Robert Elsenpeter is a freelance writer and frequent contributor to Dental Products Report and Digital Esthetics. He is also the author of 18 technology books, including the award-winning Green IT: Reduce Your Information System's Environmental Impact While Adding to the Bottom Line. As such, he’s particularly interested in the technological side of dentistry.

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Using publically reported data from a range of sources, we've identified the best locations for dentists to live and work, as well as some of the most challenging locales.

The 10 Best (and Five Worst) Cities for Dentists in 2020

Dr. Lorne Lavine, founder and president of The Digital Dentist, has more than 30 years invested in the dental and dental technology fields. A graduate of USC, he earned his DMD from Boston University and completed his residency at the Eastman Dental Center in Rochester, N.Y. He received his specialty training at the University of Washington and went into private practice in Vermont until moving to California in 2002 to establish TDD, a company that focuses on the specialized technological and HIPAA needs of the dental community. He can be reached at drlavine@thedigitaldentists.com or 866-204-3398.

Articles

How can a practice prevent a ransomware attack?

Ransomware fallout

Dr. Lou Shuman is the CEO of Cellerant Consulting Group, dentistry’s leading corporate incubator and accelerator; a venturer-in-residence at Harvard’s i-Lab; the chairman of the technology advisory board at WEO Media; a long-time contributor to Dental Products Report; and the founder and creator of the Cellerant Best of Class Technology Awards.

The leadership of Southern Dental Alliance offers insight on how it is navigating the particularities of COVID-19 and the pressures to grow, while maintaining its core values. 

Scaling up dental group practices with integrity

Mike Uretz is a nationally-recognized Dental software and Electronic Health Records (EHR) expert. Mike has helped hundreds of individual practices and multi-clinic groups properly evaluate and select software vendors and solutions, structure and negotiate pricing and contracts, provide implementation oversight and vendor management. Mike was a member of the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology EHR vendor certification workgroup, and has been a member of various federal and state working committees for EHR business practices and policy. Having been involved with the EHR Incentive program from day one, Mike has helped a number of states, to evaluate and select EHR vendors, structure contracts and agreements, and manage vendor issues. As co-chairman of the Best practices advisory committee for EHR Contracts, Mike has been instrumental in developing standards for structuring vendor contracts and pricing for use by state programs nationwide He is the founder and editorial director of DentalSoftwareAdvisor.com, a trusted and objective online resource on all matters related to dental software. He is also the point person for Advanstar’s coverage of dental EHRs and their evolving role in the dental industry and can be reached by e-mail at mikeu@dentalsoftwareadvisor.com.

With much confusion out there in regards to what teledentistry technology can and should accomplish, it’s important to navigate the maze of the growing number of vendors and solutions available. 

Expect, demand plenty from your teledentistry solution

Naomi Cooper is President of Minoa Marketing and CEO and CEO and co-founder of Doctor Distillery. Naomi is a respected dental marketing executive, strategist, consultant, author, speaker and industry opinion leader. With over 16 years in the dental industry, she has helped leading companies across the dental industry consistently create tangible results for their marketing efforts aimed at the dental professional. Naomi also blogs regularly at www.minoamarketing.com. For more information about Doctor Distillery, email naomi@doctordistillery.com or visit www.doctordistillery.com. 

Boost your dental practice’s digital presence to prepare for a rush of new patients.

Up your dental practice's online marketing in a pinch

Bruce Bryen is a certified public accountant with over 40 years of experience and is a part of RKG Tax & Business Services LLP, an affiliate or Robin Kramer & Green, with offices in Marlton, New Jersey and Fort Washington, Pa. He specializes in deferred compensation, such as retirement planning design; income and estate tax planning; determination of the proper organizational business structure; asset protection and structuring loan packages for presentation to financial institutions. He is experienced in providing litigation support services to dentists with Valuation and Expert Witness testimony in matrimonial and partnership dispute cases. He is also a financial writer for several dental journals. You may contact him at 215-641-8300 ext 123 or at bbryen@rkgcpa.com, or through www.Bryen-BryenLLP.com.

Dentists need to understand finances, safety and the future during these pandemic times.

Evaluating retirement plans post-COVID-19

The Unified Communication tool is designed to be the central communication hub for all practice interactions.

MMG Fusion launches Unified Communication tool

David Goodman is the founder of Goodman Law Group | Chicago. He draws on his 30 years of legal experience, many of them spent as a first chair trial lawyer, to help businesses manage their risks, harvest their benefits, and protect their assets. Learn more at 

How dental practices can file successful COVID-related insurance claims.

Don’t Take No for an Answer

Awrel has introduced its new Emergency Dental Virtual Assistant, a chatbot that gives patients 24/7 access to screening and question-answering tools.