Clinical Practice

Understanding Dental Case Presentations: A Simple Guide Dental case presentations might sound complicated, but they’re just a way for dentists to explain what’s happening with a patient’s teeth, how they plan to treat it, and what the expected results are. These presentations help everyone involved—from students to experienced professionals—learn from each other and make sure …

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Using x-rays to estimate growth and why it matters There are several reasons why it’s a good idea to understand growth potential in patients. It can affect the timing for certain orthodontic treatments, especially if you want to do the orthodontic treatment during periods of growth spurts. Growth potential can also affect the timing for …

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Ask one, do one: tips to be more productive and grow your practice Ask one, do one: this is a simple way to keep the main thing, the main thing when growing the practice. When looking for a simple, effective way to grow the size of the dental practice and to be more productive each day in …

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Tips to connect with dental patients and have a good bedside manner The key to connecting with dental patients and having a good bedside manner is to remember the golden rule. And that is to treat others like you would want to be treated. We want to remember this as dental providers for patients in the dental …

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Tips for Ordering Dental Supplies and Keeping Your Dental Supply Inventory We know it’s important to efficiently manage the inventory and the ordering of the dental supplies for the dental office. It is essential to ensure we do this to have smooth operations and avoid shortages or overstock, so we want to have some strategies that can …

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The benefits of morning huddles in the dental office A morning huddle in the dental office can offer several benefits, including enhancing communication among the team, better office efficiency, and improving team morale. 5 advantages of the morning huddle We want to start the day right, and we want this to be a chance to motivate …

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Tips for sharing dental post op instructions using different platforms After the dental procedure, it’s important to share post-op instructions with the patient. Sharing post-op instructions can be an effective and a friendly way to make sure patients follow the recommended care. 7 Ways to share dental post-op instructions There are several platforms and methods that …

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Sterilizing and maintaining dental instruments and handpieces Keeping dental instruments and handpieces sterile, clean and well-maintained is essential. So it’s important to set up and organize your sterilization lab to properly clean the dirty instruments. Tips for sterilizing and maintaining your dental instruments and handpieces Having an efficient and organized lab to prevent cross-contamination will …

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How to diagnose tooth vitality for teeth with deep decay Here are some strategies to approach treatment for patients that have deep tooth decay near the nerve or a deep cavity. It it’s important to know the status of the nerve and make a pulpal diagnosis before treatment. Diagnosing vitality of teeth First, get the X-rays you …

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Have clean restrooms for a better patient experience To have the cleanest and most pleasant restroom experience, it’s important to have several strategies for designing the appearance of the restroom, for maintaining its cleanliness, and for enhancing the experience.  Suggestions for keeping the restroom clean One, make sure you have a regular cleaning schedule. There …

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Tips for maintaining clean dental operatories It’s important to clean and disinfect the dental operatories as well as have clean dental instruments. Dental instruments and dental handpieces are going to go through a sterilization process in the sterilization lab. In the operatories where the patient is cared for, we need that area to be very clean as well. …

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The benefits of using intraoral cameras in the dental office, when to use them and how often An Intraoral camera is a tiny wand that can take digital photos and easily store this information in dental practice management software. Intraoral scanners can take images of the teeth to print models and create STL files to print with …

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What to do if a resin bonded bridge becomes loose? Resin bonded bridges can be a conservative treatment that requires minimal preparation of the teeth adjacent to the pontic space. But sometimes the bridges come loose more frequently than a traditional fixed bridge with full coronal coverage. what can we do to help reattach a resin bonded …

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Tips on what to do when the patient refuses to consent to X-rays This blog is about the importance of taking x-rays to diagnose decay and some strategies to communicate with the patient when the patient is hesitant to take X-rays. What do you do when the patient refuses to take X-rays? We know X-rays are …

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Consultations for sleep apnea patients interested in oral sleep appliances When you’re doing an oral sleep appliance consult for patients you want to be comprehensive and efficient. This means having good systems when following your workflows with the patients. What to do before and after 1st and 2nd consultations There are many ways to do this and …

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