Articles

Continuing Education and the golden goose

Dr Phillip Palmer, July 2006 - All around the world dental regulatory bodies are starting to recognise and implement the need for dentists to engage in regular continuing education and are putting...

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The Corporates are coming. The Corporates are coming

Dr Phillip Palmer, January 2006 - We live in interesting times.If someone would have told me 2-3 years ago that there’d be half a dozen different companies buying up dental practices by the end of...

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Why get a Hygienist?

Dr Phillip Palmer, September 2005 - “How do you calculate the contribution a Hygienist can make to your practice?”

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Valuing your practice

Dr Phillip Palmer, September 2005 -

**NOTE: We have updated this article to reflect more accurate measurements since. Click here.

In my 34 years as a dentist, I would regularly calculate in my mind...

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Practice Management in China

Dr Phillip Palmer, July 2005 - In January this year, I received a letter inviting me to speak in Beijing, China about Dental Practice Management. Having always wanted to visit China (and having...

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Casual and part-time staff

Dr Phillip Palmer, January 2005 - One of the constant issues that Prime consultants get asked to consult with their client dentists about is regarding part-time staff. It is amazing that in 2005,...

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Lessons of an ex Dentist

Dr Phillip Palmer, November 2004 - I'm sure everybody at the end of their career consciously or subconsciously adds things up in their mind. Are there things that I'm particularly proud of? What...

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Dentistry in Sweden

Dr Phillip Palmer, October 2004 - Having just returned from a trip to Sweden for 3-4 weeks, and been put up in a house with a Swedish dentist, I thought it may be worthwhile sharing some of the...

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Matchmaking Clinicians in the 21st Century

Dr Phillip Palmer, April 2004 - Several sociological phenomena have been converging over the past few years:• There appears to be a moderate to severe shortage of dental manpower-that also looks like...

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Choosing a Practice Management company

Dr Phillip Palmer, September 2003 - I've often thought on my trips around Australia and New Zealand, how should a dentist choose a practice management (PM) company? After all, many dentists believe...

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