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Dr. Courtney Dunn Takes The AAO To Task
**Editor’s Note: Once again, Dr. Dunn elegantly states the facts while breaking down the official AAO response to her blog post Does Membership Matter? The AAO leadership consistently refuses...
Do Advertising Dollars Control Dental Media Outlets?
** EDITOR’S NOTE: I’d never really considered the role of advertising dollars in dental media before two days ago. I’d always assumed, naively, that good content was good content an...
Schein, Patterson, and Benco Sued for Price Fixing
By Scott and Jacob Drucker THE BULLET POINTS Who’s in trouble: Henry Schein, Patterson, and Benco (the “Big 3”) sued by over a dozen dentists in class action cases for keeping prices high...
You’re An 8
Well, actually, the odds predict that you’re closer to being a 5. Sorry but that’s just how the math works. According to the math, we are all much more likely to be a 5 out of 10 when it c...
Why Don’t We Do More Invisalign?
As I’ve mentioned in recent posts I’ve put a lot of thought into how Invisalign works in the marketplace and in my practice. After doing several hundred cases in and around 2006-2007 I sto...
Let’s Role Play
By: Jeff Shirck DDS, MS and Jeff Mastroianni DMD, MS You know the scenario: It’s 3:30PM, your office is humming along with the afternoon rush, and you are popping back and forth from chair t...
Lust for Life
I was asked the other day why others and I are constantly striving for more and shouldn’t we just settle down and enjoy what we have? I get this question all the time and it is very much part of our...
Patient Comfort
Do you ever really consider patient comfort? I know you think you do but do the decisions you make during your daily routine support your self assessment? Let’s see. Here is a short checklist of...