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Jan 24, 2025 | 
incisaledgemagazine.com | Ed Kobesky |Larry Cohen
CLOSE Incisal Edge | 2025 WinterThe 12th Annual Lucy Hoobs ProjectGlobal Heroines-------------------------------Brave women advancing dentistry READ THIS HERE MAYBE LATER COLGATE GAVE DENTISTS these handy gadgets “to help provide increased motivation for patients,” according to the box. Back when most TVs were black-and-white and the internet was unfathomable, View-Masters were the closest thing to a virtual reality headset.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
incisaledgemagazine.com | Larry Cohen |Ed Kobesky |Andrew Vallo
By Andrew Vallo, DDSANOTHER 80-MINUTE commute home from my public health job in rural Ohio. The year was 2016, and as a freshly minted DDS, I did this five days a week from Columbus. Fortunately, I got to pass the time learning from some of dentistry’s brightest minds as they lectured on topics including practice management, overhead reduction, patient experience and marketing.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
incisaledgemagazine.com | Larry Cohen |Ed Kobesky
CLOSE Incisal Edge | 2024 Fall The 14th Annual 40 Under 40 America's Top Young Dentists ------------------------------- The definitive ranking of the people driving dentistry's future READ THIS HERE MAYBE LATER BY ROBERT ELSENPETER • PHOTOGRAPHY BY MICHAEL JOHN GENTLE AND JUNE MUSTO • SHOT ON LOCATION AT INK 48 HOTEL, NEW YORK, NEW YORK: INK48.COM FASHION DIRECTOR AND PRODUCER JEFFREY AMPRATWUM • WOMENSWEAR EDITORS MEGAN TISCHHAUSER, MARIELA SUAYA • MENSWEAR EDITORS JEFFREY AMPRATWUM, JESSICA...
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
incisaledgemagazine.com | Edward Kobesky |Larry Cohen |Ed Kobesky
Mobile Dental Coach | Matthews Specialty VehiclesBy Edward Kobesky | Photography by Matthews specialty vehiclesHere’s an idea for today’s competitive business environment: a dental office on wheels as the perfect alternative to brick and mortar for expanding into untapped regions. If that sounds too niche, look closer. Walmart went all in on rural health care for a reason, opening 51 Walmart Health Centers by 2024 with plans for dozens more. But wait, you say, didn’t those go under?
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
incisaledgemagazine.com | Sarah Alexander |Larry Cohen |Ed Kobesky
By Sarah AlexanderWHAT CAN BE SAID about in-office membership plans that you haven’t already heard? A lot, actually—especially if you view them as only an insurance substitute for patients who might not otherwise visit a dentist. It’s true that plan members visit the dentist twice as often as the uninsured. As a former office manager, I can attest they’re also twice as likely to accept treatment.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
incisaledgemagazine.com | Larry Cohen |Ed Kobesky |Tu-Anh Vu
By Tu-Anh Vu, DMDThree years ago, my Brooklyn, New York, practice was accepting every insurance under the sun, including some state plans and PPOs. Today, we’re out of network. That means I’ve dealt with staffing shortages—particularly hygienists—under two sets of circumstances. And I’ve come to the same conclusion: in my situation, it made sense to hire more dental assistants and eliminate the need for a hygienist.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
incisaledgemagazine.com | Larry Cohen |Ed Kobesky
CLOSE Incisal Edge | 2024 FallThe 14th Annual 40 Under 40America's Top Young Dentists-------------------------------The definitive ranking of the people driving dentistry's future READ THIS HERE MAYBE LATER BY EDWARD KOBESKY. PHOTOGRAPH BY MELISSA DILTZIT’S UNUSUAL for a new prophy angle to grab our attention, but this one did. Premier’s ProFlare has people talking because it delivers impressive results with less effort. Its coolest feature?
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
incisaledgemagazine.com | Rick Cohen |Chuck Cohen |Larry Cohen |Ed Kobesky
By Rick Cohen and Chuck CohenTHE DENTISTS ON our fourteenth annual 40 Under 40 list (page 22) make an impact in two important ways. First, they excel as individuals through their clinical excellence and business innovation. Second, they form an intellectually powerful collective, their influence driven in part by today’s digitally powered collaborative environment. The result? They’re redefining oral health care amid the most rapidly changing landscape the profession has ever seen.
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Jun 30, 2024 | 
incisaledgemagazine.com | Larry Cohen
Ritter’s Audiac used white noise and songs in place of anesthetic, claiming to distract patients from any sensations of pain. BEHOLD ONE OF dentistry’s colossal flops. Introduced in 1960, the Audiac (short for “Audio Analgesic”) claimed that the right mix of sounds can “swamp or inhibit the original pain sensation,” drowning out handpiece noise in the process. Surprisingly, it was made by Ritter, one of the best dental equipment outfits at the time.
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
incisaledgemagazine.com | Larry Cohen
THIS ISN’T JUST a remarkably handsome dental cabinet. It was designed to serve as the electrical hub for an entire operatory, with integrated hookups and controls for a handpiece, light, lathe, sterilizer and more. According to a U.S.-based collector I know, this type of cabinet was big in Europe but never got traction in the States. Equally interesting: Every major part—from the switches and gauges to the fine woodwork—is stamped with the name of its maker, the Dental Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
