Dr. Laura, Dentist

THE COMPARISON I always wanted to see so…. Here y’all go 🤩 THE ARTISTRY TO DENTISTRY No case is perfect And honestly I’m constantly in a battle between trying to be as conservative as possible while also delivering the best results possible Once I saw this case while I was delivering I was like hold on I gotta grab my camera this is exactly what I used to wonder but never saw the pics for 🤣 Hope this helps!! 🫶🏻

all in, baby ✨ 3 MONTHS LEFT UNTIL 2027 LETS MAKE THEM GOOD JUANS About to embark on our 6 month construction journey (literally hearing them tear down the walls as I’m typing this) The closer it got the more Ben & I got scared about the costs of construction & new equipment (especially chairs 🫨🫨🫨) But what’s life without a little challenge?? Also new FIGS scrub fall drop today!! Wearing dark açaí 🤭 @wearfigs #figsambassador #wearfigs

HOW TO GUARANTEE YOUR MASTER CONE WILL GO TO LENGTH: the rotary check! This rotary check literally changed the game for me for my root canals & increased my speed significantly Hope this helps!! 🫶🏻

Tip to reduce stress levels at veneer seats?? GIVE ME ALL OF THEM 😤 Nothing is worse than the NIGHTMARE of gushing angry gums at veneer seat day and the pt just drove like 2 hours/flew in for this appointment and so you better seat those bad boys or ELSE Anyways. 😂 This changed the game for me Shoutout @doctormichaelallen for showing us this technique — literally game changing & @smiletrendinstitute for teaching me everything I know about veneers!!

Whatever patient wants, patient gets 👌🏻 Just kidding 🤣 More like she told me “my old orthodontist said they could do it for me” and, I love a good challenge, so I said “if you’re down I’m down to try but I haven’t done this before” I know there’s more capabilities to Medit’s Ortho Suite so this is just a touch of what we can do, but hopefully I’ll try out more of Medit’s ortho later on!

SUCKTEMBER aka the month a lot of offices slow down bc all the kiddos are going back to school & people are squeezing in their last minute summer vacations 😤 schedules can slow down (although side note today was SLAMMIN’ with emergencies help) But this is your time to check things before the end of the year rush!! Although some of the things (like checking your waterlines) should be done quarterly so hopefully you haven’t skipped it since January 😅

just a general dentist but this is what I’ve brute force figured out over the last 5 years of doing lots of endo LOL Year 1-2 I probably lived in blissful peace I’d find MB2 maybe like 10% of the time not gonna lie LOL …aka many MB2’s from back in those days floating around, untouched And then I started hunting I spent extra time looking for MB2 And voila it was EVERYWHEREEEEE And then I got a microscope and I was like HOLY MOLY THEYRE IN EVERY ONE anyways so to help y’all help your patients… Here’s what I’ve learned about finding MB2! Let me know your fav tips on finding MB2! Me scared over here posting this bc there’s so many endodontists here 🫣

small changes ➡️ big difference! what tips do you have for patient communication? I feel like the more I practice, the longer it takes me to explain tx plans Their options, possible longevity of restorations, things I’m concerned about…. hate small talk but love explaining dentistry 🤣

THE 3 NUMBERS NOBODY EXPLAINS 👇 PRODUCTION is technically the office fees for things. If you’re at a PPO office we never go by this number because it honestly doesn’t mean much 
ADJUSTED PRODUCTION is the fee when accounting for insurance contracted rates. This is usually what we mean by “production” (yes, confusing, I know) 
COLLECTIONS is the amount actually collected (accounting for insurance denials, pts not paying their copays…) Obviously everyone wants to be paid on production
But realistically I’ve only gotten paid on collections at my associate jobs 
Shoot your shot. Ask to be paid on adjusted production, especially if their collections rate is lower And yes, the 70% in my example is an exceptionally poor collections office I used it so the gap was obvious Even at 95% collections it’s still about $12K There’s definitely more to the job hunt than these 3 things
But these are great to start off with!

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