5 Ways to Build and Preserve Team Culture
By: Ms. Kim McGuire The last two years have provided all of us, especially the dental community, ample opportunity for leaders to learn how to embrace change, be flexible, pivot our focus and continue to provide excellent patient care. We have found dental...
Goal Setting Sessions: Taking Your Team to the Next Level
By: Dr. Aaron Stump We know quality feedback is critical for the professional development of dental teams. The question is: how should leaders efficiently give quality feedback to maximize its impact? Traditionally, performance reviews were the standard way of...
The Ups and Downs of the Stock Market
By: Mr. Steven Karsh The U.S. stock market at the beginning of 2002 seemed like a roller coaster ride at times; big ups, followed by big downs. Despite erratic market movements, often referred to as volatility, long-term investors have been rewarded by staying...
Leadership Starts with You
By: Dr. Laura Brenner Ever wonder why some organizations run like well-oiled machines, and others face problem after problem? At times you may have felt it’s impossible to find good help, or employees are unreliable. Maybe as an associate, you feel no one...
The Path to Becoming an Ideal Leader
By: Dr. Amisha Singh The new year trickled in slowly this time, settling into the familiar curves and crevasses of the life which we have been living. In some ways, this new year felt like an extension of the past two years. Still battling a pandemic that many...
Health Equity Relies on Moving from Concept to Action: It Also Relies on You!
By: Dr. Dwinita Mosby Tyler The U.S. (well, the whole world for that matter) has experienced dramatic change over the past year and a half and some of those changes have us wondering how much progress we have made in advancing and achieving health equity. You know...
Lean-in to Marketing
By: Ms. Minal Sampat, RDH, BA You may be an amazing clinical dentist but if you aren’t marketing your skills and practice properly, potential patients won’t know. As a healthcare professional, marketing may not be what excites you but it’s essential to your...
Let’s Talk About Perspective
By: Dr. Amisha Singh As I type this out, I am coasting at 477 mph at a breathtaking 38,000 feet in my first flight since the pandemic started. As someone who once considered Denver International Airport a second home, this is a little bit like a step back into...
Evidence-Based Considerations for RDH Using Aerosol-Generating Devices
By: Ms. Karen Davis, RDH, BSDH An unexpected benefit of the SARS-CoV-2 viral pandemic for dentistry is the emergence of data shedding light on the safety of utilizing aerosol-generating devices on patients during dental hygiene care. Many dental hygienists...
Needles, Tongues and Lungs
The Chemistry, Use and Effect of Psychoactive Substances By: Ms. Amber Riley, MS, RDH, FAAFS, FIACME Psychoactive substances legal or not, are ubiquitous in our communities and used by the patients we treat. Use and abuse, of psychoactive compounds, date back...
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