By: Joel Small, DDS, MBA, PCC, FICD Professional athletes train to perfect their skills throughout their lifetime, and yet few of them can attain perfection. Olympic gymnasts, for example, spend hours upon hours training their skills yet rarely achieve a perfect...
By: Karen Foster, DDS I want to first say thank you for making the 2024 Rocky Mountain Dental Convention (RMDC) a success. Thank you to our professional team who year after year work to make the RMDC the best it can be. Thank you to our volunteers who spend hours...
By: Stephanie Botts, RDH, BSDH, CEAS This article is part of the 2024 Rocky Mountain Dental Convention Speaker Series. The prevalence of musculoskeletal pain and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in dental clinicians is well documented in the literature, ranging...
By: Laura Brenner, DDS This article is part of the 2024 Rocky Mountain Dental Convention Speaker Series. Do you ever feel burnt out by burnout?The word is everywhere these days. I’ll admit, as someone who loves helping others reduce burnout, even I get sick of...
By: Purnima Hernandez, DDS, MA, CHWC This article is part of the 2024 Rocky Mountain Dental Convention Speaker Series. At the peak of my career, I had a sudden onset of vague symptoms which included hearing impairment in the right ear, extreme fatigue and brain...
By: Adriana Zuniga Patients come in and out of our dental offices from many walks of life. They are diverse in many ways and carry a large set of life experiences. Unfortunately, some of those patients come in with a history of negative life experiences also known...
By: Amisha Singh, DDS Community. When you read this word, what do you think about? Some of us imagine our families, the hands of our loved ones, the eyes of our children. Some of us think about the people in our neighborhood, the smiles of old acquaintances, the...
This editorial is part of a special series on Women in Dentistry for Women's History Month. By: Lexi Dunnells My transition from teaching high school math to dentistry baffles most people. As different as these two careers may seem, they certainly have one thing...
This editorial is part of a special series on Women in Dentistry for Women's History Month.By: Dr. Tieraona Low Dog In a culture that places a premium on success and accomplishment, it can be challenging to escape the pressure to be perfect. We run ourselves into...
This editorial is part of a special series on Women in Dentistry for Women's History Month. By: Amisha Singh, DDS She is a woman. Red lipstick and stilettos may be her superpower or perhaps she favors her favorite pair of worn sneakers and a ponytail. Either way,...