduated dental school, gotten your DDS or DMD degree, and obtained your license. Now, you are a doctor. You’ve started your first job, yet the staff doesn’t seem to see you as a leader in the office. You may even feel like they know more than you, even though…
How to Have Great Customer Service
By: Katie Klaes Disney is commonly referred to as “The Happiest Place on Earth.” People visit Disney for any number of reasons: birthdays, proposals, honeymoons, graduations, or simply to make family memories that will last a lifetime. Do you think these customers have high expectations? You bet they do. How to Provide Excellent Customer Service…
Prevent Infection Control Breaches with an Infection Control Coordinator
By: Michelle Strange, MSDH, RDH Despite the emphasis on infection prevention being “prevention,” it is unfortunately inevitable that infection control breaches occur from time to time. The handling of these incidents can have a significant impact on patients, staff, and the dental office itself. You may be tempted just to sweep it under the rug or…
What is your why?
By: Mohammed Hammoud Many of us are confronted with hopeless situations in which we no longer feel guided. Whether it be rejection from dental school to not feeling passionate about our future choices, we ask ourselves, why? It creates a sense of frustration because we fell short of our dreams. In most cases, people give…
Having an Infection Control Coordinator can save you money!
We already know that infection control is paramount for creating safe dental visits by ensuring the safety of patients and staff. Both OSHA and the CDC also support the role of the ICC, with recommendations that every office should have one on-site. But aside from dental office safety, having an Infection Control Coordinator (ICC) to…
Infection Control Coordinator Training
By: Michelle Strange, MSDH, RDH There has been a great deal of development in the subject of infection control (IC) over the last century as we have grown to understand the concept. We know how it affects the quality of treatment and overall dental office safety. Over time, research on infection control prevention and management…
Let this be the year of the Infection Control Coordinator
By: Michelle Strange, MSDH, RDH Infection control (IC) is vital to protect the health and well-being of both patients and staff in any successful dental practice. It should be a priority to appoint at least one infection control coordinator (ICC) responsible for the safe delivery of care. What is an Infection Control Coordinator? The CDC…
HIPAA in 2022: What’s on the horizon?
By: Linda Harvey, MS, RDH Note to Reader: This blog is an excerpt of an article originally published on DentistryIQ. In case you weren’t aware, there are a number of HIPAA updates on the horizon. That’s because patient rights, data security, and digital transformations are mutating as quickly as the COVID variants. Table of Contents:…
This Will Supercharge Your Impact In Dentistry – It Did Mine!
This post originally appeared on Dew.life By: Julie Friesen What does making an impact in dentistry look like to you? Who do you want to influence the most? How can you make a difference in the work that you do? These are tough questions to ponder but I know if you are reading this, you…