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Dr. Terry L. Work, DMD, of Scottsdale, Arizona, sat down to answer some questions about Instrumentarium.

Officials say a formerly licensed dentist took a commission in exchange for bringing patients into Mexico for dental implants.

The Galapagos Islands' offer a once-in-a-lifetime experience for travelers. Plan ahead in order to maximize your time.

Almost 100 percent of your patient base/scheduling begins with your phone. Are you fully realizing this opportunity with every phone call? Here are 10 tips to make sure you get the most out of every phone call.

Accounts receivable is often a significant part of a dental practice’s financial health. Due to common dental benefit practices and late patient payments, dentists are often owed a significant amount of money. Although carrying an accounts receivable balance is common and in many cases unavoidable, reducing the outstanding financial burden can improve cash flow and overall practice health.

Lorena Lighthart, product manager at Whip Mix, explains how the MaxAlign App can improve esthetic results and workflow through digital photography and a tablet computer.

Much has been written about marketing to moms, and for good reason. Moms are a powerful demographic, with many dentists considering women with kids their key target. How well prepared is your practice to reach the Millennial Moms in your community?

Much has been written about marketing to moms, and for good reason. Moms are a powerful demographic, with many dentists considering women with kids their key target. How well prepared is your practice to reach the Millennial Moms in your community?

Lorena Lighthart, product manager at Whip Mix, explains how the MaxAlign App can improve esthetic results and workflow through digital photography and a tablet computer.

Smartphones have penetrated just about every aspect of our lives, except when it comes to patient care, where HIPAA regulations make the technology problematic. Now, a new secure texting application is helping to change that.

Survey sheds light on differences between millennial and baby boomer investors.

A new survey looked at a variety of factors to determine which states have the best sense of wellbeing. Their answers might surprise you.

Facebook can be a valuable marketing tool­ for dental practices-if you know how to make the best of it. .

The XyliMelts® adhering discs provide the best dry mouth remedy, according to a recent survey.

Where did doctors and team members learn to communicate? Certainly not in school! Ultimately, understanding how to effectively communicate with patients and even your team members can make or break any practice.

Where did doctors and team members learn to communicate? Certainly not in school! Ultimately, understanding how to effectively communicate with patients and even your team members can make or break any practice.

This step-by-step technique from Dr. Neal Patel and Marina Caponigro, MDT shows how digital tools from Sirona Dental can be used to create incredible surgical guides.

This step-by-step technique from Dr. Neal Patel and Marina Caponigro, MDT shows how digital tools from Sirona Dental can be used to create incredible surgical guides.

Filing insurance claims can be a complex, strenuous and time-consuming task in a dental office. With a variety of companies playing key roles in a practice’s success, timely responses and organized statements are vital to the continued growth of the office. Eaglesoft offers an electronic solution to filing reports, making the process of handling insurance claims quicker, easier and more efficient for every office.

Every patient-practice interaction represents a chance to motivate and educate patients. Unfortunately, many dental offices haven’t written scripts for these conversations, and significant marketing and customer service opportunities are lost as a result.

Stress is so prevalent for practice owners and teams, you may think it’s an unavoidable occupational hazard. In fact, though it can’t be eliminated completely-there will always be “challenging” days at the office-you can radically reduce stress and the negative feelings, fatigue and general dissatisfaction it can cause.

As hygienists, infection control and the safety of our patients is a top priority. But are you and your office up to date on infection control protocols and required infection control training? Here are five infection control mistakes you might be making and not even realize.

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If you don't watch your back, you can find yourself in some scary situations. It's true in horror films, and it's true in your investing career.

Our weekly look at the top dentistry-related news from across the web.

Public health officials are on high alert as many say the nation's opioid abuse problem has become an epidemic. What role do dentists play in the problem? What should dentists do to help solve the problem? Please take our DMD Survey and share your thoughts!

You walk out to the reception area to greet your next patient for their prophy. Due to your attention to detail, as the patient approaches, you notice an active herpes simplex lesion on their lip (herpes labialis). Should you treat this patient?

Frequent flyers have many reasons to be unhappy these days. A new report outlines their biggest likes and dislikes.

With innovation comes great advancement. Find out how these companies partner with you to push the dental industry forward.

The edentulous maxilla often presents with a range of challenges and solutions that can be difficult for individual clinicians to navigate. To help them make choices that best utilize current research-and improve the quality and efficiency of patient care-the Academy of Osseointegration (AO) has expanded its current Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) to include management of patients with no teeth in the upper jaw.