The first few years after graduation are difficult. Here are some suggestions to help you.

Never pressure patients into treatment. It is counter-productive and dangerous.

Constantly experimenting with new ideas is a way you can make big progress in your practice.

Great systems make your life easy and can make your patients say “wow”.

Running a formerly great practice into the ground. A cautionary tale.

You may need fewer new patients than you think.

A simple change to your new patient form can meaningfully improve case acceptance from the very first visit.

An end-of-year reflection on a useful and motivating quotation.

Dental materials aren’t expensive. Your time is expensive. Stop penny pinching.

Some dentists invest huge time and effort “educating” patients. Is this worthwhile, or is it a fool’s errand.

Task saturation — being overwhelmed at work — impairs judgment and increases error. Here's how to recognise it and what to do when it hits.

New patients are like gold. Yet a simple, easily-avoided blunder at the first visit can undo everything before the relationship even begins.