Don Deems, DDS, FAGD

Dental Education
Beyond Practice Management: Here's the answer
Successful people don't achieve their success by luck or via shortcuts. They take action, are focused, and aren't afraid to change. Is it time to reassess your practice, and your life, from the outside in?
August 15, 2012
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Brain
Beyond Practice Management: High anxiety
In today's high-stress, overly litigious world, it's all too easy for dental professionals to get sidetracked by feelings of anxiety and depression. Dr. Deems offers some suggestions for how to acknowledge and address these feelings.
July 18, 2012
2009 08 19 10 27 14 220 Don Deems 70
Wellness
Beyond Practice Management: Beating burnout
Ever feel trapped by the daily grind? For most of us, the easy part is "doing the dentistry." The hard part is, well, everything else! Here are eight tips that might help ward off burnout.
June 14, 2012
2009 08 19 10 27 14 220 Don Deems 70
Home
Beyond Practice Management: Creating the perfect day
Why do bad things happen to good people? Maybe they don't have to. Dr. Deems offers a step-by-step plan for addressing some of the most common practice management challenges -- once and for all.
May 17, 2012
2009 08 19 10 27 14 220 Don Deems 70
Dental Education
Beyond Practice Management: It's all about the schedule
The daily schedule is the one thing that can cause stress and anxiety, be profitable or profitless, make going to work a joy or pure hell, and cause frustration and disappointment for patients, team members, and doctors.
April 19, 2012
2009 08 19 10 27 14 220 Don Deems 70
Dental Education
Beyond Practice Management: Putting up with Sally
Confrontation in the workplace is difficult for us all. Have you been putting off addressing problems with a member of your team? Here is a step-by-step approach to opening up a dialogue that might just save the relationship.
March 19, 2012
2009 08 19 10 27 14 220 Don Deems 70
Dental Education
Beyond Practice Management: Super success strategies
Too many dentists gauge their practice's financial performance by what their accountants report at the end of the year. But a truly successful practice is run by a leader who focuses on much more than that -- and on a daily basis.
February 20, 2012
2009 08 19 10 27 14 220 Don Deems 70
Dental Education
Beyond Practice Management: Doctor, meet patient
In tough economic times, it's hard to avoid the temptation of skipping the steps necessary for an excellent doctor-patient relationship and jumping right into treatment instead. Here's a step-by-step approach for creating strong relationships that can also help improve treatment acceptance.
January 19, 2012
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Dental Education
Beyond Practice Management: Resolving conflict
Every dental practice has a certain amount of dysfunction, and it takes constant attention and leadership to make a practice great. Dr. Deems offers a step-by-step approach for helping you and your team resolve conflicts in an effective and meaningful way.
December 18, 2011
2009 06 04 14 09 47 485 Drb How To Bug
Insurance
Beyond Practice Management: In a down economy
It used to be that people chose not to complete treatment because they didn't understand their needs and what was happening to their dental health. But oh how times have changed.
November 16, 2011
2009 06 04 14 09 47 485 Drb How To Bug
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Dental clinic must pay $97K to settle civil rights case
A Minnesota dental clinic has reached a settlement in a civil rights case.
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Dentist to give $60K new smile to mocked OU football fan
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Does guilt convince dental patients to improve their oral health?
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Do's and don'ts for fighting inflation
Inflation can chip away at your practice’s profitability -- and your paycheck. Dr. Roger P. Levin proposes two ways you can increase your fees to offset higher business costs.
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It may hurt. Pain sensitivity possibly linked to political views.
Spike Lee, PhD, of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, had just received a numbing agent, like he always does before a dental cleaning, when he wondered whether a lack of sensitivity to pain affects one's moral and political views.
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Schein receives noncompliance warning from Nasdaq
Henry Schein has been notified that it is not in compliance with the Nasdaq Stock Market listing requirements.
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Podcast: What this economist wants every dentist to know heading into 2024
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Appealing gingivectomy claims: Read the fine print
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