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Three Grecian Legacies – Goodness, Ethics and Souvlaki

by Linda Zdanowicz from Exceptional Dental Practice Management “Ethics is all about spiritually healthy people in socially harmonious relationships.”  ~Tom Morris~ When I read Tom’s definition of ethics I can’t help but think that we can’t have one without the other.  A spiritually healthy person will quickly reject and leave a socially unharmonious workplace…or she … Read more

Pain, complain, the brain, disdain – may all be easily explained

Some of us are born to be a pessimistic, says study. The chemical NPY in the brain affects the way in which we see the world. Image via Wikipedia Researchers at University of Michigan discovered that levels of a molecule called neuropeptide Y (NPY) directly relates to whether we have a “glass half empty” or … Read more

Ten LIFEORDEATH adjustments to your technologic usage in 2011

By Sam Grobart December 30, 2010 Your gadgets and computers, your software and sites — they are not working as well as they should. You need to make some tweaks. But the tech industry has given you the impression that making adjustments is difficult and time-consuming. It is not. And so below are 10 things to … Read more

Ladders, Layers and Leadership – Part Two

Lisa Philp, RDH, CMC is the President of Transitions Group North America, a  full service coaching company for dentistry. She graduated from East Tennessee State University as a Registered Dental Hygienist in 1987. Her career began with clinical hygiene in United States and Canada to the creation of a periodontal disease management program in which … Read more

“Take the chute” – makes for one heckuva staff meeting

by Peggy Noonan Why has the JetBlue flight attendant story captured everyone’s imagination? Because the whole country wants to take the emergency chute.  You know the story: A steward named Steven Slater, after a difficult flight, apparently got fed up, grabbed the intercom, cursed out passengers, and made a speedy and unauthorized exit, activating and … Read more

We’re only human – erratum

Apologies and mea culpa to Dr. H. Nowzari   An article appearing in: Compend Contin Educ Dent. 2010 Mar;31(2):154, 156-8, 160 passim written by Dr. Nowzari was inadvertently included in the Oral Health blog without attribution. As well, the following was sent to Messrs. Angelini and Perkins….we’re learning folks…….bear with us. http://www.compendiumlive.com/article.php?id=3311   Tony Angelini, co-owner, Aegis Communications … Read more

Social Networking – the future of Dental Practice

Social Networking for Dentists – Made Easy!! By Dan Marut, DMD By now you’ve probably heard of Facebook and/or MySpace. If you are really techno savvy you may have written a blog and heard of Twitter. You may even have heard of NewDocs. As a dentist you are a practitioner taking care of patients and … Read more