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Profitability & Finance

Dental Associate Legal Agreements: Establishing the Basics

Did you know there are important distinctions between employees and independent contractors?
July 28, 2017
Strategy

Meet Your New Dental Assistant

Companies automate when the cost of performing a given task with human labor exceeds that of performing the same job using a machine.
July 26, 2017
Strategy

Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment of Periodontal Disease in the Future

“Periodontal disease is initiated by specific bacteria that activate host mechanisms destroying bone and the connective tissue that supports the teeth.
July 19, 2017
Strategy

The Fastest-growing Market in Dentistry: Improving Cost-effectiveness

In 2012 there were 146,800 dentists in the U.S.
July 12, 2017
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Strategy

Mid Level Providers - the Next Wave

The greatest expense in dentistry is the dentist. Therefore, mid level providers can reduce the cost significantly and with the tools and techniques now appearing their growth will be exponential.
July 5, 2017
Strategy

The Freelance Dentist

We have written extensively about the “new” dentist - members of the Millennial generation.
June 30, 2017
Strategy

Are Solo Dental Practices Headed for Obsolescence?

Dentists currently practicing - whether in solo practice or group practice - and their political and commercial vendor organizations, will become more and more irrelevant if they fail to adapt to future changes in dentistry.
June 28, 2017
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Our Work is Development - Which is Also Our Biggest Problem.

In farming, no matter how great the seeds, no matter how abundant the water supply, no matter how great the tractor, no matter how ideal the weather, without the proper soil, none of these makes a difference.
June 21, 2017
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Special Announcement: the Next Transformation

After 30 years of operating as the Mastery Company, we are shutting our doors.
June 16, 2017

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    The Ultimate Hiring and Staffing Framework for Associates and Hygienists

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