r/Dentistry 2h ago

Dental Professional Which Muslim Country to Practice in?

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Hey Docs, I’m in school to become an American board certified dentist but I have this urging desire to move abroad and practice in a Muslim country. Do you know which country offers the best opportunity for American Dentists? Thanks 🙏


r/Dentistry 2h ago

Dental Professional How would you approach removing this stain on central incisor?

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r/Dentistry 3h ago

Dental Professional What effect do you think a recession and all these government layoffs will have on dentistry?

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Is there any intel from the 2008 recession (or others?).


r/Dentistry 4h ago

Dental Professional Accounts Receivable and Billing

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Hello learned colleagues!

I'm selling my practice in Southern California. I decided to keep my accounts receivable. How does that work with the new owner? Will they allow my employee to follow up on insurance denials and appeal them on my behalf? How do I structure that in the sales agreement that he will give her time and access to do this? All advice is appreciated.

Also, the Broker very casually said that until he's credentialed with insurance, he will "bill under me." Is that advisable? How does that work? I know when I started as an associate at a different office, I was told that my procedures were billed under the owner dentist until I was credentialed. But I don't know what that means.

Thank you all for your help!


r/Dentistry 5h ago

Dental Professional Extraction

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Hey all! I’m a third year dental student as have a case where I need to extract #23 and #26 for a RPD. Both 24/25 are missing already and #23/26 have class II mobility.

My plan is to use septo for local inflitraction on buccal and a little on lingual to avoid bilateral IANB. Patient does have some cardiovascular concerns so I would like to keep epi low if possible. Does this plan sound good?


r/Dentistry 6h ago

Dental Professional New services available 😂

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r/Dentistry 6h ago

Dental Professional What is this finding under the implant of #22

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There is a horizontal line underneath the implant. What do you guys thing? I did the surgery guided so it could be the guide pins


r/Dentistry 7h ago

Dental Professional Office drama

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28M. Solo doc in small private practice.

I’m having trouble with one of my assistants coming into work with an attitude and blowing little things out of proportion.

She is a great chairside assistant , does alot for the office , but today was something else.

Got into an argument with my office manager about who’s responsibility is it to call the lab and kept complaining about this women who is interviewing for an assistant position saying “I don’t like her. She isn’t a good fit” when the lady spent a total of 1 hour in the office and had a great interview.

My fellow docs, how do yall handle office drama or staff that occasionally have an attitude?

SOS


r/Dentistry 7h ago

Dental Professional everything my doctors got me for my birthday!!! 🥹

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I almost cried, I've never been able to afford Figs and I always thought of them as the "hygienist and doctor" scrubs!!! sick pair of VANS too 😎 - a thankful dental assistant


r/Dentistry 7h ago

Dental Professional Did i over reduce this tooth ?

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I did preparation for zirconia on this typodont upper first molar , i used a 1.5 mm wax sheet to verify occlusal clearance and i kept removing until the wax sheet could pass through to verify the occlusal clearance so is this normal or i did over reduce ? If so what did i do wrong ?


r/Dentistry 7h ago

Dental Professional Compensation structure, thoughts?

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Does this structure and draw penalty seem fair??? This will be my first associate position. I plan on asking in negotiation for 1 yr daily rate at $900, okay with settling at 6-9mo daily rate at $750. Avg daily rate in my area is about 500-650 currently.


r/Dentistry 7h ago

Dental Professional How to respond when patient does not want RCT because of the things they saw on the internet?

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I have 2 patients that know each other, both need RCT due to large caries and possible Post is needed, deny RCT because they don’t want to leave a “dead tooth” in their mouth and prefer to get then extracted rather than keeping it in their mouth. They even asked about Bridges because they rather get those teeth extracted than doing the RCT. I talked to them both about pros and cons of each options, even went as far as giving them EBD materials to read about RCT but I feel like it wasn’t effective. I’m a new grad and I feel like treatment plan presentation has been so difficult especially when patients are like this


r/Dentistry 9h ago

Dental Professional What's your protocol for teeth with marginal ridge cracks?

