How do you determine what is needed? Needs assessment surveys do not really communicate what is NEEDED—they communicate what is POPULAR. Is popularity a valid criteria to determine what courses …
Last week I gave a full-day presentation to the ARKLATEX Academy in Shreveport, LA. I had wonderful hosts: Dr. Ronald Hermes, who invited me, and many of his colleagues including …
Whatever happened to true unbiased science? Science today is replete with fraud and corruption. No science has been left untouched—including dental science. Patrice Lewis hits the nail right on the …
I did a fair amount of out-of-the-box marketing for my dental practice in Scarsdale NY. I gave presentations on dentistry at senior centers, chambers of commerce; I wrote informative articles …
I believe everyone should start their careers with a mentor–someone to show you the ropes, someone to guide you on the right rope, and someone to catch you when you …
I became a doctor to help people. I believe strongly that being a doctor means dedicating your life for service to others. Doctors have a special calling to ease suffering. …
When it comes to full coverage restorative dentistry, there really is no such thing as “one size fits all.” If you have a variety of tools in your armamentarium, you …
“If you cannot be responsible,” the famous soccer player Jeff Cunningham once said, “you cannot be resilient.” Resilience is what each and every one of us needs in order to …
Precision Quality for Longevity is the ONWARD credo. Living by this credo has resulted in a high percentage of cases that have lasted in the mouth for decades. Considering that …
Over the course of my career, I have seen several disturbing trends in my area of dentistry—full coverage restorative dentistry (this is not true for other disciplines within dentistry like …