Clinical Dentistry

Ten Concepts that Changed My Career

November 12, 2020

Christian Coachman, CDT, DDS

I set out to become a better smile designer. My path toward that goal led to some major personal overhaul, and I came through a more skilled designer, team player, and business owner. At Symposium 2020, I shared the ideas that helped me reinvent myself and get ready for the future. The presentation also included how to adapt powerful philosophical ideals into the daily work of a dental office to improve team communication and motivation.

Christian Coachman is the developer of the Digital Smile Design (DSD) concept and director of the DSD Residency Program.

C — Clinical Dentistry

Going the Extra Mile in Anterior Esthetic Treatment

October 8, 2019

C — Clinical Dentistry

Special Report 12

March 19, 2021

C — Clinical Dentistry

‘Instant Ortho’ Expediency vs Long-Term Preservation of Tooth Structure

January 6, 2020

C — Clinical Dentistry

Restoring a Hopeless Central Incisor by Implant-Supported Crown

June 2, 2022

C — Clinical Dentistry

Hopeless but Still Useful Primary Lateral Incisors in the Preservation of Vertical and Buccolingual Bone Dimension

July 28, 2020

C — Clinical Dentistry

What Comes First? Treating TMJ Pain or Esthetics?

September 15, 2019

This 43-year-old woman presented for a consultation regarding pain in the temporomandibular joints (TMJs) and esthetic concerns about short anterior teeth. She had pain in the right and left TMJs, with the pain being greater in the left joint.

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Allowing the Patient to Come to Comprehensive Care

November 23, 2020

C — Clinical Dentistry

Special Report 11

September 15, 2019

This Special Report showcases the high esthetics that can be achieved with a zirconia-based material in the hands of superior clinicians and lab technicians.

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Talk About Anchorage!

December 16, 2021

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40-Year Perspective on Esthetic Full Mouth Rehabilitations

November 9, 2020

Restorative legend Dr Gerry Chiche’s Symposium 2020 presentation is a veritable cornucopia of information on full mouth rehabilitations.

C — Clinical Dentistry

Restoration of a Worn Dentition Without Orthodontics

August 10, 2021

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Welcome to Our New Normal

June 15, 2020

Determining and documenting the new procedures and protocols that should be followed as dentists and staff head back to work in the post-pandemic environment is no easy task. As a good friend to Seattle Study Club, Dr Ariel Raigrodski was gracious enough to allow us to publish his manual, which includes both his original material and contributions from others.

S — SSC Life

Club Life: Dr Anita Madhav

June 3, 2020

As a little girl growing up in an extended Indian family in the African nation of Zambia (formerly Rhodesia), Dr Anita Madhav learned the importance of sharing and caring from her father. The oldest of several siblings, her dad always looked after his family and friends and passed on the same values to his children.

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Club Life: Dr Jason Warner

October 9, 2019

Growing up in a small neighborhood in Trinidad, Dr Jason Warner found himself initially drawn to dentistry following his childhood orthodontic experience. Local dental school, followed by a stint in Manchester, England to earn his master’s degree, were all steps on the path toward home, where he opened his endodontics practice 12 years ago.

B — Business of Dentistry

Taking the Mystery Out of Management: Five Timeless Principles

October 3, 2019

Here are five management principles that take some of the mystery out of management.

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Rebuilding Lives — A Path to Happiness

January 6, 2021

Here’s an inspiring and moving presentation about Dr Marco Brindis’ patient Gregory Bright, who was convicted of second-degree murder in 1975 based on false testimony and spent almost 28 years in prison before he was exonerated. Watch how Dr Brindis restored Gregory’s smile, using Dr Coachman’s DSD methodology. The spectacular result gave Gregory the confidence to tell his story through the Innocence Project.

S — SSC Life

Doing Dentistry Together

February 13, 2020

For many years my reply to strangers asking “What is Seattle Study Club?” was to say, “we teach oral surgeons and periodontists how to run continuing dental education programs in their home towns for the general dentists they work with.”

B — Business of Dentistry

The Dental Assistant’s Role in Case Acceptance

January 9, 2020

There is no question in my mind that the dental assistant is a key part of any dental practice’s case acceptance successes or failures.

P — Partner Voice

Claiming and Optimizing Your Google My Business Profile

March 4, 2021

Your Google My Business profile should play a pivotal role in your practice’s local search engine optimization (SEO) strategy. This article details the steps involved in claiming and optimizing your Google My Business profile as well as how you can benefit from utilizing this as a marketing channel.

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Back in Practice

July 20, 2020

We sat down, virtually these days, of course, to talk with a group of Seattle Study Club members, directors and advisors about the process, experience and surprises they’ve encountered in reopening their practices. The conversation touched on communication tools and strategies, maintaining patient experience, changes to patient flow, and unexpected gifts of mandated quarantine. We ended the conversation by asking each of them to share a piece of advice, trusting you’ll find a tool, approach or philosophy you can implement in your own revised process and delivery of patient care.

Contributors: Dr Tara Brindis, Dr Jennifer Hirsch Doobrow, Dr Chad Duplantis, Dr Charlie Regalado, Dr Jason Stoner

P — Partner Voice

End of Year Tax Reminders

November 11, 2019

While tax planning strategies should be implemented throughout the year, please be sure to consider the following before December 31 to help minimize your tax liability for 2019 and to proactively plan for 2020.

C — Clinical Dentistry

In a World Where Implant Dentistry Dominates, Sometimes Traditional Periodontal Treatment Is Still Best

March 8, 2023

The patient presented with the chief complaint of pain and suppuration on tooth no. 8. He expressed that he had been previously treated for periodontal disease and had undergone bone regeneration surgery. He reported having regular brushing habits and consistent use of dental floss, interproximal brushes, and oral rinses.

B — Business of Dentistry

Increasing Practice Profitability with Large Cases

November 4, 2019

To get ahead and increase practice profitability, you need to increase your average case fee (by doing more large cases) and therefore raise your per-hour production rate.

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