Hiring From a Different Perspective
By: Dr. William van Dyk Reprinted with permission from Dental Practice Success, Spring 2021. Copyright 2021 © American Dental Association. Dentists are continually searching for ideal employees. In many instances, they feel it's necessary to settle for...
Colorado’s Equal Pay Law: More Than Only Equal Pay
By: Mr. David Bashford, Esq. Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act was effective January 1, 2021. The foundation element of the law prohibits pay differentials between male and female employees that perform substantially similar work. Because many dental teams...
The Sweatpants to Scrubs Equilibrium: How Being Fully Present in Your Life Fights Burnout
By: Dr. Eric Block, CAGS, FICOI Dr. Bill has grown to hate his practice, his team and his patients. When he’s at work, he feels oppressed. He’s just going through the motions, counting the minutes until the office closes and he can be home and truly...
Facts and Disinformation
By: Dr. Allen Vean As a pediatric dental resident years ago, one of the many requirements of my program was tocomplete a research project within the two years of training. The increased utilization of nitrous oxide in the dental operatory was always of...
Remember When “Delta” was an Insurance Company?
By: Dr. Patrick Prendergast No matter where you get your news today, theworld continues to deliver a message that seems toleave us more confused and uncertain by the day.Clearly, COVID-19 isn’t done with us yet! And still amidthis cacophony of opinions,...
Excuses, Excuses…
By: Ms. Molly Pereira How many times have you said to yourself:• “If I just had more time, I’d exercise.”• “I would love to visit but our schedules are just too crazy.”• “I’m not a morning person. Getting up to walk/meditate/etc. wouldn’t work.”• “After a long...
The Path Forward…
By: Greg Hill, JD, CAE In 2016, the Colorado Dental Association (CDA) began a five-year strategic plan focused on growing membership and restructuring its governance to increase internal capacity to better serve its members. As that five-year plan is...
Good News for Independent Practitioners in the Ever-Changing Marketplace of Dentistry
By: Marie Chatterley, CTC Associates So much good news to report in the ever-changing marketplace of dentistry! I am thrilled with what we have seen over the last two years in practice transitions and with the growth of practices owned by independent...
Visioning and Resource Assessment: Vital Tools in Pre-Planning Your Office Design Project
By: Paul Battista, Battista Design Group For many patients, visiting a healthcare provider can be an emotion-filled experience, with feelings ranging from nervousness to apprehension. But your facility can set the stage for your patients' experience. The...
The Golden Rule is Great…But There Is One Area in Which it is Lacking
By: Dr. Laura Brenner Howard Farran recently wrote a column in Dentaltown titled, “Follow the Golden Rule.” In it, he offered excellent examples of how we can share our greatest and highest good with patients. When it comes to clinical care, we should...
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