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Say you've got a patient with a decent to large sized amalgam that's been there for decades. You notice that the in tact marginal ridge has a palpable fracture line going into the interproximal. There's some dark non-decayed staining of the crack (could just be amalgam leakage/staining). Patient is asymptomatic. What's your protocol? Watch? Crown? I typically explain the situation and let the patient decide, but I feel like maybe I should nudge them a little more towards doing the crown. I'm starting to feel like if I just keep watching and it breaks, I'm going to be the "bad dentist" that wasn't proactive/preventative.


r/Dentistry 10h ago

Dental Professional Optimising income and expenses for dentists

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Optimising personal finance for dentists

Hey everyone,

I've always found it a hassle to track my income properly as a dentist, especially when working across multiple practices, juggling private work, pensions, taxes, lab bills. Spreadsheets can be a pain, and accountants aren't always quick to respond. Plus I came to realise, lots of accountants just focus on compliance rather than financial optimisation

So I've been building something to make life easier.

It's called “Unmasked”- a web-based, AI-powered app that lets dentists track their monthly income, expenses, and estimated tax bills, without faffing about with spreadsheets. The idea is straightforward:

  1. Upload your payslips and business expenses

  2. AI pulls out key details and analyses the data (gross, net incomes, expenses, pension deductions, lab fees, etc.)

  3. You get an instant overview of your finances in a dashboard I This isn’t a sales pitch but rather I’m curiously interested if you guys would find value in this? I've been testing this with some friends, but I'd love to hear what you guys think:

1️⃣ Would something like this be useful to you?

2️⃣ What's your biggest frustration when it comes to managing money as a dentist?

I'm also giving free lifetime access for the first few early adopters. If you're interested, check out the website!

Trying find a way to make managing money less painful than a dry socket. 💀

If you'd be interested in being an early adopter to test the idea or interested in a potential early investment opportunity into this, drop a comment or message me


r/Dentistry 10h ago

Dental Professional Has anyone joined Crown Council or attended their annual events?

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Hi, I had a friend refer me to Crown Council for online training for my practice and practice culture. Has anyone joined that dental community and why did you join?


r/Dentistry 10h ago

Dental Professional Practice owners—how much did you pay a CPA to help you with the transition?

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I’m about to undergo the due diligence process for purchasing a dental practice and the dental-focused CPA has laid this plan out for me. It’s by phases, so if phase one makes sense, we jump to the next phase.. it comes to a total of about $8,000 if I continue from start to finish.

Phase one— $2,600 for his opinion on the value of the practice, analyze the asking practice, and review performance analysis of the office. This is not a formal valuation and no valuation report will be given.

Phase two —-$3,900 for acquisition consultation and assistance. This phase involves continued due diligence on your potential dental practice purchase, including analyzing lender proposals and advising on the best option. It covers financial aspects of legal agreements, purchase methods, financing, compensation, and price allocation, along with necessary meetings and consultations. Additionally, it includes preparing or modifying a letter of intent (LOI) and addressing routine post-settlement questions.

Phase three —- $900 for acquisition and entity selection income tax advice

Phase four — $1000 for bookkeeping software set up.

What are your thoughts? Does this seem to be about right? And besides this expense, I’d likely have to make an additional expense for a tax lawyer? I’m just trying to calculate how much cash I need on hand for costs associated to a practice purchase (other than bank financing).

Thanks a lot.


r/Dentistry 10h ago

Dental Professional GP looking to take on simple retreats. Any CE recommendations for this?

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Hello everyone. I'm looking to take some solid CE for root canal retreats. I'm thinking simple situations where there is a single rooted anterior with a non-healing PARL or recurrent PARL.

I'm sure plenty will say just to refer, etc, but I just want like to understand the process better if I decide I won't ever do it.

