I’ve been speaking to a lot of new members of our Functional Dentist Directory and have been reflecting on my dental career as a result. Some thoughts…
As a young dentist just starting out at a large corporate dental chain, I was taught that billing for education to prevent disease is far less profitable than billing to drill.
But I don’t believe in this model. I believe in educating my patients, and I always have.
The Latin root of the word doctor is “to teach.” I don’t view my job as just doing great dentistry—if I’m not educating my patients and empowering them, then I’m not doing my job.
No wonder I was fired from my first job out of dental school! Read the full story here.
🎧 Episode #53: How to Keep Retainers Clean
Tune in to this week’s episode to hear about my personal routine for how I keep my retainers clean.
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Have a great week,
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