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Getting the Word Out that Occlusion Understanding Makes You Different

Posted by Don Reid on Fri, Oct 28, 2011 @ 16:10 PM

Nowadays the majority of my business comes from referrals or people finding me through Internet searches but reflecting on my dental patient marketing experiences over the years I thought I would share those ideas that have been most successful for me. Here’s tip #1!

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Tags: Practice Marketing

Presenting Occlusal Disease in 3-D for Greater Case Acceptance

Posted by Don Reid on Mon, Aug 29, 2011 @ 11:08 AM

This is an article written by Dr. Reid and published a few years back in Dentistry Today. It is still relevant today - though we'd probably say "maximum intercuspation" (MIP) rather than "centric occlusion" (CO).

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Tags: Treatment Acceptance

Three Proven Steps to have Patients Want their Bite Problems Fixed

Posted by Don Reid on Thu, Aug 11, 2011 @ 12:08 PM

Do you regularly bring up the issue of occlusal disease (“bite problems”) with your patients? If not, here’s my approach which I hope will help you make it a standard part of your patient consultations.

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Tags: Treatment Acceptance

Important Dental Treatment Plan Lesson Learned from Pete Dawson

Posted by Don Reid on Thu, Aug 04, 2011 @ 09:08 AM

Simply put, it’s the concept of “complete dentistry”, but what does that mean? Consider this case.

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Tags: Treatment Planning

The Best Bite Tip I Was Ever Given

Posted by Don Reid on Thu, Jul 21, 2011 @ 13:07 PM

This 'Bite Tip' will save you thousands of dollars and keep you from grinding your teeth!

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Surmounting the Paradox of Being a “No Dentistry” Dentist

Posted by Don Reid on Wed, Jul 06, 2011 @ 15:07 PM

A statement that I heard in my early days of studying occlusion and which helped clarify occlusion’s purpose and my mission was:

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Tags: Dental Technique

How To Not Prep a Broken Molar and Increase Profitability

Posted by Don Reid on Tue, May 31, 2011 @ 19:05 PM

If you’re like me and you love to prep teeth, in all honesty it’s somewhat exciting when you have a new patient on the schedule with a broken back molar. If the schedule is light, it’s almost compelling you restore that molar with a crown "on the spot". But if you understand how occlusion forces destroy mouths and  recognize this new patient is loaded with excessive signs, perhaps not symptoms, of occlusion disease, this is a golden opportunity to show your character by acting in the best interest of the patient and not yours.

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Tags: Dental Technique

Three Simple Steps to Having Patients Want Their Bite Problems Fixed

Posted by Don Reid on Tue, May 31, 2011 @ 18:05 PM

Would you agree that most patients are interested in information and dentistry that will prevent them developing dental problems in the future?

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Tags: Treatment Acceptance

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