Bethany Valachi

May 9, 2024 | dentaleconomics.com | Gary Kadi |Roger P. Levin |Bethany Valachi |Howard Polansky

I’ve spent a lot of time telling you how to prepare for joining a DSO: optimizing your practice, increasing EBITDA, finding the right broker, asking the right questions, and bringing the right demands to the table. But what happens after you join? If you’ve done your homework and entered negotiations with a surefire winner, it’s likely that you’re going to leave negotiations with something else entirely—a whole lotta money.

May 8, 2024 | dentaleconomics.com | Melissa Obrotka |Tina Saw |Roger P. Levin |Bethany Valachi

Meet your patients where they are Now that your team has knowledge of the oral-systemic connection, the next step is moving this knowledge into action. Develop a game plan on how to share this education with patients and do some role-playing to get your team comfortable having these conversations.

May 8, 2024 | dentaleconomics.com | Roger P. Levin |Bethany Valachi |Gary Kadi |Howard Polansky

In this 18th consecutive year of the Dental Economics/Levin Group Annual Practice Survey, we are excited to share these important insights about our profession. In addition to the incredibly useful and interesting data provided by this year’s respondents, this article will also outline practical suggestions and recommendations to help you apply this information to your practice and career. Conducted in early January 2024, respondents were all general dentists with 93% in private practice.

May 8, 2024 | dentaleconomics.com | Bethany Valachi |Roger P. Levin |Gary Kadi |Howard Polansky

By midmorning, it starts ... again; the all-too-familiar "tension headache" that soon evolves into a headache behind the dentist's right eye and pain in his right temple. In an adjacent operatory, the hygienist experiences burning pain on the left side of her neck. Why does this happen? Both clinicians recently embarked upon diligent exercise programs with their personal trainers in an effort to improve their musculoskeletal health and avoid such painful episodes. Does this sound familiar?