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Of course she's gorgeous today, but Charlize Theron, who most recently starred in "Young Adult," is the acclaimed actor she is today because she only had "fangs" until she was 11. 

“My early childhood was quite devastating. I had no teeth until I was 11," the star told The Sun in the UK.

“I had these fangs because I had jaundice when I was a kid and I was put on so many antibiotics that my teeth rotted. They had to cut them out. So I never had milk teeth (called baby teeth in…

Dentists are now embracing Emmi-dent, the first ultrasonic toothbrush that lets you clean your teeth without moving the brush, remove stains and plaque, kill bacteria, protect the enamel, and never worry about pain.

Ultrasonic technology has now been…

The main role of an administrator in a multiple dentist group practice is that of communication. Each dentist wants to know what’s going on and no one likes to feel they are out of the loop. In a busy, multiple dentist practice, this is no small trick!

One of my keys to communication is having regular meetings with an agenda. Just like a dentist…

Really? TMZ reported that "Extreme Makeover" dentist Dr. Bill Dorfman keeps some of the teeth that he's extracted from the mouths of celebrities. I ask again. Really?

At least he asks them if they want to keep their teeth first. He said they usually say no, so he hangs on to some of them. Why? Why else? To possibly make a buck in the future. 

"I totally have like a secret stash of famous people's teeth, and I figure one day, maybe, I don't know," he can sell them on eBay or…

We’re all fighting the same dragon – holes in schedules. Do you sometimes feel that this never-ending battle is going to get the best of you? Not if you have a battle plan! A major part of this plan is the call list. With the right call list, you have the ability to fill your schedule and move on to the million other items on your To Do list.

Here are the call lists we maintain:

• ASAP
• Primetime (people that prefer evenings and…

Do you have a couple of dental staff members that just don’t work well together? You may be hear ing rumors of ‘words exchanged’ or seeing eye rolls or other body language that tells you a problem exists? Sometimes, these upsets just seem to work themselves out. And sometimes, you need to get involved.

Here’s how to solve drama with your dental staff:

#1: Talk…

Is a PSR standard of care? Will a recorded PSR help in a litigation regarding negligence?

Just released is the list of dates and locations for the ADA Annual Session through 2018.

Please click here to see the list

What do you think of the location choices? 

Chris Cuomo, Gitika Ahuja, and Enjoli Francis’s article is good. Their ABC News article,” Medicaid’s Youngest Face Dental Crisis” in the “ Hidden America Series” is the beginning story of our national dental crisis and needs to be completed, along with a conclusion after further research. Hopefully it will go further into the truth and reason for the dental crisis across our Nation; not only for the youngest faces on Medicaid, but the oldest faces, the faces of poverty not eligible…

How are you doing at filling schedules these days? We've had some light days lately and are reviewing our systems for how to fill our dentist schedules, so here are a few ideas you can use:

• Treatment plan everything in Dentrix - if it's not entered into the computer, then no one can follow up
• Run Unscheduled Treatment reports regularly to call patients that did not schedule
• Document your calls and letters to the patient so you don't overdo it.
• Use a…

Dentists are turning to cost segregation as a means to tap cash flow from their dental practice.  More and more dental professionals realize how easy the process is to take advantage of their dental office when cash flow is tight. …

In my practice, we are thrilled to be adding a third GP dentist. With our 4 specialists, this will make 7 dentists under one roof! One of the most important pieces of helping our new dentist get settled into the practice is setting up his schedule in Dentrix.

Each of our dentists has his or her own page in the Dentrix appointment book. Our secretary training includes the list of each dentist and which F key to use to find their schedule. To give you a sense of how we have…

I had the pleasure of having breakfast with Mr. David Harris of Prosperident while we were both attending the Chicago MidWinter dental meeting. He shared some seriously scary stories over coffee and definitely established himself as the dental embezzlement expert.

Here’s what I learned:

• There’s no way to be perfectly safe from theft. Criminals are smart and they know how dental practices operate.
• The average amount stolen from dentists is $157,000.…

Cost segregation delivers another great ROI! A prominent Orthodontist engaged a cost segregation study of his thriving dental professional’s facility in Kissimmee, Florida. He wanted to maximize his depreciation and cash flow by determining what assets qualified for the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS) method of…

After a little more than a year of hard work "The Web Design Workbook for Dentists" is finally here!

The Web Design Workbook for Dentists is a unique guide for Dentists and Dental Team Members that will guide you -- from 30,000 feet - through the process of developing, managing and maintaining your practice's website.  This is not a technical book and no computer knowledge or programming is…

I am super excited about my dental practice’s new marketing venture: Google Adwords.  This program allows you to run ads on Google that show up when people search for the keywords you select so they can discover your business and become your customer. For the first time in years, I am feeling like I have struck gold for dental marketing programs! The logic of this advertising approach makes so much sense because it is targeted marketing to people who are actually looking for a…

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The intensely competitive world of business has always been a hard egg to crack, and as if this isn’t already tough to begin with, the world of medical-related business is even tougher to…