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Dental Practice Success Starts with the Morning HuddleDoes every day in your practice start with a morning huddle? If it doesn't, it should. If it does, here's how you can make better use of that time. Successful morning huddles start on time, cover all pertinent information for the day ahead, provide and reaffirm goals, and most important, motivate you and your team. Take your morning huddle, and consequently your practice, to the next level.
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The Best Blogging Strategy: Engage Website Visitors with More than Just TextDentists pride themselves on educating their patients, so they can make informed decisions about the best treatment options for their oral health and smile. Dentists who apply that same emphasis on website content and engagement tend to get better search rankings, more website traffic, and more leads.
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Is Your Practice a Good Fit for a Cash Balance Retirement Plan?Not sure whether a Cash Balance Plan is right for your practice? Here are the 6 key factors that make your practice a good fit for a potential plan.
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Time in the Market: More Important than Timing the MarketDespite watching the market rise, the bigger issue with transitioning your portfolio to cash is that, when trying to time the markets, you must be right twice.
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5 Hot Tips for Millennial InvestorsMillennials are a generation of young people who draw debts from credit cards and student loans. While it is a priority to pay back your debts, saving for retirement, spending wisely, and creating strategies are also imperative. Let's look at the ways young investors can get started on a path to financial security.
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The Care-Focused Approach to Driving Hygiene ProfitabilityThe easiest way to push your dental hygiene team toward more profitability is simple: Have them put the best oral health interest of patients first. Sometimes, the best treatment option may not be the most economical. But if it is the treatment option that yields the best oral health outcome, then it is the correct treatment for the hygienist to suggest.
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What Every Dentist Needs to Know About Disability InsuranceWhat do you need to know in order to file a disability claim as a dentist? First and foremost, review your policy to make sure you're properly covered.
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Dental Therapy: It's Advantages and DownfallsThe role of dental therapy in dentistry is a contentious issue that has policy makers and dentists at odds with one another. While dental therapists can help in the effort to provide care to the underserved, many experts say that they can be used inappropriately by DSOs looking to save on dentists' salaries, among other problems. Continue below for DMD's comprehensive look at dental therapy and what it can, or cannot, offer in the United States.
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7 Crooked Teeth Problems That Need Orthodontic TreatmentCrooked teeth are more than just a cosmetic problem, in fact, there are many different long-term medical issues they can cause for your patients as well.
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Social Security Upcoming Challenges, Decisions and ActionsAs the population ages and begins to collect their rightful benefits, the challenge will remain as to what the government suggests and enacts to protect Social Security and other promised benefits. Individuals approaching retirement should rely on alternative sources of income so the repercussions of a changing social security system can be minimized.
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The Best Blogging Strategy: Engage Website Visitors with More than Just TextDentists pride themselves on educating their patients, so they can make informed decisions about the best treatment options for their oral health and smile. Dentists who apply that same emphasis on website content and engagement tend to get better search rankings, more website traffic, and more leads.
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How Opportunity Zones Give Investors New Opportunities to Diversify, Cut Taxes, and ProfitThis year begins the start of an interesting new program that can allow you to diversify your portfolio without making the same types of investments. Aptly named, opportunity zones. Make sure you're a good fit for them.
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To Volunteer Overseas, Find an Organization and Take the PlungeFor Francis G. Serio, D.M.D., one volunteer opportunity in the Dominican Republic changed his life forever. Now, he is a leader in dental philanthropy helping to guide the next generation of dentists.
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An Expense Worth Considering (But Often Overlooked)Nobody likes to think about their eventual demise, but those willing to plan ahead and get their estates in order will save their friends and families considerable headaches.
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The Underused Retirement Planning Strategy That Can Turbo-charge Your 401(k) PlansStudent loans and extra taxes are unique challenges to your retirement and financial planning, but there is one strategy that might be able to help with both of those challenges. A Cash Balance Plan.
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Plan Ahead: Book Resort State Parks Now for Spring and SummerNow is the time to plan ahead for spring and summer vacations at US state parks.
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The Most and Least Stressed Cities in the U.S.The analysts over at WalletHub are back at it again. This time, the personal-finance website studied the stress levels of 150 U.S. cities using more than a dozen criteria, including work hours and personal issues like divorce. Continue below to find out if your city makes one of the lists.
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Social Security Loophole That Lets Couples Maximize Benefits Closes in AprilConsider "filing and suspending" now to get current income while future payments grow.
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Exotic and Vintage Car Leasing: Myths, Lies and MisconceptionsFor far too long, leasing has been discounted as a viable financing alternative, largely because of misinformation.
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How to Lower Your Taxes on Practice Construction, RenovationHere's a way to save tens of thousands of dollars on a new build or renovation of a dental practice: the cost segregation study. Instead of writing off construction costs over 39 years, qualifying construction might be written off over five, seven, or 15 years. Make sure your CPA knows how this key savings opportunity works.
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9 Tips for Purchasing a Dental PracticeSo, you're thinking of going into business for yourself? We get it, the appeal of owning your own practice and being your own boss is strong. But before you begin shopping around, there are some important things you need to know. Here are 9 tips that will help ensure your practice acquisition goes smoothly.
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Annuity Puts Time on Your Side Ask The Rolling StonesWhen you're planning to improve your financial future, don't procrastinate. As Mick Jagger also sang, "Time Waits for No One."
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If You Invest in Lyft or Uber, You Might be Taken for a RideLyft and Uber are sweeping the country with their popular and easy to use ride share services. However, don't get lost in how much you like them as a consumer before you make an investing decision concerning either of these companies.
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The Best Amusement Parks and Water ParksDiscover the top theme parks and water parks in the U.S. TripAdvisor releases its Travelers' Choice Awards for The World's Best Amusement Parks and Water Parks. Winners include Universal's Islands of Adventure and Disney's Typhoon Lagoon, both located in Orlando, FL. Continue below for TripAdvisor.com's Top 10.
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ADA Provides Assistance to Dentists After HurricanesAcross the United States, dentists affected by the recent hurricanes are struggling to get back on their feet. Luckily, the ADA is offering grants to those who qualify. Continue below to find out how you can apply or help your fellow practitioners.
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater Offers an Architectural 'Symphony'"This is a symphony, said the Atlanta architect John Portman when he led colleagues on a 2012 visit to Fallingwater. "This whole thing is a symphony. It's like music. You've got note after note after note. You've got high points and low. It's marvelous. It's all been choreographed."
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15 Milestones You Need to Hit Before Hiring an AssociateGetting the timing right is critical to the successful execution of any business transition; and adding an associate dentist to the staff is not the time to wing it. Here is a list of 15 essential benchmarks to meet before bringing on a new dentist.
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How Dentists can Take Advantage of USPS Promotional PeriodsMarketing by both digital means and print materials can help your practice reach a wider audience and retain that audience. But the price of using the post office has gone up, so here are some ways to keep your print marketing going and your budget down.
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Are You Asking for Referrals?Asking for referrals is so important and one of the best ways to get new patients that pay to stay and then, refer more! It doesn't get any better than that, and here's how you can make it happen.
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How to Protect Your Assets from LitigationThe time to make sure your assets are protected is now, not when a claim has been filed. Typically, moves to shield assets after a claim is filed fail to pass muster with courts.
