We Teach People How to Treat Us
I have to re-teach patients how to treat me. This begins with reviewing my message. Oh, you didn’t think your preventive dentistry message to patients had anything to do with establishing appropriate therapeutic and financial expectations? No one told you this? Keep reading.
The Five Most Important Words in Dentistry
We were sitting in the little house I was renting along with a college friend and it was just the two of us when I opened up to my dad. He listened quietly and then said “Ben, I need to tell you a story.”
Dental Professionals Have Two Choices
Wishful thinking or a responsibility mindset — which describes you best?
Dentist Celebrates Octogenarians with 20 or more Teeth
Periodically I try to get away from topics about teeth, periodontal disease, dental implants and instead just look into the news and see what’s happening in the world of dentistry. Scrolling down Google News past the indictments of dentists and the tragic stories of dentists involved in fatal traffic accidents, I ran across this one. It’s […]
Dentist Sued by Ex-Assistant over Cruel Behavior
I have linked to an interesting article out of the Santa Fe New Mexican about a dental assistant suing her employer. She worked for him for over five years before writing the letter that got her fired and him a law suit. No matter how you slice it, it’s a lose/lose situation. http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Ex-assistant-sues-dentist-over–cruel–behavior The dentist looks […]
Recent Posts on MySA.com
About 6 months ago I was invited to write a blog for MySA.com. This is the Express News website. It gives me an outlet to post material that is either focused on San Antonio or a little outside of the purpose of my material here. I hope if and when you have time you take […]
Twitter For Dentists
I’m in the vast minority of dentists when it comes to Twitter. Most of my colleagues (and for quite a long time I agreed with them) consider Twitter nonsensical. Awhile back I was speaking in front of an audience of dentists and asked for a raise of hands. How many of you are on Facebook? […]
Tim Conway & Harvey Korman at The Dentist
Just a little humor to get your day going …