What brings the 9th Annual Lucy Hobbs Project Awards honorees true joy?

By: Elizabeth Dilts

What brings you joy? As we move through the second year of the pandemic, that sentiment has more resonance than ever. So this issue, as we pay tribute to six top women, the 9th Annual Lucy Hobbs Project Awards honorees—and one Benco Dental Trailblazer—who are working tirelessly to drive dentistry forward in 2022, we ...

Just Right

By: Chris Cruz

Installing six operatories in the same space as five no longer requires compromise. Doing so could increase your practice’s production by 17%—while saving you thousands on construction costs. [caption id="attachment_497850" align="alignleft" width="150"] MELISSA SPRAU, NCIDQ manages Benco Dental’s team of ...

Quid Pro Grow

By: Incisal Edge

Incentivizing your team the right way is a win-win that helps employees maximize their personal development and career satisfaction while at the same time stimulating overall practice growth. By Kristen Jordan EVEN IF YOUR TEAM loves their jobs, the practice and one another, work is still work. You invest so much to hire ...

Achieving Consistent Class 2 Contact and Contour is Easy and Predictable

By: Jason H. Goodchild, DMD

Delivering reliability, convenience and value with the Premier X5 Sectional Matrix System [caption id="attachment_535449" align="aligncenter" width="986"] Figure 1: Premier X5 Sectional Matrix System™ (Premier® Dental Products)[/caption] The gold standard for isolation of the working field prior to a composite resin ...

Mirror, Mirror

By: Ed Kobesky

What’s the engineering trick behind the Solea laser’s knack for precisely adapting to—and rapidly cutting—enamel, bone, dentin and soft tissue? WE ALL KNOW THAT inside our cars, there’s a spectacular confluence of mechanical and computer technology that makes them go. But unless you’re a gearhead, you probably ...

Child’s Play: Colorado’s Perfect Teeth for Kids has transformed itself into a mind-boggling wonderland

By: Kristie Ceruti

Perfect Teeth FOR KIDS Centennial, Colorado Acquired by a major DSO in 2019, Colorado’s Perfect Teeth for Kids has transformed itself into a mind-boggling wonderland dedicated to the enjoyment of its young patients (and, yes, their parents as well). THE GLOW FROM a full moon illuminates reptiles, primates and assorted ...

Dr. Compassion: Lucy Hobbs Project Dr. Carole Ann Boyd treats all patients with dignity

By: Megan O'Donnell

Dallas dentist Carole Ann Boyd has treated HIV- and AIDS-positive Texans with dignity since the 1980s. Her embrace of the LGBTQ+ community more broadly is even more personally meaningful. PRIDE MONTH this past June—and, indeed, every June—has special resonance for Dr. Carole Ann Boyd. In 1984, as a recent graduate of ...

Which three proactive steps helped hygiene patients regain confidence post pandemic?

By: Kristie Ceruti

At dental practices across the country, proactive steps helped hygiene patients regain confidence post pandemic. Three of those success stories earned recognition this fall as part of the 'In Good Hands' contest presented by Benco Dental. Read on to find out which three proactive steps made the difference, post ...

New string of variants? CLIA waivers can reduce the cost of Covid testing for dental practices.

By: Incisal Edge

In the face of a new string of variants,  how can Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment waivers, or CLIA waivers, reduce the cost of Covid testing for dental practices? As America (and the world) transitions from the Covid-19 pandemic to endemic, it will impact how we manage staff and the patients we ...

Four dental practice designs earn national recognition in 2022 Incisal Edge Design Competition

By: Kristie Ceruti

At the four gorgeous, functional dental practice designs that today earn national recognition in the 2022 Incisal Edge Design Competition (shown), beauty and medical excellence align like a perfect smile. These dental practices in California, Illinois and North Carolina, and the doctors who have brought them to vivid ...
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