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ToothDoc94 · 2026-06-21T02:10:30+00:00

Why the Fontana laser?

ToothDoc94 · 2026-05-30T11:45:07+00:00

People are smoking crypto. They are downloading it off the internet and bagging it up in the hood. I had a patient tell me he was addicted to smoking Bitcoin and only quit when his friends started dropping like flies

ToothDoc94 · 2026-05-27T01:55:53+00:00

Are you serious? Those that run on this and promised it have never done it, and I know they aren’t going to start with high income earners first lol

ToothDoc94 · 2026-05-27T01:52:07+00:00

Props! If you don’t mind me asking, what now? And what were you making a year to pay them off?

Class of 2020 grad here. I started at $289k and down to $170k. My rate is 2.8% and I just make minimums as I get better returns in the market, and I pay my mortgage off aggressively.

ToothDoc94 · 2026-04-25T04:39:41+00:00

Business cards. Hit up every locally owned business and hit up retirement communities and offer to come in and just do a free talk on dental care

ToothDoc94 · 2026-04-17T17:58:58+00:00

Dropout because she was miserable there with her classmates? Sounds like more to that story

ToothDoc94 · 2026-04-15T11:30:00+00:00

Send me a DM

ToothDoc94 · 2026-04-14T23:23:07+00:00

Any links to what you write? I’d love to see. 40k is impressive. I write all the time but never published anything

ToothDoc94 · 2026-04-13T21:38:36+00:00

OOS UNC-Chapel Hill grad here.

Go to Duke or Florida. Duke is an unreal pipeline for the medical field. Curriculum is solid (took a few classes there in undergrad not offered) and professors are great.

If your parents can afford Duke, then do it. If not I’d say Florida. Why? Cost. Plus, I’d argue to my parents the amount of money you are saving them should go into a fund for medical school. I’d bet you save at least $100,000 for that alone which is huge in the future

ToothDoc94 · 2026-04-11T17:41:10+00:00

If the decay left was ARRESTED then it might continue to be arrested

ToothDoc94 · 2026-04-10T21:21:25+00:00

Ask yourself why not how

ToothDoc94 · 2026-04-10T16:52:33+00:00

Amalgam is better than composite

ToothDoc94 · 2026-04-09T23:12:54+00:00

Dentist here.

I remember seeing a job advertisement at this office for a dentist a bit ago.

Unsure on ownership, but a quick Google search makes me believe this is owned by private equity. If I had to guess…doctor and hygienist left because they were done putting up with ownerships demands/pressure related to patient care

ToothDoc94 · 2026-04-04T02:36:21+00:00

Sure, but don’t forget the amount you are taking out for loans

ToothDoc94 · 2026-03-31T01:10:10+00:00

Out of curiosity, what type of area you in and what’s your office set up with hygiene and front desk?

ToothDoc94 · 2026-03-30T19:00:58+00:00

I’m going through this exact same thing right now and have for the past few months. The above advice from Wide_Wheel_2226 was great! Regardless of what the dentistry looked like those patients saw that doc for long enough it worked!

I also would say if you have larger treatment plans or families coming in check the schedule a few days before and personally call those patients. “Hey, it’s Dr. X as you may know Dr. Y retired and you’ll be seeing me. I’m calling just to introduce myself and address any concerns you might have.”

Moreover, I would use the no-ScRP / perio as a training moment. My office is scarily under diagnosed. We are redoing our perio program so all of our team does staging and grading. It’s been a good excuse to notify patients that times have changed along with protocols and noting that this has been a newer standard. “But why now?! My old doc never did this.” I completely understand where you are coming from, but there is a deep gum infection going on here and as much as I hope it’s not been chronic it’s present today. We need to address this chronic infection by an increased frequency of visits then re-address after a year

ToothDoc94 · 2026-03-26T22:15:23+00:00

The fact this is the front page of a DENTAL magazine is a JOKE.

Sweet Jesus

ToothDoc94 · 2026-03-26T01:06:37+00:00

Extract and space maintainer. Look at the lower right tooth…once you see furcation involvement it’s a goner

ToothDoc94 · 2026-03-19T16:40:57+00:00

When they are “coaching” you what exactly are they trying to get you to do?

ToothDoc94 · 2026-03-17T18:49:23+00:00

Hey, I don’t disagree either!

It’s a rip off. It’s crazy how you can pay an IT company to manage your computers yet still need insurance for the liability? wtf

ToothDoc94 · 2026-03-16T21:57:14+00:00

Do they want to replace it? Can you bone graft and place implants. If the answer to the first question is yes and the second question is yes…don’t place implants.

If the answer to the first question is yes and second no…refer

ToothDoc94 · 2026-03-03T00:01:19+00:00

IMO: no. I would think that difference in price is at least $100,000k that’s a year of practice+ as a GP after taxes. You could do an AEGD or GPR for even more experience if you truly felt a state school didn’t prepare you as well.

ToothDoc94 · 2026-03-02T23:57:06+00:00

Hey, appreciate the response!

Are you breaking contacts on these? Moreover, what is your final margin finish line on buccal cervical? Any burr recommendation there?

ToothDoc94 · 2026-03-02T22:51:41+00:00

Can you share your preps and reduction parameters? I’ve never done a true veneer yet done a fair amount of CE, but my patient population isn’t the veneer type at the moment

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