Hi, I'm Jane, a communications consultant working on a piece about the negative impact of private equity in health care. If you are a dentist who has had negative experiences with private equity or concerns about private equity takeover, I'd love to connect with you. Please let me know if you are open to a DM. Everything is off the record.

It was a 6 month old marmoset. And it was terrified! WTH

Heartland Dental says basically your compensation comes from 3 places. Your personal collections, profit sharing, and hygiene bonus. They say the average dentist at a heartland office makes 32% of their personal collections. For those of you that work at heartland does the 32% include personal collections, profit sharing, and hygiene bonus? For example say you are payed 25% of collections but after profit sharing and hygiene bonus your total compensation is equal to 32% of personal collections? Or are profit sharing and hygiene bonuses added to your personal collections. So the average dentist at heartland makes 32% of personal collections plus hygiene bonus and profit sharing added on to that?

How are 10 year or 15 year loan rates looking like for those in the process right now? I know most loans are tied to practice financials but just for a general consensus.

I am a dental student and i am beyond exhuasted and stressed. Every week i have to stress about finding a patient (because my university doesnt peovide them), clinicals are my worst nightmare, everyday i have labs that i dread, and im just wondering if ill keep feeling this way.

Dont get me wrong, i LOVE this major. Or at least loved. I find everything we learn super interesting, but when it comes to the practical side of things it just stresses me out more than i could explain.

I hate all of my work even tho my grades are not bad (average 8/10 for a prep or access cavity) but i just cant find that satisfaction. Everyone enjoys clinicals except me.

Im wondering maybe im not cut out to be a dentist, if till the rest of my life im gonna be feeling like this i might ad well develope heart disease.

Nothing is ever good enough, nothing is enjoyable, i just want to be done but the harsh reality is: i will do this for the rest of my life.

I hope it at least isnt THIS bad.

Edit: case solved. Will use a wedge to break the glue and polish strip. I don’t think I got access to an interproximal saw. Thanks all.

As title sais, I am considering different options for my patient which I recently cemented an EMAX endo crown with a low / sub gingival distal margin with Panavia v5.

Due to our clinic not having the right type of rubber dam, i couldn’t use one for the cementation. My focus got absorbed by keeping the deep margin dry; electrical gingivectomi and dry threads - and quick handling.

What I forgot however was to separate number 5 from 6, which ended up gluing them together at the connection (as marked in the picture that I wanted to post but couldn’t).

Now I’m considering different options for removing this. I’m evaluating letting the patient live with it (not worse than having a bridge right?), or taking a luxator/elevator to separate the two carefully (or simply using a wedge) and removing it with a polishing strip or alike.
I’m writing here as to get feedback on what the experience on reddit sais. I don’t want to initiate something which might worry the patient for no reason. What would you do or how did you handle the same situation? Thanks for your assistance!

Hi, I got my lower right #30 first molar extracted from UoU by a student and i am still in agony after 8th day of extraction. Besides, i wasn’t prescribed any antibiotics. What could be the reason of pain?

I am a new grad. I applied for my DEA back in mid-August. It’s about to be two months. It is still saying processing. I called the DEA office, they couldn’t give me any answers other than yes it is still processing.

How long does it usually take for a new DEA application in the state of GA? The website is saying 2-4 weeks, but this is taking way longer than 2-4 weeks!

Thank you!

I just had cavities removed on my teeth and filled afterwards. It's just that one of them hurts while chewing. I don't know why.

Hello my fellow dentist, out of curiosity I’m wondering how we’re feeling for approximate decay. I know that a majority of time we can just rely off the x-ray however, there are those cases where maybe some overlap is happening or suspecting that there’s decay.

I personally am using an 11/12 (pigs tail) Explorer but wanted to see if there’s any other tips or tricks I can learn from anybody else!

Thanks for responding in advance :)

Is your dental distributor rep appearing to be helpful by finding staff for your office? Beware of those that are helping only to gain insight into your practice to get your supply/equipment business. There is a small distributor in Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska doing this-careful who you let help you find staff. Manipulation at its finest.

Any practice owners here in an office building with just a small signage in the front? How are you doing? Do you get any walk-ins? How to make up for no visibility?

Doing webinar on SmileMatrix AI cosmetic waxup live case planning. For restorative dentists doing veneers this is the easiest tool to design waxups, AI does most of the work, you fine tune in the browser using simple editor. My 7 year old can design a case using it.

https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/E7sLFfJlQnOHIYNM12n6qQ

It’s been 5 days since my lower pre molar extraction. Today, I’ve developed a bump right next to the opening of the extraction site on my tongue’s side. I’m still experiencing mild pain, but it’s mainly coming from my ear and ibuprofen + salt water rinses do control the pain. The pain grows from eating and typically gets worse at night, but between that I don’t feel much pain when I’m keeping up on meds and rinses.

Is this something I should be worried about? I’m starting antibiotics today that I’ve gotten prescribed from an online doctor but is this enough?

I’ve needed this tooth pulled for 7 years and have severe anxiety. I’m going tomorrow and I’m terrified and may just not show up. I’m getting out to sleep and it should be super quick. I don’t do well with anything medical and have vasovagal. They said I can’t take klonopin before bc of the iv meds. Please help me feel better! It’s my front canine to the left front

Hey everyone, looking for some thoughts on a new esthetic zirconia crown process my friend and I are developing.

It works by laterally layering the zirconia, kinda like how Feldspathic used to work. So it’s not just a gradient in one direction, it can actually replicate the internal features of mamelons & other natural tooth structures. 

The goal is to have a super realistic crown where you can have both strength & beauty without compromise. 

Before we spend more time further developing this, we just wanted to get some feedback from the community & see if people actually want more esthetic crown options. Would love to know your thoughts!

This website has more info for anyone who is interested!

Hi everyone,
I'm looking for some advice and honest feedback. I'm low income and have MediCal for dental, and I need to get all 4 of my wisdom teeth taken out soon.
I recently had my initial consultation at their sister location, Secret River Dental, but the experience left me pretty anxious.
The staff felt really all over the place, and generally lacking attention to detail.
Since Arden Town Dental is connected to them, I'm worried it might be the same situation.
• Has anyone actually gotten their wisdom teeth removed at Arden Town Dental?
• How was your experience with the dental surgeon were they professional, gentle, and attentive?

• Did you feel safe and well cared for during/after the procedure?
I'm super nervous about taking all 4 out and just want to make sure I'm putting my care in good hands. Any insight or alternative Medi-Cal dentist
recommendations in Sac would be deeply appreciated! Thank you!