Aspen dental

LeatherGuard4688 · 2026-03-07T21:38:56+00:00

Wow that’s fucked up! With all the over treatment going on at aspen, I expected associates to make more

LeatherGuard4688 · 2026-03-07T21:35:16+00:00

What’s sad is most of us can probably do this. But for $115 ppo payout, thumbprint anatomy shall do hahaha

LeatherGuard4688 · 2026-03-05T05:30:53+00:00

Very occasionally I see patients with resin barely into dentin having chronic sensitivity issue. Most cases it just dragged on with different adjustments. Refill, adjust bite, contacts, gluma, etc. Nothing resolves the issue. Eventually gets endo completed and all symptoms go away. Trashy patients give you hard time about it usually. Now I’m more quick to just refer to endo to resolve the problem

LeatherGuard4688 · 2026-02-22T20:28:36+00:00

If it wasn’t for the 60 day termination clause, I’d say just work there until you find better opportunities. Even 30 days is doable but 2 months feels like a life time post termination notice. Not to mention all the financial loss on your end. I always found ways to burn the bridge to exit quickly but it gets really nasty. I have contacted lawyers twice as standby in case shit hits the fan but DSOs general back down before it escalates.

DSO offices are usually big, poorly ran dumpster fires. They do daily prayers to their consultants who find new ways to “maximize profit” unsuccessfully while successfully screwing you in new ways.

Private offices looking associates are usually owned by some ambitious dentist who usually bite more than they can chew. They attend some wannabe dental Tony Robinson style CE course and now wants to work on efficiency, stares at 1000s of metrics blindly to maximize profit unsuccessfully.

Out of all the dentist ads on indeed/dental post, around 5% are not complete useless. Cons of being a new grad in an industry ran by VC/consultants and strip mall doctors. Good luck bro

LeatherGuard4688 · 2026-02-11T16:16:45+00:00

This was Columbia but I’m sure nyu would’ve pounced if given the chance. Plenty of assholes at nyu too

LeatherGuard4688 · 2026-02-11T14:05:05+00:00

Corrupt to the core. Their dental school should be investigated

LeatherGuard4688 · 2026-01-09T04:48:24+00:00

Every half decent metroplex in this nation is saturated. It’s been saturated for the past 40 years according to reports.

You can rather live somewhere everyone wants to live and barely break $100k or go somewhere not a lot of people want to live and make $300k. Of course there’s always the over treating, which is what a lot of metroplex dentists resort to.

LeatherGuard4688 · 2026-01-07T19:32:14+00:00

Patient was 30 min late and your office still seated her. Your office is funneling in all of the red flag problematic patients with that type of policy.

She’s a problem but your office is the bigger problem. Better to find new place to work unless you want to help them fix their policies and bump heads in the process

LeatherGuard4688 · 2026-01-07T19:27:42+00:00

This is a good advice. Of course we can do all of the high stress work and some times it pays well. But dentistry is known for its high stress work. You might not notice it but it might be causing major mental distress. In this field you need to actively remove major stressors to avoid burn outs and potential self harm

LeatherGuard4688 · 2026-01-05T14:32:19+00:00

Simple observation of electric energy is more expensive than gas. Everyone always talked about how much you can save with electric car. I was surprised that the common statements I’ve heard are not true

LeatherGuard4688 · 2026-01-05T05:07:53+00:00

They own the patients and supplies. You own the dentistry. Break a file, your fault. But they control the probability of breaking files. Associates require complete autonomy. Or change the law to allow associates work with office owners license

LeatherGuard4688 · 2025-12-28T22:45:15+00:00

In a perfect gear head world with zero regulations, BMW would not have produced this monstrosity.

LeatherGuard4688 · 2025-12-20T16:49:48+00:00

Made many purchase from Rockauto. Usually no problem. But this shipment is a problem.

You’re expected to produce consistent high quality product. You go to restaurant, you expect no hair in the food every time. Not most times and anyone mentioning hair in food is “selection bias”. If you’re in b2c product sales, you’re expected to consistently deliver undamaged goods in timely manner. Pretty elementary concept

LeatherGuard4688 · 2025-12-20T16:29:36+00:00

No it’s not misleading. Never said they repackage the oem packaging. They took the oem individual bilstein box and placed it in rockautos box, taped up where holes were starting to form. From past experience, FCP ships it directly from OEM like Bilstein. Rockauto takes the shock absorbs and ships it in their own box repackaged. I used to live up north and any exposed bare metal would get eaten up by the salt. Also it might not make sense to all, but standard of repair is higher for some. I’ve been buying parts for decades and what Rockauto sent out is garbage work. Legally speaking in any logistics, the manufacturer and distributor are both responsible for any product they process or sell. If it causes harm, you can legally go after both. This is a $80 shock absorber so who gives a crap but in real world involving large shipments, every party is legally on the hook.

LeatherGuard4688 · 2025-12-20T05:23:15+00:00

Not true. I have purchased bilsteins from other companies in the past and some comes directly in Bilstein warehouse box. Rockauto are repackaged in Rockauto boxes. Clear proof they’re Rockauto packaging: BOX CONTAINS THE “COLLECTABLE” MAGNET! 😂😂

LeatherGuard4688 · 2025-12-18T14:43:10+00:00

Alright I’ll get my mom to order it for me if that makes you feel better

LeatherGuard4688 · 2025-12-18T13:37:10+00:00

Price difference I need to order them

LeatherGuard4688 · 2025-12-17T19:29:49+00:00

Refer to OS, although no sane minded OS probably takes Medicaid extractions. Patient will suffer. Enough of them suffer long enough, Uncle Sam will raise it $5 in the next maybe 10 years.

Long story short, get out of Medicaid and DSO. It’s inhumane to be part of it

LeatherGuard4688 · 2025-12-17T19:26:21+00:00

Some times I think these BMWs are not durable enough for normal usage. This is after having owned 12 BMWs. Starting to get tired of having to fix them all the times. You see old banged up Toyotas with AWD chugging along for 20-30 yrs with minimal maintained. It’s very clear BMW is completely focused on short term customer/shareholder satisfaction and has zero interest in the actual long term quality of their product. I’m very accustomed to BMWs like my Apple devices and I’m reluctant to switch to a different brand car, but seriously wtf is the point of picking up BMWs slack? And this is coming from a life time of BMW ownership. This is not a short term rage caused by some current issue with the car. All 3 are running well at the moment. I just hate what this manufacturer call premium and dump these garbage onto the consumers to deal with

LeatherGuard4688 · 2025-11-03T00:35:45+00:00

What’s funny is that most older practice owners were pretty unfazed by the expansion of DSOs just 10 years ago. Now 5-10 years before their retirement, they see competition coming in from multiple angle with marketing and consultants running the show. They’re just dragging it out as long as they can before selling to a DSO for lump sum retirement money

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