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practice management feature THE TENETS OF PRACTICE SUCCESS by Brad Guyton, DDS, MBA, MPH and Carolyn Ghazal, DDS Dr. Guyton's start The day I arrived in Nashville, Tennessee for my first morning of undergraduate orientation, I believed I had entered a brave new world with limitless opportunity to grow and explore. By that evening, my new oyster already started smelling a little fishy. For many of us, that day was spent with our parent(s), moving crates into our dorms and walking around campus looking at the 40 different ways we could get involved in campus life. But that evening was different. We filed into the stadium to hear the chancellor speak to the incoming students. His first statement was, "Welcome to our campus. I ask you to look at the student to your left ... (long pause) ... In four years, at graduation, one of you won't be here." Ouch!-the sucker punch. Opportunity just flipped over to responsibility. Reality hit home. Fast-forward nearly 25 years. I am no longer a young student or a new dentist. I have been blessed to own a couple of practices and learn from some world-class mentors, and through my jobs in dental consulting, industry, and education, I have had the opportunity to hear from hundreds of dentists about what makes them successful. Dr. Ghazal's start My experience has been a little different, as I have been in the Pacific Dental Services-supported environment for almost 25 years, but in that time I, too, have witnessed (and coached) hundreds of dentists on success and clinical excellence. In 1991, I had been practicing for just one year and had quickly become discouraged. Dentistry was not what I expected. Luckily, I quickly recognized how dissatisfied I had become in my job and took action. A month into my search for something better, I was hired by a doctor who ultimately became my mentor and had a significant impact on my 48 SEPTEMBER 2015 // dentaltown.com http://www.dentaltown.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Dentaltown September 2015

On Dentaltown.com
Continuing Education Update
Industry News
Product Profile: Planmeca
New Products
You Should Know: Lean Dental Solutions
Practice Solutions: Ultradent
Ad Index
Dentally Incorrect
CONTINUING EDUCATION: Considerations for Treatment of External Cervical Invasive Resorption
Case Report: Microbrush Stamp Technique
Working Through Pain: How Chronic Conditions Affect Dentists
HOWARD SPEAKS: Know Your Numbers
PROFESSIONAL COURTESY: TV Shows for Dentists
Passivhaus: Dentists Get Their Green On
A Green Dentist in a Bluegrass State
NuSmile Preveneered SSC Tips
Yet Again, Immediate Molar— Drill First, Extract Later
Turning Over a New Leaf
The 5 Tenets of Practice Success
Understanding the Sjögren’s Patient: Facilitating Diagnosis of Sjögren’s Syndrome
Sleepy Hollow Dentist Wants to Make a Change
Seeing the True Resorption Picture
Oral Squamous-Cell Carcinoma Detection
Solutions for Effectively Managing a Dental Offi ce
Seminar and Travel Pay: It’s No Vacation
Insurance Management is Easy if You Start with Evaluation

Dentaltown September 2015