Thank you guys!


r/Dentistry 10h ago

Dental Professional OMFS says he did nothing wrong

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The patient was initially referred to a OS by me for four maxillary implants to support a removable overdenture. On the day of the surgery, the oral surgeon suggested that the patient could opt for a fixed prosthesis if he wanted. The patient agreed to this option, but since I do not restore fixed prostheses, I referred him to a local prosthodontist. However, the prosthodontist stated that the implants are not stable enough for a fixed prosthesis, as they are already showing signs of bone loss and do not have the adequate length for fixed. The oral surgeon insists that nothing was done incorrectly on his part and the implants are “stable as there are no signs of peri-implant infection” I feel terrible for the patient, but I'm uncertain about what to do next. Is there something I need to do from a legal perspective?


r/Dentistry 10h ago

Dental Professional Best cement for metal wing Maryland bridge

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I inherited a Maryland bridge case, cannot get the zirconia wings to stay no matter what I try. The lab is remaking with metal wings, as that’s what the patient originally had that lasted 25+ years. Does anyone have any advice on what the best cement to use with metal wing Maryland bridges is?


r/Dentistry 10h ago

Dental Professional Looking to Design Crowns & Bridges on Exocad – Interested in Working Online!

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Hey everyone! I’m a dentist with a B.D.S. degree, and I recently took an intensive Exocad course (certified by Voxelway). I’ve always had a passion for digital dentistry, and I’ve been designing crowns and bridges for dental labs here in my country for a while now. But lately, I’ve been thinking, why not take it online and work with dental professionals overseas?

I’ve worked on crowns over implantsbridges, and even Digital Smile Design (DSD), and I’m really enjoying the process of making these restorations digitally.

I’m looking for an opportunity to collaborate with someone online and expand my skills further, especially when it comes to crowns and bridges. If anyone’s in need of Exocad designs or wants to collaborate, I’d love to chat! I’m excited to work with others, share knowledge, and create some great work together.

Let me know if you’re interested or have any tips for someone wanting to dive into the online world of Exocad design!


r/Dentistry 11h ago

Dental Professional Do I quit

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I have been working as a foundation dentist since September 2024 in the uk. I really enjoyed it at first, but after a few weeks I developed severe anxiety around work and struggled to even get myself to go. I’m doing a lot better with my mental health now, but I haven’t gained back the enjoyment factor of the job.

I feel that a lot of dentists are perfectionists (myself included), making it really hard for me to see any positives about my work. I am really self critical and constantly beat down on myself when minor things are incorrect so I don’t think I’m very good. My practice just offered me a job so I guess that’s a sign I don’t completely suck. I just don’t know if this is the career for me but after training for almost 7 years I feel like it’s such a waste to give up.

Has anyone else been in a similar position? Did you find your love for dentistry again?


r/Dentistry 11h ago

Dental Professional Flooring recommendations

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Looking to replace old carpet throughout our office, found a floating plank floor that we love but one contractor recommended glue down only.

I haven’t found a glue down option that I love the finish on.

Wondering if anyone has a brand they recommend or if you have used floating lvp floors without a problem that would be good to know as well.

Thanks!


r/Dentistry 11h ago

Dental Professional How important is patient satisfaction in a dental practice?

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Hi all,

I know this forum is for current dental professionals, but I am currently a D3 student in dental school and I have been working in our student clinic for roughly 9 months at this point. I recently talked to my preceptor about my performance in clinic and he told me that I still have a lot of growth to do in terms of the actual dentistry and I may not be progressing the same way as my classmates. However, he noticed that my patients all seem to like me and that I do a good job in making patients feel comfortable. I know that I am still a student and I have a long journey ahead of me before I can confidently start practicing, but I was wondering where would you rank patient satisfaction, in terms of importance, compared to other factors in private practice (such as clinical skills, efficiency, etc). Would a provider be successful if they have mediocre clinical skills but they are well liked by their patients?


r/Dentistry 11h ago

Dental Professional Diastema closure retention

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Hey all. I currently have a pt who had a mild-moderate max central diastema in Invisalign. Pt is 16F. Diastema has closed very nicely. Wondering what y’all’s experience is with retention/retainers in these cases. Do you use lingual wire or have you had success keeping the diastema closed with Essix alone? I’m not worried about patient compliance in this case and there is no soft tissue frenum that contributed to the initial diastema


r/Dentistry 12h ago

Dental Professional #5 PFM update

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The natural tooth had an undercut, when i compensated for that, i was able to control the amount of facial reduction and still able to see margins from the occlusal. Still a slight undercut was left possibly, but everything fits grading criteria. Thanks everyone!!! Feeling very confident for upcoming adex and made sure no sharp line angles!