Dental Articles

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Northern Dental Alliance Member Leanne Mathieu Kramer of Statements Plus Compliance Solutions’ two hour, two CE credit, special seminar is scheduled for October 13, 2010. Leanne is a Minnesota-based instructor with significant experience working in dental offices.

Know how your office is doing before an inspector calls. Put the worries of hazardous waste and other environmental issues behind you. Leanne’s training session makes it possible for dentists and teams to focus on Treatment Planning, Marketing, Recall and Scheduling.

Minneapolis District Dental Society

Golf Tournament

August 2, 2010

The Northern Dental Alliance is sponsoring the Minneapolis Society's Summer Golf Event at the Golden Valley, Minnesota Golf Club.

We hope to see many dentists and dental professionals at the tourney.

Edentulous Mandible Reconstruction Using Zirconia Frameworks

Minnesota based laboratory, Renstrom Dental Studio, presents its Summer Featured Case Study. 

Cases as complicated as this one require excellent communication between the dentist, patient, and lab, to achieve the best possible outcome. Factors such as finances, stability, future risks, esthetics, and also level of difficulty are all taken into consideration when deciding on a solution for the patient.

For this particular case, an existing lower denture was to be replaced by three PFM bridges supported by six dental implants. Custom titanium abutments were milled by Atlantis and returned to Renstrom for fabrication of the bridgework.

Due to the wide span and large vertical dimension, a massive amount of metal would be needed to fabricate the three frameworks, resulting in very heavy dental restorations and exorbitant metal costs for the dentist.

• Article First Published on Aftco.net

There were three dental specialists working together in a group practice in the Northeastern section of the U.S. The practice was well run and extremely profitable (providing approximately $900,000 of annual income to each of its stockholders).

Their accountant had formed their corporation and allowed it to remain a “C” corporation rather than taking the time to file for a Sub “S” election (which would have eliminated any possible double-taxation and/or unnecessary payment of taxes that can result from operating as a “C” corporation).

A Primer By Dick Chwalek, NicheDental.com

The concept of Connective Communication^© incorporates these elements: improvers, gatherers and creators. The communication structure is visualized with these elements: a Pie Chart, three color slices and the π symbol  – image below.

This formula takes into account both simplicity and complexity in defining a path towards communication and marketing ongoing success, internally and publicly.