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Hitting a slow patch?

Brett Churnin, May 2008 - Jack answered the phone and I asked him how things were going. I could hear it in his sigh, before he said the word... “Terrible!” I was surprised, so I asked him to explain...

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Unlocking the secrets of your practice management software

Dr Phillip Palmer, Simon Palmer, May 2008 - When it comes to making a business decision you need to make sure that you have all the relevant information at hand. The information has to be accurate...

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The Employee Dentist Catch-22

Simon Palmer, April 2008 - Many dentists have found a Catch-22 when it comes to employing dentists. The practice’s main success criterion for employing a dentist has to be the dentist’s ability to...

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The new patient exam : sequencing the problem/solution correctly

Dr Michael Sernik, February 2008 -

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Are you the weakest link?

Dr Phillip Palmer, February 2008 - Well, you’ve received your BDS or DDS, and now you’re a dentist.You attend post-grad clinical courses every year, more than enough to get the CE hours necessary to...
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Practice management then and now

Dr Phillip Palmer, December 2007 - This year it will be ten years since I started teaching practice management and, as with all anniversaries, it has been a time for reflection. Practice management...

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Employed dentist remuneration

Dr Phillip Palmer, Simon Palmer, December 2007 - The most common commission structure that we see being offered to employee dentists (EDs) through our work at Dentist Job Search and at Prime Practice...

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Are you a zoomer or a panner?

Dr Michael Sernik, December 2007 - When faced with a problem, what is a dentist’s natural instinct?

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What's the deal with the corporates?

Dr Phillip Palmer, December 2007 - The hottest topic for conversation around Australia’s dentists in the last 6 months has been the corporate entities buying dental practices around Australia.

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Community minded = business minded

Dr Phillip Palmer, September 2007 - When I was growing up in Sydney’s eastern suburbs my father owned and worked in a jeweller’s shop about an hour away in a West Sydney suburb called Granville. For...

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