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Wellness, Holistic Health and Preventive Dentistry

Lynn D Carlisle DDS and In a Spirit of Caring have been pioneers in introducing preventive dentistry, wellness and holistic health to patients, dentistry, and health care.

Helping your patients prevent dental disease and become well is the most important thing you do in your dental practice.

Integrating wellness and holistic health into your dental practice is much more than having a mercury free dental practice. Resources, tools and information on the philosophical assumptions of holistic health and how to integrate wellness, holistic health and preventive dentistry into your dental practice.


What holistic health means to dentistry - a classic article on holistic health in dentistry.

Wellscription - a handout to give to your patients.

Why a preventive dental practice fails and how to make it succeed - a classic article by Bob Barkley, DDS

Wellness forms for your patients

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Anatomy of a top relationship-based dental practice
Bob McBride, DDS
Anatomy of a top relationship-based dental practice When they first hear about relationship-based dentistry, many dentists think this way of practicing is impossible to create or a myth. Bob McBride DDS of Long Beach, California shares his history and creation of a relationship-based dental practice. What he has done is impressive and shows what can be done in developing a r/b practice. . . . keep reading >>
Going green in your dental office
Lynn D Carlisle, DDS
Going green in your dental office Reducing toxic waste in the environment is a hot button issue for you and most of your dental patients. Here are some tips on what you can do in your dental office and at home to reduce your toxic wastes and carbon foot print. . . . keep reading >>
Bud Ham's tribute to Bob Barkley - a unique perspective
Bud Ham, June 1, 2007
Bud Ham's tribute to Bob Barkley - a unique perspective In this tribute, Bud offers a close look at Bob Barkley as a person and offers his unique insight into many of the pioneering concepts that Barkley developed. He also shares some word-for-word phrases that Barkley used in his co-diagnosis process. "In my years as a dental consultant I have been blessed with friendship with several of the giants of dentistry. Bob was a giant among giants." . . . keep reading >>
The “new wellness revolution” and its impact on your dental practice profitability, dentistry and health care
Lynn D Carlisle, DDS, May 18, 2007
As a dentist, consultant or team member, this is one of those books that you need to read to understand the profound changes that are going on in the health care and wellness industry. If you are not aware of these changes and do not plan for them, you could be blind-sided by the wellness revolution’s impact on your dental or consulting practice. If you plan for them and integrate wellness into your dental practice you can be a part of the trillion dollar wellness industry. . . . keep reading >>
Managing dental stress while managing a dental practice.
Lynn D Carlisle DDS
A day (stressful) in the life of the Carlisle practice and Shapeshifting. Practicing dentistry can be stressful. The stress of dentistry comes from constantly having to adapt to the different demands managing a dental practice places on you. . . . keep reading >>
Power breathing
Lynn D Carlisle, DDS
Have you noticed that the more stressed you as a dentist are or your patients are, the shallower your/their breaths become? If you want to settle down or you want to settle down your patients, both . . . keep reading >>
Frazzled? How to destress.
Lynn Carlisle
Centering - A practice day can unravel and push you to your limit. You can be knocked far off center. You snap at team members, patients and when you go home you do the same to your family. . . . keep reading >>
Staying in the Question - the most powerful dental patient communication tool you can use - Part I.
Mary Osborne, RDH
Staying in the Question - the most powerful dental patient communication tool you can use - Part I. Staying in the question is perhaps the most powerful dental communication tool you can develop. The concept is simple, and the effects are profound. . . . keep reading >>
Carl Rogers' 10 famous "Can I" questions. Great questions to ask yourself about your helping relationships in your dental practice.
Carl Rogers, PhD
Carl Rogers' 10 famous "Can I" questions. Great questions to ask yourself about your helping relationships in your dental practice. Creating helping relationships is the key to effective, caring doctor/patient/team relationships for dentists and team members. They are the bedrock of your dental practice. . . . keep reading >>
Transform your dental exams - Part I
Lynn Carlisle
Transform your dental exams - Part I The key to developing the health-centered, relationship-based practice. The new patient experience sets the stage for all that follows in the h/c relationship-based practice. Your dental examination process is the foundation you build a h/c relationship-based practice upon. When you implement it, everything is transformed in your practice. It is a profound change for most dentists. . . . keep reading >>
Happy dentists thrive. Discover the four centers or ways of practicing dentistry.
Lynn D Carlisle, DDS
Happy dentists thrive. Discover the four centers or ways of practicing dentistry. The right fit. Do you know what makes you happiest practicing dentistry? Do you know that there are 4 different ways of practicing dentistry? Do you know which center or way of practicing fits for you? Do you know your strengths or weaknesses as a dentist. Read this article to decide. . . . keep reading >>
The role of spirit in dentistry.
Lynn Carlisle, DDS
We can get so wrapped up in dental practice management, team building, behavioral dentistry and the technical side of dentistry that we forget about the higher spiritual aspects of dentistry. . . . keep reading >>
The "wounded healer" and what it means for dentists.
Lynn Carlisle
The idea of the wounded healer has run, like a current through the history of health and healing. In ancient times, the predecessors of modern doctors were shamans, witch doctors, priests and medicine men and women. These ancient doctors often became a "healer" because of a personal experience with a physical, emotional or spiritual illness or disease. . . . keep reading >>
What makes a dental practice relationship-based or health-centered?
Lynn Carlisle, DDS
Why is building effective doctor-patient relationships so important to your success as a dentist? You have heard about health-centered or relationship-based dentistry from The Pankey Institute, Bob Barkley, DDS, Bob Frazer, DDS and Mike Schuster, DDS at the Schuster Center for Professional Development. . . . keep reading >>
What holistic health and its cousin wellness mean to dentistry
Lynn D Carlisle DDS
A classic article on the philosophy assumptions of holistic health and wellness in dentistry. How to overcome the challenges of implementing holistic health and wellness in your dental practice. . . . keep reading >>
Health care needs a new model of practicing - and dentistry has it!
Lynn Carlisle
Why caring needs to be put back in health care! It is not health techniques, health insurance, health procedures, or health equipment. It is called health care. THE NEED . . . keep reading >>
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