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The first blog of this series was about Stages of Dental Practice and in this post we will discuss some commonly faced problems at respective stages of practice and their solutions.



Stage 1 Introduction:



Some young doctors are worried because of low pattient footfall in initial days of practice. Actually they can take this as an opportunity & utilize the empty hours of practice to grow their network. The idea…

In India, we are taught dentistry but no one taught us business cycle of Dental Practice. This business illiteracy has put many dentists in dilemma; leaving them unsure about their future. I believe this is one of the primary reasons why many dentists are unhappy with their practices.

Let’s get into the details of "Lifecycle" of your practice... 

An average life of your practice is 25-30 years. It undergoes five different stages which are Introduction, Growth, Maturity,…

1. Deteriorating Education Standard



In India, oral health care awareness amongst population is low resulting in fewer patients. On the other hand the number of dental schools & their intake capacity is ever increasing. Earlier the PG seats were limited so interns were getting the opportunity to perform most of the procedures but since PG seats has increased now; a lot of procedures are allowed only to PG students in many private dental colleges. In some private dental schools…

On one end of the ladder is leaving the crown high and telling the patient “Settle ho jaega” and on the end is over reducing the prosthetic crown thinking “yeh supraerupt hoke contact mein aa jaega”

Unfortunately both these can have long term deleterious effects on the patients dentition and thus we clinicians should refrain from such erroneous practice.

As ethical clinicians, it is…