Dental Business: Page 557

Dental procedures auctioned on new websites
By Laird Harrison
Going once, going twice, sold! A new implant for $999 to the patient with the missing second molar. That's more or less the vision behind two websites where patients can bid what they want for dental and medical services and pick the best offer from competing practices.
June 30, 2010
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Technicians settle lawsuit with UNC dental school
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Two dental lab technicians at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Dentistry who lost their jobs in 2007 when the dental school planned to outsource their work to private laboratories reached a settlement in their suit in April.
June 29, 2010
UCLA dental school gets $1.8M grant to study meth abuse
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Drug Abuse has granted the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Dentistry $1.86 million to study the oral and dental consequences of methamphetamine use.
June 29, 2010
The real economics of midlevel providers
By Robert Wartell, DDS
Proponents contend that adopting midlevel providers into the oral healthcare delivery system will make dental services more affordable. But is that actually the case?
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Maine offers dental academy for younger students
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Maine is battling its shortage of dentists through initiatives such as a dental academy for middle and high school students, according to a news story on WCSH6.com.
June 28, 2010
Banyan to enter dental marketing business
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Banyan plans to form a new operating unit called America's Dentist to provide marketing, finance, practice management, and branding to the dental community.
June 28, 2010
Liptak names new CEO
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Liptak Dental Services has named dental industry veteran Kenny Schwing as its CEO.
June 28, 2010
Planet DDS launches AppointNow application
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Planet DDS has introduced AppointNow, an online application used with the company's Web-based dental software scheduler to connect skilled virtual agents with patients through live online chat.
June 28, 2010
What's in a pronoun? Or, building a 'we' office
By Alan Goldstein, DMD
Build an organizational identity that truly embodies the "we" identity.
June 27, 2010
Dos and don'ts for team building: Turn a staff into a team
By Dr. Roger P. Levin
Team building is critical to the long-term health of the practice. To achieve a high-performance practice, you need to create a motivated, high-performance team.
June 27, 2010
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ADA guide addresses legal questions
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The ADA is now offering a guide to frequently asked legal questions to help dentists understand some of the most common legal issues regarding dental practice.
June 24, 2010
Workforce innovations point to oral healthcare's future
By Mary Otto
With healthcare delivery shifting from a model based upon treatment to one that rewards prevention, today's pilot workforce innovations will play a key role in the changing U.S. oral healthcare delivery system, according to a special issue of the Journal of Public Health Dentistry.
June 24, 2010
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