Clinical Practice

The Efficient, Thorough, and Great Patient Experience Hygiene Check A Practical Framework for Any Dentist Hygiene checks are one of the most repeated interactions you’ll have as a dentist. Depending on your schedule, you might do several in a single morning—and because they’re brief, it’s easy to rush, miss details, or feel inconsistent from patient …

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Dental Pain Management and Opioids: How Dentists Can Provide Compassionate Care and Smarter Prescribing Each year, nearly 60,000 cases of oral cancer are diagnosed in the U.S., and sadly, too many patients may not survive past five years due to delays in diagnosis. As dental professionals, we are on the front lines of prevention and …

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Dental Pain Management and Opioids: How Dentists Can Provide Compassionate Care and Smarter Prescribing The opioid epidemic has touched nearly every corner of healthcare, and dentistry is no exception. For years, dentists prescribed opioids for post-operative pain, sometimes in larger quantities than patients truly needed. Decades ago, it was not unusual to see prescriptions written …

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3 Endodontic Tips for Treating Patients with Draining Fistulas When a patient presents to the office with a draining fistula and the sinus tract leads to the source of the infection, it’s crucial to have a strategy. 3 tips that can help enhance treatment for these patients Here are three tips that can help enhance …

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Using AvaDent Lab to create digital dentures When creating digital dentures, it’s important  to choose the right case when using Avadent lab. The ideal case is for someone who already has a set of complete upper and complete lower dentures. You can use those dentures to make the process of making the new denture easier.  …

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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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