Your Numbers
Understanding & Influencing
If you’re a business owner, you likely understand your numbers well enough to follow your accountant's explanations—but the real challenge lies in influencing those numbers. How can you ensure the strong metrics stay on track and transform the weaker ones into drivers of growth and vitality for your practice?
LATEST ARTICLES
2025-02-28
Laser Treatment and Peri-Implantitis: Why, When and How?
I've used lasers for more than seven years on over 400 implants with peri-implantitis. Through these experiences, I developed a treatment strategy and therapeutic approach, which I named the APARA Protocol (Assessment of Peri-implantitis Appearance and Repairing Approach) using lasers.
2025-02-25
Understanding & Influencing Your Numbers
If you’re a business owner, you likely understand your numbers well enough to follow your accountant's explanations—but the real challenge lies in influencing those numbers. How can you ensure the strong metrics stay on track?
2025-02-14
Live Case Discussions with Dr. Amanda Seay
Unlike traditional lectures, the Live Case Continuum with Dr. Amanda Seay offers interactive discussions that encourage critical thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving, making it an effective way to build both skill and confidence.
2025-02-12
What I Wish I Had Learned in Dental School: A Perspective Three Years Out
As a young dentist, I quickly realized dental school didn’t prepare me for the business side of practice. Working in a larger multi-specialty practice, I’ve learned the importance of efficient teams and leveraging technology. Quality care depends not just on clinical skills, but on understanding key business factors.
2025-01-29
Med Talent: Building Careers, Not Just Filling Roles
How do major players in the dental and medical fields ensure they are attracting top talent that aligns with their goals and drives success? Enter Med Talent—a global leader in healthcare recruitment with deep expertise in the dental industry.
PODCASTS
THE SHIFT TOWARDS BIOCOMPATIBLE DENTISTRY WITH DR. KATIE TO
In this episode, Dr. Katie To, a trailblazer in cosmetic and wellness dentistry, shares her journey toward integrating biocompatible, non-toxic practices into her patient care. As one of the first dentists to earn a master’s in biological dentistry and a leader in digital smile design, Dr. To combines cutting-edge techniques with holistic approaches.
TEEING UP SUCCESS: DR. DREW FERRIS'S ORTHODONTIC JOURNEY
Dive into the world of orthodontics with Dr. Drew Ferris, a trailblazer in clear aligners and cutting-edge practices. From his journey from college golfer to renowned orthodontist, to insights on the future of AI and 3D printing in dentistry, get a glimpse into the evolving landscape of orthodontics.
FROM HAITI TO HOPE: A DENTIST'S JOURNEY OF RESILIENCE
In this impactful podcast interview, Dr. Emmanuelle Zennie shares her inspiring journey as a dentist in Haiti. Trained in the United States, she returned to Haiti to serve her community, facing challenges like earthquakes and limited resources.
EVENTS
2025-02-14
Live Case Discussions with Dr. Amanda Seay
Unlike traditional lectures, the Live Case Continuum with Dr. Amanda Seay offers interactive discussions that encourage critical thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving, making it an effective way to build both skill and confidence.
2023-09-20
NuEndo 2-Day Hands-On Workshop
June 27-28, 2025: Hands-on training is a crucial step for anyone looking to truly understand endodontics and master the technical skills required. With over 15 years of experience teaching technique, I’ve seen firsthand how repetition and practice are what elevate a dentist to an endodontist.
SPONSORED
Seay Within
Unlock the Core Principles of Cosmetic Dentistry with Dr. Amanda Seay. Gain essential clinical tips to refine your techniques, enhance diagnostic and treatment planning skills, and elevate case presentation and acceptance rates.
The Aurum Advantage
The Aurum Group is more than a dental lab—it’s a partner in success. Beyond creating exceptional restorations, Aurum offers education and resources to help dentists grow professionally. With a focus on collaboration, they empower practices to achieve greater success and patient satisfaction.
Cosmetic Injectables & Therapeutics
If you are a smile designer, you need to give the patient not just what they need, but what they want as well. This groundbreaking work by Drs. Lisa Germain and Benji Dhillon offers an in-depth exploration of minimally invasive cosmetic and therapeutic procedures tailored for dental professionals.
A Smile Where There Was None
Discover the world of fixed full-arch implant dentistry through the expertise of Dr. Christian Yaste. This guide showcases 400 successful implant cases. Dr. Yaste has meticulously explored and applied various full-arch stackable surgical guide systems, refining a process that ensures effective and efficient treatment.
BUSINESS
2025-02-25
Understanding & Influencing Your Numbers
If you’re a business owner, you likely understand your numbers well enough to follow your accountant's explanations—but the real challenge lies in influencing those numbers. How can you ensure the strong metrics stay on track?
