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What Tax Challenges Await Dental Practices in 2021?
With a new year comes new tax codes and rules that you and your dental practice need to know.
When You Have Everything You Need in the Dental Practice … Except Patients
You have everything you need in your practice … except for patients. Now what? Dr. David Rice will discuss this and more in a riveting talk.
How Differences Can Come Together Under the Dentist’s Leadership
Dr. David Rice explains how dentists can ensure that everyone not only has their voice heard, but that it’s done to promote unity rather than division.
The importance of each of us having our voice heard
Having an opinion is a bigger personal milestone than it may seem. Voicing opinions makes you vulnerable, especially if you’re battling to build self-confidence.
How To Keep That “I Voted” Buzz Going in The Dental Practice
Remember how proud you were that you made your voice heard in the recent election? How about making your voice heard in the dental practice?
Your Patients Have Questions – Each of You Should Have the Same Answer
Your patients walk into your practice all of the time with questions. Ensuring everyone in the practice is on the same page when it comes to the answer is critical. Here’s why.
Why This Study Should Be a Wake-up Call to Dentistry
The lady in this picture is different than you, right? She’s different than every other person in the world as well. So why are we treating our patients like they’re all the same person? Dr. David Rice dives into some thoughts.
New Zealand residents pulling their own teeth after dental waiting list grows
Residents of one part of New Zealand have resorted to pulling their own teeth rather than waiting for weeks to see a dentist.
What’s Keeping You From Being Good Rather Than Great?
One degree can make the difference betweenwater boiling and just being really hot. I know a lot of really good dental assistants out there. I mean, they are excellent at what they do clinically and their people skills are superb. Yet, they know and I know that they have weaknesses in their careers. Heck, we…
4 Principles to Grow Your Dental Practice
By: Dr. David Rice “Mask Mouth”. What does that mean for your dental practice? Let’s be honest. Our patients hear things in the news and then wonder about them before they come into our practices. A perfect example of this is “mask mouth.” Go ahead. You can click here to read about it. I’ll be waiting for…
Wildfires and another link between the mouth and lungs
The devastating wildfires in the United States are all over the news and likely on the minds of your patients One of the best ways to introduce a conversation is to find a point of shared knowledge. That can include events in the news, such as the wildfires that have devastated so many in the…
Here’s the Key to Explaining the Oral-Systemic Link
Do you know the difference betweenmajor surgery and minor surgery? That’s the start of a joke that a friend of mine once shared with me. Do you know the answer? Well, my friend said, it’s major surgery if it is happening to you. It’s minor surgery if it’s happening to someone else. Isn’t that true…
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