Prologue
Success in the Windy City: Where I Was and Where I am Going
Three years on from writing about a difficult first year: two years of Medicaid dentistry on Chicago's south side as a stepping stone, and what came after.
The Issue
Fall 2014
Contents
Prologue
Back to the Beginning
Assisting at Neibauer Dental Care before dental school, then Howard University and a San Francisco residency. A career that began before the degree did.
Prologue
How to Find the Practice that is Right for You
A 2012 Houston graduate narrowed his search to three criteria: staff, technology and the chance to start treating patients immediately.
Getting Started
The Cost of Failing to Plan
Everyone knows the adage; few price the failure. What planning mistakes actually cost new dentists, and a simple planning process that prevents them.
Getting Started
Gateway to Private Practice Excellence – What You Need to Know When Selecting an Opportunity
Nineteen years and hundreds of practice visits a year. How to read a cryptic classified listing, and where genuine practice opportunities are actually found.
Getting Started
Choosing a Dental CPA
You get what you pay for. What separates a dental CPA, with 200 to 400 dental clients, from a general accountant, and why the distinction matters to a new owner.
Business Fundamentals
How Mobile Technology Interacts with a Modern Practice
Phones and tablets are already in the operatory. What genuine interoperability with practice-management software looks like, and who in the practice actually benefits from it.
Business Fundamentals
Payday Flu – A New Approach to a Big Expense
Staff wages are about a third of the cost of running a practice. Why a new dentist's early years are the moment to form a considered approach to payroll rather than inherit one.
Business Fundamentals
Increasing Case Presentation Effectiveness
Dental school teaches you to perform dentistry, not to present it. Why patients decide on benefit rather than technique, and how to answer the only question they are really asking.