Making The Decision to be Independent

Dear Fellow Periodontist, Ten years ago, I made a decision that few in our profession would even consider at that time or even now.  In fact, many that I talked to told me that I’m crazy, that I’m jeopardizing my future, that there is no way that it would...

The First Step

Your considered discussion is valuable. With a group practice as a business model, such opens up a great number of opportunities.  Patients are accustomed to the group model in medicine, and so are physicians.  Dentists have been slower to adopt the group model...

Not So Fast With Dental Implants

Dr. Lee Sheldon: Not so fast with dental implants. By Dr. Lee Sheldon, For FLORIDA TODAY 11:10a.m. EDT, October 9,2014   We have a phenomenon that has hit us in the past several years: the dental implant center. The dental implant center works upon the premise...

The Rule Book

The Rule Book Rules, rules, rules.  I know. We hate them.  Your staff may hate them.  So sometimes, we say, there shouldn’t be any rules.  I thought so too, when I was younger.  I don’t think that way any more.  Here’s why. At one time, I thought that everyone was on...