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What Movie Tickets Can Teach Us About Better Decision-Making
Behavioral economics shows us that gut instinct isn’t always right. While our brains evolved to enable our survival, the very instincts we possess in order to save and protect ourselves may be thwarting our efforts to financially prosper. But if we can recognize these biases in ourselves and our patients, we can make clearer decisions, deliver better care and build healthier practices. Sometimes, the smartest move isn’t to double down on the ticket you’ve already bought—it’s
Jasmin Attia
6 min read
Navigating Dental Practice Ownership with Confidence
As a practice owner, running a dental practice requires delivering quality care to patients while managing the business side effectively. However, finding financial clarity can often feel like navigating open waters without a map or compass, drifting aimlessly, hoping to reach your destination without a clear sense of direction. With rising material costs, fluctuating patient demand, and managing team members, it can be tough to pinpoint exactly where to focus efforts for gro
The New Dentist
4 min read
Laser and Peri-Implantitis: Why, When and How?
I've used lasers for more than seven years on over 400 implants with peri-implantitis. Through these experiences, I developed treatments...
Dr. Amandine Para
7 min read
Five Blood Markers Every Dentist Should Read Before Treatment Planning
Most of your patients had blood work done in the past year. Their doctor ordered it, a phlebotomist drew it, and a printout came back with a few green ticks and a polite note that everything looked “within range.”
Dr. Hugh Coyne
Jul 216 min read
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
Jul 155 min read
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
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