Handwriting — yours is as individual as your dental style. In celebration of the this week’s #NationalHandwritingDay — January 23 — put your personal spin on these five suggestions to improve your dental brand, your way. 1. Draft handwritten kudos cards for your #dentalstaff.  ( https://www.bencoprints.com/ ) 2. Personalize birthday messages and #milestonemoment notes to celebrate your #dentalpatients. 3. Incorporate a Ucreate digital play panel by NunoErin® into your pediatric space to offer young patients a place to doodle their caries…

February event addresses The Opioid Crisis: What We Don’t Fix Cannot Heal and honors 15 support specialists A few days remain to nominate dental support specialists local to Columbus, Ohio for an upcoming honor. The support team surrounding a dentist is critical for creating success in the practice. The Lucy Hobbs Project, powered by Benco Dental, in collaboration with host River Park Dental will recognize 15 local support specialists at a February event. January 5 is the final day to…

“THE 2018 AMERICAN Association of Women Dentists conference, held over three days in early October in lovely Savannah, Georgia, was titled “Proper Positioning: Align Yourself for Success”—and scores of female dental colleagues from around the country gathered to network, collaborate, grow, refresh—and, yes, align themselves for even greater achievements still ahead.” So says Dr. Kady Rawal in her recent guest column for Incisal Edge dental lifestyle magazine. Dr. Rawal, part of a faculty practice at Boston University’s Dental Health Center,  was…

Thirteen-year-old McKenzie Laity of Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania, sat down for a quick interview at the Benco Dental home office during today’s Bring Your Child To Work Day. when parents host their kids at the office to expand their career horizons. Originally called Take Our Daughters to Work Day, according to www.marketplace.org, the event was founded in 1993 by Gloria Steinem and the Ms. Foundation for Women. The day’s official title was changed in 2003 to Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. Though McKenzie, who visited Benco along…

The Lucy Hobbs Project empowers women in dentistry to drive change and deliver success through networking, innovation and giving back. One woman who embodies this is Margaret Fickess, RDA, CDA, M.Ed. Margaret (shown) — the recipient the 2017 Lucy Hobbs Project Innovator Award — embodies the qualities of an outstanding dental professional who is driven to educate and mentor others. When she graduated from San Diego Mesa College’s dental-assisting program nearly 50 years ago, Margaret Fickess’s only work experience at…