Culture
Confronting the Monster in the Dark: A Dentist’s Survival Against Burnout
Words heard on an Iowa playground in the early 1980s, buried for 35 years, and what they had to do with the burnout that surfaced decades into a dental career.
The Issue
Spring 2025
Contents
Culture
Ask DE: You Have Questions. We Have Answers. Introducing Our New Advice Column
A new recurring advice column: reader questions on career direction, ownership, leadership, lifestyle and personal growth, answered by clinicians, business leaders and innovators.
Culture
The Doctor’s Bag
A brown alligator bag with a brass clasp, carried on house calls out of a Fleetwood Cadillac on Chicago's South Side, and what happened when his son found it and started using it.
Culture
Why Smart Dental Professionals Are Turning to Life Coaches for Success
Halfway through his career he hated dentistry, with $250,000 of debt making leaving impossible. Three options, and why he chose the one that meant confronting it.
Business
A Dynamic Duo: Thriving Together in Business and in Love
Spouse-centred business relationships are on the rise, in new ventures, family companies and shared employers. Whether sharing a workplace with your partner genuinely works.
Launchpad
Carrying the Torch: How Dr. Michael Gelb is Continuing the Legacy of the Gelb Center as a Serial Entrepreneur
Attacked at lectures, asked what a chiropractor was doing there, and raising his hand whenever centric relation came up.
Impact
Finding My Strength Through My Career
Twenty years in dentistry that began at seventeen as a dental assistant, with patients who asked for her by name, and a role at the Dental Assisting National Board giving it back.
Impact
Nothing You Learn in Dental School Defines Your Success!
The two commonest reasons practices fail are poor customer service and no business acumen, neither of them clinical.