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Bob Frazer, DDS
Mary Osborne, RDH
Mike Schuster, DDS
Rich Green DDS, MBA
Deb Castillo, BA
Kirk Behrendt, BS
Greg Tarantola, DDS
Doug Reese, MBA
Doug Young, MBA
Charlie O'Leary, Ph.D
Bill Brown, DDS
Rich Fogoros, MD
Cliff Katz, DDS, Ph.D
Joan Unterschuetz, M.S.
Paul Henny, DDS
Paul Sletten, BS
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Care for the Caregiver
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Care for the dental caregiver.
"You can't give from empty pockets." Helpful articles on managing the challenges and stresses of being a dentist, dental team member and the management of a dental practice.
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A memorial to Al Carlisle, my dad.
Lynn D Carlisle DDS
My dad passed away on January 11, 2012 in Lee's Summit, Missouri after a short illness. He was 97. I was fortunate to be with him during his last days. He was on Hospice care and was asleep during . . .
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Authentic life for a dentist - more relevant today than ever
Bill Brown, DDS
A Bill Brown article stimulated by Mike Robichaux's article comparing a relationship-based dental practice to a standard or business centered practice. Bill stresses the importance of determining one's own tenets instead of following the tactics of others. This leads dentists to an authentic life. . . .
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Instructions for life
Anonymous
Perennial wisdom that could have come from any religious tradition. Every once in a while you come across some simple wisdom that seems to speak to a problem you are wrestling with. Simple? Yes. Easy? No. Often, it takes a lifetime to learn and apply the lessons. . . .
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Do your best - let go of the rest: wisdom from Henry Tanner (and The Cub Scouts)
Lynn Carlisle
When I was growing up, I was a Cub and Boy Scout. It was a great experience for me. Many of the lessons I learned then are still with me today. One of them was "Do your best". It was the Cub Scout motto and I think it is a good motto for a dentist - much better than perfection and even excellence. Perfection is not attainable and excellence can be an arbitrary standard. . . .
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How are you? The recession and your dental practice - a check up.
Lynn D Carlisle DDS
This week marks the two year anniversary of the start of the recession. How have you weathered the recession in your dental practice? What have you learned? How hardy have you been? What have you changed that has worked? What is better about your dental practice? Have you been a good leader? . . .
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Is it time for a Dental Health-centered Summit meeting?
Tom Risbrudt, DDS, FAGD
I think it's time for a summit-type meeting of the faithful health-centered dental practices. I'm putting this out on the discussion forum, "running it up the flag pole", as it were, to find out how the ISOC readership is feeling about this idea. So here goes: We're talking concept here, so cut me a little slack. . . .
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Hat Trick - on becoming a decathlon dentist
Lynn D Carlisle DDS
As a dentist, imagine a day in the office and what would happen if you had to put a different hat on for every role you play. We wear many hats; philosopher, artist, counselor, coach, leader, planner, investor, entrepreneur, business owner, teacher, engineer, marketer, . . .
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Pay it forward in your dental practice
Lynn D Carlisle DDS
The current recession gives you a chance to make a profound difference in your own, your team's, your patient's lives and your dental practice. Here is a true story. Recently, I was waiting for my car to be repaired. I overheard a conversation between a woman and the mechanic. . . .
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Reflections on "The Hardy Dentist" Series: The Challenge
Cliff Katz, DDS, PhD
Cliff Katz, DDS, PhD looks back 25 years later on his remarkable "Hardy Dentist" series on stress, dentistry and the perceptions of dentists. "The process of re-examining my own work after all these years has been gratifying and disturbing at the same time. Here are a few of my thoughts:" . . .
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How to Become a Hardy Dentist
Cliff Katz, DDS, PhD
In the first part of this series, Cliff Katz introduced the concept of the Hardy personality and the relationship between Hardiness and the perceived stress, symptomatology and career satisfaction experienced by practicing dentists and other occupational groups. The second article continued that discussion with the intent of probing deeper into the concept of Hardiness and its relevance to dentists. This article tells you how you can become a hardy dentist. . . .
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A Closer Look at the Hardy Dentist - from the In Search of the Hardy Dentist series
Cliff. Katz DDS, PhD
Stress, dentistry and dentists. These are challenging times to be a dentist. Team, time, family, financial, technical, and societal challenges confront us. It takes a major dose of hardiness to meet all these stressors. Cliff Katz wrote this classic series "In Search of the Hardy Dentist" on stress and dentistry over 25 years ago. It is more relevant now than it was then. . . .
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In Search of The Hardy Dentist
Cliff Katz, DDS, PhD
These are challenging times to be a dentist. Team, time, family, financial, technical, and societal challenges confront us. It takes a major dose of hardiness to meet all these stressors. Cliff Katz wrote this classic series "In Search of the Hardy Dentist" on stress and dentistry over 25 years ago. It is more relevant now than it was then. . . .
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