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Oct 15, 2024 | 
dentaleconomics.com | Joshua Austin
ID 321229710 © Silga Belte | Dreamstime.comScience & TechPearls for Your Practice: Parkley Scrubs, VursaWedges by BurtonBands, and TempOff by Art Craft DentalIn this month’s Pearls for Your Practice, Dr. Joshua Austin reviews scrubs, wedges, and a product to make removing provisionals easier. Parkley ScrubsBefore the COVID-19 pandemic, I wore street clothes to the office. I would wear a pair of chinos, a button-up shirt, and a white Lululemon jacket as a lab coat.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
dentaleconomics.com | Joshua Austin
Visalys CemCore by KettenbachThere are many multitalented people in our world. Ben Affleck, for example, is a great actor and director, his hit film Argo winning an Oscar for Best Picture in 2013. Or what about Dr. Dre? In addition to being one of the most influential hip-hop artists over the past 50 years, he also sold his company, Beats, for roughly three billion dollars. And we can't forget about this generation's poet laureate, Taylor Swift.
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Jul 3, 2024 | 
dentaleconomics.com | Joshua Austin |Pamela Maragliano-Muniz
SponsoredDE's Business Lab: The importance of handpiece maintenanceDr. Josh Austin and I agree that our handpiece is the main thing we must have to be able to produce the dollars that we need for everything else to happen in our practices. One way to do this is to opt for a quality handpiece, but that doesn’t always happen. When a handpiece goes bad, our first instinct is to wonder why it went bad in the first place. Frankly, the maintenance may not be as good as you think it is.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
dentaleconomics.com | Joshua Austin
GrandioSO composite by VocoA day in dental practice is a lot like a day playing golf. I am obviously saying that as someone who does not enjoy golfing! As George Carlin once said, “Golf is a good walk ruined.”No matter how you feel about the sport, conquering a golf course is a challenge, just like conquering a day of dentistry. In golf, you are limited to 14 clubs in your bag. In dentistry, there is no limit to the number of clubs you can have in your bag … except pragmatism.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
dentaleconomics.com | Joshua Austin
Dr. Lori Trost is a well-known restorative dentist in Red Bud, Illinois. She lectures around the country on the topics of restorative dentistry and removable prosthodontics. Her experience with all sorts of technological innovations prompted me to discuss the ones she considers most vital to her practice. Dr. Austin: Dr. Trost, you and I have practiced throughout an incredibly turbulent era of technological advancement. What has been the most impactful technology for your dental practice?
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May 8, 2024 | 
dentaleconomics.com | Pamela Maragliano-Muniz |David Rice |Gary Kadi |Joshua Austin
Buckle up for a captivating journey through the realities of post-dental school life in this week's episode of Dentistry Unmasked. Join Drs. David Rice and Pam Maragliano-Muniz as they sit down with a young dentist who fearlessly shares her remarkable story of navigating the transition from dental school to practice. From the highs of academic achievement to the lows of grappling with massive student debt, she paints a raw and honest picture of the challenges many dentists face in today's world.
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May 2, 2024 | 
dentaleconomics.com | Pamela Maragliano-Muniz |David Rice |Gary Kadi |Joshua Austin
Are you ready for some honest conversations about the dentist-hygienist dynamic? Tune in to this week's episode of our podcast, where Drs. David Rice and Pam Maragliano-Muniz sit down with dental hygienists Danielle Avila and Laura Bettencourt for a candid discussion. Let's face it, frustrations can arise on both sides of the dental chair, but it's time to address them head-on.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
dentaleconomics.com | Pamela Maragliano-Muniz |David Rice |Gary Kadi |Joshua Austin
Are you a dentist looking to streamline your practice without compromising quality? Tune in to Dentistry Unmasked podcast where Drs. David Rice and Pam Maragliano-Muniz take a deep dive into the world of direct dental restorations with Dr. Nada Albatish. Composite restorations can be challenging, as each step must be meticulously accomplished for a great outcome and missteps can result in poor aesthetics, post-op sensitivity, diminished longevity and loss of profits.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
dentaleconomics.com | Joshua Austin |Nina Garlo-Melkas |Jinesh Patel
Right Angle Variable Torque Driver by Salvin Dental SpecialtiesPretty much every time I deliver an implant restoration, I sweat. Not because the restorations don’t fit or need a lot of adjustment or anything; I sweat because of the aspiration risk. It makes me nervous every time. I don’t know why I get nervous about implant crowns and drivers but not sectional matrix rings or tooth crowns. I think my apprehension comes from two incidents I had with patients swallowing implant stuff.
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Feb 23, 2024 | 
dentaleconomics.com | Joshua Austin |Gordon J. Christensen |Robert Minch |John A. Wilde
Woodpecker PT-B by Vakker DentalBiofilm management is a hot topic in the hygiene and periodontal world. As we all know, the basic etiology of periodontal issues is plaque. The ability to use a gentle method to remove that plaque during prophylaxis and other periodontal procedures is key to treating issues successfully.
