Culture
Assess, Diagnose, Treat, and Maintain: A Process for Life?
Thirty-one years from Birmingham to Pennsylvania to a practice she bought at 30, pregnant with her second child and inheriting a team that did not see her as the owner.
The Issue
Summer 2022
Contents
Culture
Dentistry Pursued Off The Beaten Track
An oral surgeon cutting his impacted third molars into smaller pieces made him say cool, and his phobic mother asked whether he could see himself doing it. Then life took a detour.
Innovation
Uncovering Signs of Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders!
Waking to sirens and listening for which room was on fire. What sleep-related breathing disorders cover, from upper airway resistance syndrome to severe obstructive sleep apnoea.
Innovation
Got an App Idea? Get Started Here!
Nearly every week someone arrives with a billion-dollar app idea. The dos and don'ts for dental professionals who are not developers, starting with building a prototype.
Impact
Our Battery is Draining
A lithium battery holds 300 to 500 charges. A healthy patient takes about 1,000 scaler strokes and periodontal maintenance three times that, and the clinician's body counts them…
Impact
Your Success in Dentistry Starts With Your Thoughts
Every result, good or bad, started as a thought. A Navy dentist at Parris Island on evaluating what you think, checking the outcome, and adjusting before acting again.