A follow-up conversation with David Darab DDS MBA CEPA, Darab Business Advisors to his most recent guest author submission The Art of Leading: Innovate, Don’t Imitate led to an interesting question…is it possible to innovate in an insurance driven practice environment – or for that matter as an employee within a corporate entity or DSO? […]
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Guest Author David Darab DDS MBA CEPA, Darab Business Advisors Are You an Innovator or an Imitator? In the fiercely competitive marketplace, the question isn’t just about what you do in response to your rivals but how you carve out your niche. Do you find yourself merely monitoring the competition or mimicking their moves under
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A randomized controlled study has demonstrated that cannabidiol (CBD) may serve as an effective alternative to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for managing acute dental pain, particularly beneficial for patients unable to tolerate NSAIDs. The research, led by Vanessa Chrepa, PhD, DDS, MS from UT Health San Antonio, involved adults with moderate to severe dental pain,
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Guest Author Dr Jessica Bishop Funk DDS, Substack Jan 16, 2024 Happy New Year! I hope that your year is off to a fabulous start and that you have big plans/goals for the days ahead. Personally, I have struggled with where I belong in the space of trying to reveal COVID lies as we try
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Guest Author David Darab DDS MBA CEPA, Darab Business Advisors In the realm of dental care—and indeed, in any sector where commerce and personal interactions intersect—there’s a relentless emphasis on “case presentation skills.” This topic saturates discussions among coaches and consultants, workshops, and countless online resources, with a staggering 40,000,000 Google search results and 288,000
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A recent cross-sectional analysis of IQVIA Longitudinal Prescription Data reveals a concerning increase in dental opioid prescribing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study, covering the period from 2016 to 2022, initially showed a 45% decrease in dental opioid prescriptions. However, during the pandemic, this positive trend slowed, with a 31.4% surge in dental opioid dispensing
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A recent study published in Addiction examined polysubstance overdose deaths in the United States during the transition to the fourth wave of the drug overdose crisis. The researchers analyzed national death records from 2010 to 2021 and found an over 50 fold increase in overdose deaths involving both fentanyl and stimulants, with the most substantial
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We are fortunate as both clinicians and Americans to have a hero of exponential proportions amongst us. For those who have not heard of Dr. Peter McCullough, he is a practicing cardiologist, epidemiologist and internist. He is one of the most published cardiologists (over 1000 publications and 685 citations in the National Library of Medicine)
Researchers from Boston College, Boston University, and Giner Labs have developed a groundbreaking penny-sized biosensor using atom-thick graphene. This innovative device, described in ACS Nano, is the first to utilize graphene-based field effect transistors for detecting four different opioids simultaneously in wastewater, addressing a key challenge in understanding opioid usage within communities. When an opioid
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Join us for a brief informational presentation on the Mate Act – hope this helps answer all your questions!
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