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Dr. David Sarver, P-I Brånemark Award for Lifetime Achievement Recipient
After five years of developing surgical treatment plans for patients with facial deformities, Dr. David Sarver reached out to his trusted mentor with one message: clinicians had been treatment planning wrong for 100 years. Instead of brushing him off, that mentor, Dr. Bill Proffit, encouraged Dr. Sarver to plead his case. The problem was clear: when he followed the standard methodology—focused solely on the teeth—the results fell short. Patients who had already undergone unsu
The New Dentist
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Med Talent: Building Careers, Not Just Filling Roles
How do major players in the dental and medical fields ensure they are attracting top talent that aligns with their goals and drives success?
The New Dentist
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The Aurum Group: A Dental Solutions Leader
The Aurum Group has been a trailblazer in the dental industry, recognized as one of North America’s foremost dental laboratories...
The New Dentist
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Dr. Lisa Germain P-I Brånemark Award for Lifetime Achievement Recipient
Congratulations to Dr. Lisa Germain on receiving the 2024 P-I Brånemark Award for Lifetime Achievement! Her determination has served her...
The New Dentist
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Dr. John Kois, Kois Center
Dr. John Kois started the Kois Center 25 years ago because he wanted to offer a learning experience that wasn’t yet available in dentistry.
The New Dentist
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Dr. Elaine Halley, P-I Brånemark Award for Lifetime Achievement Recipient
From helping create the British Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry to starting a UK branch of the Seattle Study Club, Dr. Halley has focused...
The New Dentist
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Dr. Amanda Seay
After lecturing on her own for years, Dr. Amanda Seay decided she needed a change. She was tired of traveling to different study clubs...
The New Dentist
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Dr. Leslie Fang, P-I Brånemark Award for Lifetime Achievement Recipient
Dr. Leslie S.T. Fang has dedicated much of his medical career to helping dentists keep their patients alive. He has been an invaluable...
The New Dentist
8 min read
Dr. Maria Lopez Howell, P-I Brånemark Award for Lifetime Achievement Recipient
Dr. Maria Lopez Howell ‘s passion for dentistry was ignited at a young age, and was the start of a successful, varied career that’s included
The New Dentist
5 min read
Dr. Howard Farran, Dentaltown
As a young boy growing up in Wichita, Kansas—where his next door neighbor inspired him to become a dentist—Dr. Howard Farran remembers...
The New Dentist
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Dr. William Dickerson, LVI Global
Early in his career, Dr. William Dickerson became frustrated with the traditional approach to dentistry. He searched for a better way to...
The New Dentist
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Jeff Johnson, Senior Analyst, R W. Baird
Jeff Johnson, a senior analyst covering medical technology stocks at R W. Baird, didn’t start off his career in dentistry, or even the...
The New Dentist
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Better Cosmetic Restorative Results, Same Appointment Time, with Dr. Susan McMahon
Ask a room of general dentists which procedure they least enjoy, and a lot of hands go up for the anterior class four. It looks flat when you finish. You catch the fracture line the second the patient stands up. Dr. Susan McMahon, an AACD-accredited cosmetic dentist in Pittsburgh, thinks that dread is a training problem, not a talent problem.
Dr. Reza Ardalan
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Mouth Ulcers in General Practice: Assessment, Triggers, and Red Flags
Mouth ulcers are one of the most common oral complaints you’ll see, and also one of the most underestimated. For most patients they are short-lived, painful, and benign. For general dentists they sit at a crossroads between reassurance, prevention, and early detection of systemic disease.
Dr. Lucy Hooper
Jul 85 min read
Why Your Composite Looks Like Plastic
The reason most polished restorations read as artificial isn’t the material. It’s that we polish the surface anatomy away. A five-minute finishing protocol puts it back, and changes outcomes overnight.
Dr. Susan McMahon
Jul 15 min read
How to Build a Multi-Practice Group Without a Bank Loan or Private Equity
Most dentists who want to scale assume they have two options: take on a bank loan, or sell a stake to a dental service organization. Those are the two roads dental media tells you exist. Build a group fast on borrowed money, or build it slower with someone else’s money and a three-to-seven-year clock ticking in the background.
Dr. Mark Skimming
Jun 246 min read
People, Not Pixels. A Human-Centered Approach to AI in Dentistry.
Dentistry is in the middle of a significant technological shift. AI now promises to improve diagnostic accuracy, simplify workflows, and even predict treatment outcomes. The question I keep coming back to is this. How do we use these tools well without losing sight of the part of dentistry that actually matters? The human connection between clinician and patient.
Dr. Elaine Halley
Jun 226 min read
The AI-Integrated Practice: Elevating Diagnosis Across Every Specialty
Artificial intelligence is actively reshaping how clinicians diagnose, plan treatment, and communicate with patients. From periodontics to implant surgery to orthodontics, AI-integrated workflows are enabling more precise, efficient, and patient-centered care across virtually every specialty.
The New Dentist
Jun 192 min read
Inflammation, Lipids, and GLP-1s with Dr. Hugh Coyne
What I learned from Dr. Coyne about the core blood panel worth running chairside, the cardiac markers most physicians never check, and why the patient in my chair is often the first clinician-seen sign of silent systemic disease.
Dr. Reza Ardalan
Jun 195 min read
Six Areas Where Dental Practices Leave Hygiene Performance on the Table
Improving your hygiene department isn't a single problem with a single fix. It's a systems challenge — one that spans clinical care, periodontal diagnosis, scheduling, team communication, morning planning, and financial infrastructure. Most practices have addressed some of these areas. Very few have addressed all of them at once, with the whole team aligned.
The New Dentist
Jun 166 min read
Why Comprehensive Cases Go Wrong Before They Begin
Smile design asks something different of us than the single-tooth dentistry most of us grew up with. Without a system to analyze and diagnose properly, the results are unpredictable. You do your best work and it still is not quite what you intended, or it looks good for a while and then something happens. That unpredictability is exhausting, and for the patient it ends in disappointment. I think it is one of the biggest hidden drivers of stress in our work.
Dr. Elaine Halley
Jun 94 min read
The Class IV Restoration That Disappears
Why most Class IV composites reveal themselves the second the patient steps outside, and the layering technique that makes the fracture line genuinely vanish in 45 minutes of chair time.
Dr. Susan McMahon
Jun 46 min read
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