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Mike Schuster, DDS
Mike Schuster, DDS

Mike Schuster graduated from Marquette Dental School in 1966. He spent his first years in dentistry in Dubuque, Iowa.

Early in his career, a bleeding ulcer caused him to reevaluate the way he practiced dentistry. He met L.D. Pankey and Bob Barkley at this time. They helped him redefine the way he practiced.

He was one of the early cadre members at the Pankey Institute. Through his experiences teaching and listening to other dentists, Mike realized that a tremendous need existed for developing a professional and business model these dentists could apply in everyday practice settings.

From his successful practice and years of application of his gained knowledge, the "model" for creating professional fulfillment and ethical economic practice was born.

Mike's lifelong desire was to develop a learning organization dedicated to teaching the professional "model" to which he is committed. With this model in mind, he relocated to Scottsdale, Arizona.

He established a third practice dedicated to quality, patient-centeredness and continued to refine his dream for a learning organization.

His personal experience in developing and managing practices pledged to technical excellence, personalized high quality patient service, and profitability inspired him, in 1977, to create The Schuster Center for Professional Development.

The Schuster Center continues to help many dentists create the systems that facilitate the development of quality oriented, patient-centered practices.

Click on www.cfpd.com for information about the Schuster Center for Professional Development - the leading business school for dentists.

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Money, Power, Greed, Corruption in dentistry and society
Mike Schuster, DDS
Money, Power, Greed, Corruption in dentistry and society With the current recession and credit crisis looming, it is enlightening to go deeper and look at human beings relationship with money. Mike Schuster comments on the nature of dentists, human beings and money. "Money, for the many I've met is a drug. The more you make the more you want. Being truthful about money is one of the first tests of maturity and control over our emotions." . . . keep reading >>
The Science of Creating Wealth - a book review
Lynn D Carlisle, DDS
The Science of Creating Wealth - a book review Mike Schuster, DDS has written a must read book to help dentists create wealth. Most dentists, even those with high incomes, struggle with creating wealth. They have expensive cars, live in the best part of town, kids in the right schools, boy toys and girl toys, go to exotic places, often the best of every material thing, but they do not have wealth. . . . keep reading >>
A "Buy It" dental book review: "The Spirituality of Imperfection - Storytelling and the Search for Meaning."
Lynn D Carlisle, DDS
A "Buy It" dental book review: "The Spirituality of Imperfection - Storytelling and the Search for Meaning." Every dentist who struggles with the myth of perfection must read this book. Buy this book and be prepared for your own pilgrimage through your spirituality of imperfection. To date, I have read it three times and I am on my fourth. I have underlined almost every sentence. It is profound and simple in its wisdom. . . . keep reading >>
Thoughts to start off the new year by Mike Schuster, DDS
Mike Schuster, DDS
Thoughts to start off the new year by Mike Schuster, DDS Indeed, I have felt most of my life that I have not lived in 'shoes too small' but rather in 'shoes too large'. There is no way I could fill the shoes of Bob Barkley, L.D. Pankey, F. Harold Wirth or Peter Dawson, but if one does not answer the call, does not step up and step out, then indeed one lives in 'shoes too small'. . . . keep reading >>
4 self diagnostic tests to help dentists determine their financial status.
Schuster Center for Professional Development
4 self diagnostic tests to help dentists determine their financial status. 4 self tests to determine your personal and dental practice financial status. Included are: how to calculate your break-even point in your dental practice, guidelines for allocating your personal spending dollars, . . . keep reading >>
Why do dentists with excellent technical skills have trouble getting patients to say yes to complete dental treatment?
Mike Schuster, DDS
Why do dentists with excellent technical skills have trouble getting patients to say yes to complete dental treatment? Because they do not have money and time under control and they do not have a communication process in place that enables patients to make healthy decisions. . . . keep reading >>
What is the matter with being too busy in your dental practice?
Mike Schuster, DDS
What is the matter with being too busy in your dental practice? You work hard to build a practice. Your vision is a big practice, big staff, big office, lots of patients. You work hard at dental practice management and then you discover that your practice is out of control and it is managing you. . . . keep reading >>
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