Mother Knows Best

By: Incisal Edge

Julie Au, a D4 at Western University of Health Sciences, on never giving up after rejection, a needed scholarship she’d like to start and how she balances the demands of dental school with parenting three young children. WHY DENTISTRY? This may sound clichéd, but in the third grade, I set my career choice. When I ...

Plug And Play

By: Ed Kobesky

You don’t have to refer your bone grafting cases when you use a plug that’s not only simple and predictable, but also offers treatment flexibility later. Bone grafting plugs mostly look alike, but they’re not. This Gibson Healthcare® Bone Graft Plug offers a dramatically higher mineral content than others: an ...

Main Street Mojo

By: Ed Kobesky

Dr. Eric Mayuga has honed his physical space and brand across two decades, astutely blending the magical warmth of his historic building and small-town locale with mid-mod design and high tech. “WELL... THIS DOESN’T look like much.” That’s what Dr. Eric Mayuga thought when he first laid eyes on his current office ...

Power Within

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Finding strength is hard in dark times, but not impossible. Three principles helped me overcome family and mental health challenges to become a successful, fulfilled family man and dentist. BY TRENT FINLEY, DDS COMING FROM a financially unstable home with two working parents, it was difficult for me to understand ...

Passive Playbook

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Investing in real estate as a practicing dentist is like a football game: You need smart plays and good coaching to score in different situations—especially in today’s market. BY JARRON TAWZER, DMD WAS 12 WHEN I asked my grandfather, a successful business and real estate owner, how to someday generate the level ...

Order Up!

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Supplies and sterilization are like peanut butter and jelly. It’s time for dental practice design to start treating them that way. By Melissa Sprau, NCIDQ FOR YEARS cabinetry manufacturers and interior designers have lavished attention on stericenters, and rightly so. The supply closet, by contrast, was typically ...

Face Time

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In a post-pandemic world of increasingly virtual interactions, dental health care is still as in-person as ever. Treat that as an advantage—and reap the rewards. By KAY HUFF, RDA GARTNER, A $5.5 billion (annual revenue) consultancy that provides business insights to top companies, has found that two-thirds of ...

AI In The Real World

By: Ed Kobesky

Wondering what it’s really like to implement artificial intelligence into your practice’s clinical and business operations? One practice owner’s firsthand, day-to-day experience shows it’s ready for prime time—as long as you choose the right provider. “TECHNOLOGY CAN BE WONDERFUL, but it can also be a way to ...

Products Of The Year 2023

By: Incisal Edge

The spirit of innovation lives not only in the people who engineer excellence but, more importantly, in what they create. Here are 10 examples of new, forward-thinking products that improve the lives of clinicians and patients. WE TAKE THEM for granted: everyday things that initially astound but quickly come to seem ...

Turning Money Into Discovery

By: Incisal Edge

The landscape of public and private research funds is complex and nuanced. Here’s how institutions, people and companies are navigating it—and where dentistry benefits. By Jamie Luke IN 1948, PRESIDENT Harry Truman led an American military that turned away large numbers of otherwise eligible recruits—on ...
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