Incisal Edge magazine presents the 40 Under 40 Class of 2022: Top young dentists in the U.S.

By: Kristie Ceruti

For a 12th consecutive year, Incisal Edge dental magazine recognizes top young dentists in the U.S., with signature “40 Under 40” award. A celebratory event, May 5 and 6, at The Roxy Hotel New York will assemble the 40 Under 40 Class of 22 for a high-fashion photo session. Among the 2022 Incisal Edge “40 Under 40” ...

List of 2022 Honorees

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Honorees in the General Dentist Category: Heather Ayers, DDS, Morgantown, West Virginia Hoda Imeni Bassiri, DDS, Raleigh, North Carolina Yasmin Nour Chebbi, DMD, FAGD, D-ABDSM, Waltham, Massachusetts Lori Anderson Conrad, DMD, Sarasota, Florida Madison A. Day, DDS, Riverton, Utah, Salt Lake City, ...

Leaps of Faith

By: Kristie Ceruti

Dr. F. Joseph Ferrara took the lessons he learned from surviving cancer a decade ago to help his southern Louisiana practice thrive in the wake of the pandemic. WHEN FACED WITH uncertainty, Louisiana dentist Dr. F. Joseph Ferrara says, he tends to choose whatever from the situation most constitutes a leap of faith. At ...

She’s All That

By: Leah K. Cohen

Only five years in, Dr. Sharel Sly’s professional network, Sistahs in Dentistry, is more than 3,000 black women strong—and still growing. BACK IN 2017, noticing a void in her chosen profession—there was, she says, “no true space for black women in dentistry to have an outlet”—Dr. Sharel Sly, who owns Hermann ...

Ooh, That Smell

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Prioritizing air quality in your practice is about more than protecting the health and wellness of your team. It’s also a much-overlooked component of a pleasant patient experience. "NOSE BLINDNESS” is the term that olfactory scientists use to describe becoming so accustomed to a scent that you’re no longer aware of ...

Incisal Edge Design Competition ‘22

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One running theme of the Incisal Edge Design Competition over the years has been to call attention to THE STARK DIFFERENCE between the featureless, often downright unpleasant-to-spend-time-in dental practices of yore and today’s magnificent medical emporia. The new ones aren’t just a nicer environment for patients ...

Sea of Sameness

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Not everyone understands that branding is about much more than your practice’s name and logo. That spells opportunity for those willing to fully leverage the power of a strong, unique identity. WHILE DENTISTS have embraced the idea of themselves and their practices as brands, there’s still some misunderstanding of ...

The Price Is Right

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Surging wage costs are making it harder than ever to afford great hires. But before you balk at today’s salary demands, make sure your practice is paying itself enough. by KRISTEN JORDAN IF YOU’RE FEELING the squeeze lately, you’re hardly alone. Overall, dental practices across the U.S. are experiencing a sharp ...

The Year in Innovation 2021

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By Edward Kobesky, Jerilyn Forsythe and McKenzie Kupchik THE FORCED ISOLATION of the earliest days of the pandemic brought with them a bit of a silver lining, if you squinted hard enough: constant reassessment of the old way of doing things. To some extent, that simply meant a reorganization of dental practices’ ...

Helping Hands

By: Kristie Ceruti

Former Benco Dental Field Technician Jon Ryan’s quick action, sparked by his Mixed Martial Arts training, was recently crucial assistance for a Massachusetts teen who’d just been hit by a speeding car. JON RYAN chose to help an injured stranger at a literal and figurative fork in the road last December. While driving ...
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