Do You Really Need to Have your Teeth Extracted?

“You need to have all your teeth taken out,” may be one of the most devastating statements that a dentist can make. The consequences for that decision may be dentures or dental implants, but whatever the treatment, it is bound to change your lifestyle or...

The ADA Position

The following is my perspective of ADA resolution 65 dated September, 2016.  I would welcome commentary from those who are active in the ADA and who participated in the considerations of this resolution.  My perspective is based upon my knowledge of the history of...

Transition

  One wants to find meaning in retirement. I think that David brings the point home that he made a new life for himself that is very meaningful to him. David, you deserve congratulations for making all the discoveries that you have, finding a new life in...

How to Create Control in your Periodontal Practice

How to Create Control in your Periodontal Practice    This is a project, a very worthwhile project, particularly when we do it for the right reasons. We do it for ethics, we do it to provide the best for the patients, we do it to provide the predictable diagnosis,...

Fee for Service? Try Fee for Outcome.

  You have a noise in your engine. You take the car to the shop to be fixed. You’re told that it is a valve. You have the valve rebuilt for $1000. You pay the money and pick up the car and hear the same noise in the engine. How do you feel about the...