2025-02-12
What I Wish I Had Learned in Dental School: A Perspective Three Years Out
As a young dentist, I quickly realized dental school didn’t prepare me for the business side of practice. Working in a larger multi-specialty practice, I’ve learned the importance of efficient teams and leveraging technology. Quality care depends not just on clinical skills, but on understanding key business factors.
2024-11-18
Is Equity the Key to Your Practice's Future?
Explore 10 critical questions every dentist needs to ask before buying into a practice. Whether you’re an associate looking to take the next step, or an owner seeking to secure your practice’s future, this guide is for you.
2024-11-07
Employee Bonuses: Boom or Bust?
I get questions about bonus programs every week from dentists. Do they work? How do you create them? What percentage to use? Will it just cost me more money? Keep reading for insight into whether bonus programs may work for you and what to consider as you set them up.
2024-10-30
Keep More Money in Your Pocket - Saving Today and for the Future
When it comes to money, many of us are more aligned with Tom Cruise's famous line, “Show Me the Money,” than Biggie Smalls “Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems.” So, let’s cut to the chase: you can keep more money in your pocket by reducing your taxes—all while investing in your future.
CLINICAL
2025-02-28
Laser Treatment and Peri-Implantitis: Why, When and How?
I've used lasers for more than seven years on over 400 implants with peri-implantitis. Through these experiences, I developed a treatment strategy and therapeutic approach, which I named the APARA Protocol (Assessment of Peri-implantitis Appearance and Repairing Approach) using lasers.
2025-01-16
Exploring the Frontiers of Pediatric Dental Sleep Medicine
Discover how dental professionals play a crucial role in identifying and treating sleep disorders in children. Learn to recognize early signs and symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing, explore diagnostic techniques, and uncover therapeutic interventions.
2024-12-05
Root Canal Treatment: Radix Entomolaris
Dr. Nudera discusses non-surgical root canal treatment on a tooth with a classic entomolaris root configuration. This case involved tooth #30, referred for treatment and evaluation due to severe pain. The patient, seen on an emergency basis, had a full-coverage restoration placed three months ago.
2024-09-24
Measuring Tooth Wear: How To Use a Simple Index
Tooth wear is an increasingly common condition in modern dentistry, with more patients presenting signs of erosion, attrition, and abrasion. As a result, clinicians need a standardized method for assessing tooth wear that is both simple and reliable.
2024-09-18
How a Personal Health Crisis Transformed My Approach to Dentistry
In 2018, life seemed perfect. My dental practice was booming, my family was healthy, and I was living the American Dream—the first and only dentist in my family after moving to the U.S. from Vietnam at 15. Then, everything changed overnight. I woke up to a face I barely recognized, swollen and covered in a rash.
Intellegent Dental Assistance
Diagnocat is an award-winning AI solution for 2D and 3D dental image analysis. A powerful screening tool for dental teams worldwide, Diagnocat offers a range of innovative features and specialist reports to improve diagnostic accuracy, patient communication, and clinic workflow.
A Smile Where There Was None
Discover the world of fixed full-arch implant dentistry through the expertise of Dr. Christian Yaste. This guide showcases 400 successful implant cases. Dr. Yaste has meticulously explored and applied various full-arch stackable surgical guide systems, refining a process that ensures effective and efficient treatment.
NuEndo Hands-On Courses
Join Dr. William Nudera for a transformative 2-day, fully immersive endodontic technique workshop at the Enova Dental Microscopic Training Center in Minneapolis. Designed for professionals of all experience levels, this exclusive event offers the opportunity to enhance technical skills and master the art of root canal therapy.
Lifestyle
2024-08-01
Essential Exercise Programs to Prevent Occupational Pain
Discover how a targeted exercise routine can help you manage pain, minimize the need for extended therapy, and maintain a pain-free career. Explore common pain sources and effective home exercises designed to relieve discomfort and build endurance in your neck, back, and hands.
2023-06-06
Why Do Some People Have to Be Difficult?
I don’t know about you, but as a dentist, I catch myself focusing on the negative. It is a common human trait, but I believe our education enhances this tendency. Dentists are used to fixing problems, so we are trained to seek out the problems.
2023-01-11
H20 Vertical or Horizontal with Dr. Taite Anderson
Frozen or liquid. Fresh or salt. Warm or cold. Dr. Taite Anderson’s favorite hobby is water. They say 71% of earth is covered by water. Add in seasonal snow coverage on land and the surface of our planet is over 80% playground
2022-08-20
Skydiving with Dr. Leandro Velasco
Dr. Velasco tells us why he loves skydiving and how it helps him relax. "I jump almost weekly, and this is a time where all my problems and worries go away, where I live only in the moment. Nothing else matters. This is something that makes me feel more alive.”
2022-05-29
I Didn’t Go to Dental School to be on Instagram
Social media can be a powerful tool, and you don’t have to be an “influencer” to benefit. My follower count sometimes causes people to refer to me as an “influencer,” but I’m quick to interject and say, “my follower count doesn’t mean anything. Everyone on social media can be influential.”