Dental Education: Page 321

Buffalo dental school names finalists for dean position

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

Five candidates have been short-listed as finalists in the search for a new dean for the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine.

August 11, 2009

Dentists report income still dropping

By Laird Harrison

For the fourth fiscal quarter in a row, about half of U.S. dentists surveyed by the ADA said their income had dropped from the previous quarter, suggesting that the recession is biting steadily into earnings.

August 11, 2009

Why some dentists don't hire hygienists

By Rabia Mughal

Dentists who work full time, employ more administrative personnel, and have more operatories, longer appointments, and more income from private payers are also more likely to employ hygienists, a new study finds.

August 10, 2009

Changes afoot in U.S. dental education

By Helaine Smith, DMD, MBA

We all have horror stories from our board exams. Minnesota's decision to take live patients out of the equation is a good first step in fixing this antiquated system, Dr. Helaine Smith says in her latest The Mouth Physician column.

August 10, 2009

Dentists spending more on marketing this year

By DrBicuspid.com staff writers

The current economic slowdown is prompting a growing number of U.S. dentists to spend more time on marketing and less on dental care, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal.

August 10, 2009

Dos and don'ts for building systems

By Dr. Roger P. Levin

All practices have some type of management systems, but are your systems effective in achieving set goals? And even if they are, will they continue to be effective as your practice grows and changes?

August 9, 2009