Prologue
Mentor and Mentee: A Story About How It Is Done!
An advisor told him he did not have what it takes to be a doctor. He graduated top of his class at Howard, and has been mentoring dentists ever since.
The Issue
Fall 2015
Contents
Prologue
The Importance of Mentorship
A mentor taught Dee Dee Meevasin to run a practice, not just to practise. What a 2014 Gallup poll found about mentored graduates, and why the effect is not confined to dentistry.
Getting Started
Associateships: Everything You Need to Know
Most graduates who do not enter a GPR or specialty programme become associates. How to set the goals of an associateship first, and let those goals direct the search.
Getting Started
Be Debt Free and Own Your Practice Outright in 5 Years
The house wins on a one per cent edge. The equivalent edge for a new dentist, once crowns, fillings, molar endo and perio can be done to time.
Getting Started
Owning Your Own Practice – How to Avoid the Pitfalls
Most pitfalls of ownership are financial: underfunded build-outs, thin practice income, overpaying, and revenue falling after transition. Seven steps to a smoother handover.
Business Fundamentals
Understanding Cash Flow
Bankers use the term as if everyone shares it. What cash-flow analysis actually measures, including personal obligations, and how a small change decides an approval or a decline.
Business Fundamentals
Owning a Practice and Liability for Others’ Treatment
Am I responsible for dentistry another dentist performs in my office? What vicarious liability means for a practice owner, and the questions a claims specialist will ask.
Business Fundamentals
Corporate Dentistry’s Impact on Practice Sales
Corporations and dental management service organisations have been here for decades.
Practice Builders
Sixteen Critical Strategies to Increase and Maintain Practice Revenue
Sixteen strategies for holding revenue in a PPO environment, from filing full fees on every claim to coding properly, which the typical practice gets wrong by $100 to $500 a day.
Practice Builders
4 Mistakes Every Young Dentist Should Avoid
Some early mistakes teach you something. Four others do lasting damage to your finances and your satisfaction, and are worth avoiding at all costs.
The Power To Succeed
Prove It!
Most dentists spend the day proving how much they know. Why patients decide on how much you care, and what Mercedes-Benz understands about the difference.