Prologue
Where I Was, and Where I am Going
A 6am flight to Tokyo in 2002, four years in Japan, the DAT taken in Guam, then dental school in Jackson and a paediatric Medicaid clinic back home in Picayune.
The Issue
Winter 2016
Contents
Prologue
The Pursuit of Education and Mentorship
Young dentists put continuing education into clinical skill, which is the obvious choice and not the only one. Why mentorship belongs in the same budget.
Getting Started
Lessons Learned from Online Dating: Using Data to Find the Right Fit for Your Dental Team
Most practices hire the way people once went on blind dates: a resume, a recommendation, and hope. What online dating learned about fit, applied to building a dental team.
Getting Started
Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast
Twelve years of training, a prime location, designers, marketers and the latest technology. The money came in, the team was unhappy, and so was she. Working out why.
Business Fundamentals
Maximizing Your (Huge) Investment
Banks want collateral, and a new dentist has none. Why a dental degree and licence, against school debts of $400,000 or more, never persuaded a commercial lender, and what changed.
Business Fundamentals
It’s a Scary World Out There: What You Need to Know
You are responsible for everything that happens in your office, including what staff do without your knowledge.
Practice Builders
Dental Education Following Graduation: What to Consider
Education does not stop at the senior year, and credits are the least of the reason. The top five reasons an emerging dentist should attend a national conference.
Practice Builders
Making the Most of the Doctor-Hygiene Exam
The hygiene department is the backbone of a general practice. What to tell your hygienist about sharing information during the exam so they can help enrol restorative care.
The Power To Succeed
How Rookie Dentists CRUSH it
The rookie trying to make the team brings more to it than the fifteen-year veteran who knows they are on it. Why passion is contagious, and why being new is the edge.