All in the Family

By: Ed Kobesky

A new generation of men is lining up with female leaders in supporting or equivalent roles. That’s changing the way businesses are led, practices are managed, family responsibilities are divided, and spousal and parental relationships are navigated—especially within the American economic powerhouse that is family ...

Cool Cabin, Calm Vibes

By: Ed Kobesky

FORT SMITH PEDIATRIC DENTAL GROUP FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS How do you create a timeless setting for pediatric dentistry that also makes smart long-term business sense? We found a blueprint where the new South meets the old West. DRS. MATTHEW BITTLE and Jared Acosta are no strangers to working under pressure. Together, they ...

Check, Please!

By: Larry Cohen

At first glance, this might look like somebody’s restaurant bill, but it’s actually a complete invoice for outfitting a state-of-the-art dental office in 1944. IT’S AMAZING to think that at one time, you could handwrite all the key components of a dental office on a single invoice the size of a restaurant’s ...

No Wasted Motion

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Concerned about working harder for shrinking returns? Here’s a big-picture plan for going from frustratingly busy to genuinely productive—and profitable—instead. By Kay Huff, RDA WHETHER YOU’RE scraping by or actually getting ahead, treating patients is the same hard work it always is. That’s why scheduling ...

A New Golden Age

By: Chuck Cohen

Has there ever been a better time to be a dentist? Well, who knows—the present is all we have. And this year’s 40 Under 40 honorees are emblematic of the profession: entrepreneurial, clinically proficient and sanguine about a possible recession. THERE ARE TWO WAYS to look at today’s complex business environment for ...

Five for the Under 40

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Teaching continuing education classes nationwide gives me a closeup view of the lessons and mantras with which today’s smartest young doctors are winning. By Jarron Tawzer, DMD THERE’S MORE KNOWLEDGE than ever at our fingertips, but also more self-proclaimed experts and dubious YouTube gurus. As a highly motivated ...

Dentists vs. Recession

By: Ed Kobesky

Economic uncertainty has been the coin of the realm, so to speak, at least since the beginning of the pandemic. Can dentistry still consider itself mostly impervious to a downturn? The 2023 Incisal Edge 40 Under 40 have some thoughts to share. By Edward Kobesky FOR DECADES, we’ve been told that dentistry can ...

13th Annual Incisal Edge 40under40

By: McKenzie Kupchik

By McKenzie Kupchik, Jerilyn Forsythe, and Elizabeth Dilts Marshall Click here for the Fashion & Style Guide. Dentistry isn’t just the practice of medicine. These days, increasingly, it’s even more about running a business, with all the paperwork and admini­strative responsibilities that entails. It ...

Let’s Get It On

By: Ed Kobesky

Ready for a glove that’s easier to put on with wet hands... and easier to peel off your sweaty digits? You might be surprised by the solution. [caption id="attachment_557034" align="alignleft" width="350"] The last don: Natural Extensions Slide gloves use microtextured insides that glide better over skin and reduce ...

Child’s Play

By: Larry Cohen

This dollhouse-style dental cabinet represents the emergence of pediatric dentistry as we know it today. [caption id="attachment_557071" align="alignleft" width="250"] Glass Houses: Few of these delicate collectibles survived due to their damage-prone glass roofs and the perils of 1930s-era, pre-Styrofoam shipping ...
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