Category: Mindset
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Dental hygiene appointment is cool and sexy – Part 2
In part I, I discussed the mindset about “scale and clean” appointments. In this part, I’ll discuss some clinical tips that have worked for me. I) Rename the “scale and clean” to “hygiene” appointment.I am not a psychologist, motivational speaker, or neurolinguistic programming (NLP) practitioner, but I agree that sometimes…
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Dental hygiene appointment is cool and sexy – Part 1
Dental Hygiene is cool and sexy. Sue Rusalen Now that I have discussed the general mindset of newbie dentists, let me begin to discuss the mindset related to a common clinic procedure. Many dentists often underrate this procedure, but I believe it is the most important clinical procedure – the…
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Ten thousand hours is the magic number for dentistry
“Ten thousand hours is the magic number of greatness” Malcolm Gladwell I had a few topics in mind when I considered what I should use for my first blog post. Ultimately, I decided to use the “10K hours rule” because I think it accurately summed up what we/dentists do in…
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