Word of Mouth

DrBicuspid.com recently posted an article by our President Steve Thorne. Steve focuses on “optimizing your practice” in these changing economic times in an article entitled”The Art of Modern Denstistry”.  Visit Dr. Bicuspid and check it out: http://www.drbicuspid.com/index.aspx?sec=sup&sub=pmt&pag=dis&ItemID=304372&wf=34

It’s amazing to me that most dentists still practice dentistry the same way my grandfather did for 50 years; and he retired about 30 years ago!  Yes, bridges and partials were common practice for him.  I don’t believe he ever did an implant.  He used film to take x-rays (most dentists in America still use [...]

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWwFm4vUzoI It was a weekend of inspiration and celebration as Pacific Dental Services held its annual XP Conference at the Bayfront Hilton in San Diego, CA.  This year’s presenters were Stephen Thorne, John Maxwell and Connie Podesta.  Above is a video recap of the great time we had last weekend.

Last year PDS experienced a 45% increase in PPO dental plans. In the first quarter of 2009, we experienced even faster growth. In the coming decade, two types of dental plans are expected to continue to grow: PPO’s and Discount Dental plans. They are essentially the same thing whereby the insurance carrier asks our affiliated [...]