Honoring A Legend

By: Brian Dawson

[caption id="attachment_539323" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Mark Stevens, Dr. Esther Wilkins’s grand-nephew, and Betsy Tyrol, her niece, flank a portrait of their esteemed relative;[/caption] In late September, Tufts University dedicated its new Esther M. Wilkins Periodontology Clinic—a tribute to the late dental ...

Ethical Exits

By: James M. Clark

When it comes time to sell, how should practice owners balance their responsibilities to their team against business realities? IF YOU’RE LIKE most practice owners, your team is special to you. Often they’re more like extended family than colleagues. That only makes it harder to tell them about changes in your ...

Opportunity On the Line

By: Incisal Edge

Can new patient calls be some of the best marketing you do? Absolutely—and there’s never been a better time to put in the effort.   By KAY HUFF NOW MORE THAN EVER, dental practices have a golden opportunity to shine over the phone. According to a survey by Arizona State University, “customer service ...

The Next Decade Of Change

By: Incisal Edge

Editor’s note: Two of Benco Dental’s senior female leaders are standing in for Chuck Cohen and Rick Cohen in this special Lucy Hobbs Project edition of Incisal Edge. By KATY COHEN AND KAREN FRIAR TEN YEARS AGO, we embarked on the Lucy Hobbs Project to recognize inspiring and visionary women in dentistry. We ...

Keeping The Faith

By: Abby Rush

Raina Harrelson, a D2 at Texas A&M School of Dentistry in Dallas, on the side benefits of social media, the virtues of a nontraditional career path and the importance of a considerate spouse when dental school gets stressful. WHY DENTISTRY? My mother was an assistant to an oral surgeon and later became an assistant ...

Resolution Solutions

By: Incisal Edge

The window of enthusiasm for acting on New Year’s resolutions is notoriously quick to close. Here’s how to get 2023 off to a smart start... while you and your team are still fresh. By Kristen Jordan DO YOU EVER wake up early on Sunday mornings and do some dreaded errands so you can have the rest of the day for ...

Clearly Forgettable

By: Ed Kobesky

eA former Dyson engineer and his dentist father created a face shield offering optical clarity and comfort that rivals wearing nothing at all. NAME ANOTHER legitimate profession besides dentistry where you expect to get peppered with infectious splatter and droplets. Even so, it’s no surprise that many practitioners ...

All That Glitters

By: Larry Cohen

Want proof that dentistry’s best days lie ahead? Check out this 1960s survey of what dentists were buying, back when gold and artificial teeth ruled. [caption id="attachment_343" align="alignleft" width="150"] LARRY COHEN, Benco Dental’s chairman and chief customer advocate, has over the past half-century collected ...

A Decade of Lucy Hobbs

By: Incisal Edge

WHEN WE FOUNDED the Lucy Hobbs Project in 2013, we were confident it would take on a life of its own. We didn’t envision that it would be embraced by Hollywood A-listers and award-winning TV news stars. That’s a testament to you and the more than 10,000 members, boosters and honorees who have made the Lucy Hobbs ...

10th Annual Lucy Hobbs Awards

By: Megan Sobieski

Time races along. This issue marks a clean decade since the debut of the Lucy Hobbs Awards in 2013—a project initiated to honor and celebrate the varied contributions of women in dentistry. This year’s honorees, just like their predecessors, are setting new standards in clinical care, innovation, mentoring and ...

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