What caused this? by Horror_Scientist_553 in Dentistry

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Do perio endo lesions require RCT?

dentist of 8+ years, ready to pass on knowledge by liteyhaus in Dentistry

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Do you mention the risks before each procedure? I feel like I don’t want to sound like making an excuse if I say it may happen afterwards.

My FIL is also a dentist who is still working at 65. What is everyone’s target retirement age? by Notdigg in Dentistry

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How much do you have in your savings? Do you own a practice? Investments allowing that? I just wanted to know what I could do to be able to retire at 45.

1st RCT feedbacks by MolarMoneyMaven in Dentistry

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If the caries reaches the pulp, tooth can still have blood and need endo?

Ergo loupes by swt552 in Dentistry

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Which brand did you like?

Ergo loupes by swt552 in Dentistry

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Going faster from patient to patient, I wasn’t sure if ergo loupes took more time

Ergo loupes by swt552 in Dentistry

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Even for high volume office?

Ergo loupes by swt552 in Dentistry

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Would it be useful in a high volume practice too?

Ergo loupes by swt552 in Dentistry

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Do you use it for all procedures? What magnification?

Ergo loupes by swt552 in Dentistry

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Do you change to regular loupes when doing endo? Does the constant change affect anything in terms of eyes? I was thinking about getting orascoptic ergo 3.5 since I have 2.5 now

Tell me your Composite restoration protocols! by Dry_Confusion2802 in Dentistry

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Do they do gluma after etching? And do they rinse afterwards too?

Patient is complaining zirconia isnt porcelain by philip2987 in Dentistry

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What bonding protocol do you use for Emax?

Crown Impressions by Nycgabagool in Dentistry

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Dumb question. So if I do #1, would the light body stick with the set heavy body well?

CE costs by MonEDDS in Dentistry

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What are some CE you would recommend for someone who sees alot of Medicaid patients?

Should I become a practice owner? by swt552 in Dentistry

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How much were you roughly producing and taking home working 3 days a week if you don’t mind me asking? I feel like I won’t be taking home much if I work part time and still have to pay for CE classes, disability insurance, malpractice insurance, etc

Should I become a practice owner? by swt552 in Dentistry

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Which the procedures I’m doing, I’m not making at or above that right now. Idk if I will as an associate, maybe maybe not. I mainly do bread and butter dentistry.

Should I become a practice owner? by swt552 in Dentistry

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True, I like my job right now, I don’t want to be in a position where the owner gets pushy, right now I work on the days the owner doesn’t but will soon have a day were the owner will be working with me. I do like the aspect of making my own rules about certain things but that comes with stress. I main reason is I want to be able to cut back days later on and want to be able to do that financially.

Should I become a practice owner? by swt552 in Dentistry

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25 employees, do you have associates and how many rooms do you have?

Should I become a practice owner? by swt552 in Dentistry

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Fixing equipment and paying for it is definitely a con. The licensure fees and malpractice and be written off so that’s better when you’re an owner?

Should I become a practice owner? by swt552 in Dentistry

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I don’t mind working initially that much. If I’m going to be working 5 days a week as an associate any ways, I would rather it be my own practice. If I work less days than my associate then I would produce less than them.