When you’re running a business, it can be hard to find a balance between providing health insurance and keeping your costs manageable. In a recent survey, the Kaiser Family Foundation found that in 2019, the average annual employee health insurance premiums were $7,188 for individuals and $20,576 for family coverage. The average premium for individual… Continue Reading Ways to lower your health care costs
Dr. Elhanan “Chet” Winchester Bennett was born March 31, 1823, in Rushford, New York. He settled in Clintonville in 1855 and was the pioneer dentist. He was also a timber cruiser, hotel keeper, surveyor, justice of the peace, veterinarian, trapper and the region’s dentist. Dr. Bennett came from a family of farmers. He picked up the… Continue Reading Pioneer dentist: Dr. Chet Bennett (Clintonville)
Dr. Robert J. Faries, a native of Youngstown, Ohio, came to Milwaukee in 1844. Dr. George Barber Miner was born in Ogden, New York. Dr. Miner was both a physician and dentist. He lived in Milwaukee in 1845, when he and Dr. Faries began to practice together. A record of this partnership was engraved in… Continue Reading Faries and Miner: Prominent Milwaukee dentists
As dental practices across the state open their schedules to non-emergency patients, a recurring question we are hearing is “How do I get reimbursed for the additional costs related to personal protective equipment (PPE) and readying operatories”? In a perfect world, a new dental procedure code would be developed, all insurance companies would allow and… Continue Reading Are you getting reimbursed for PPE costs?
Dentistry runs deep within my veins. My father, R. Douglas Teel was a brilliant dentist; the small-town, gentleman-farmer, Renaissance kind of dentist who could fix a Gleaner R62 Combine (a specialized harvesting tractor) axil or a #14 acute apical periodontitis at the drop of a hat. He died in 2002 after tragedy. This article was… Continue Reading Dentistry through four eras: One generational and three biological dentists
For more than 100 years, the Davies family has practiced dentistry in and around Waukesha. They opened the doors to a new facility in spring 2011, where today seven dentists operate pediatric, orthodontic and general dental offices under the same roof. My grandfather, William Alexander McFarlane, graduated from what is now Marquette dental school in… Continue Reading Multigenerational dental family spotlight: Davies
So far, the weather is pointing to a beautiful summer, just the kind that eager golfers love. But in 2020, the rules have changed. We can’t wait to get back to our normal routine, but how soon is too soon? Had this been a “normal” year, this post would be filled with information on the… Continue Reading The WDA Foundation State Dental Golf Classic is postponed until 2021
It’s time to retire, don’t bet the value of your life’s work on multipliers or rules of thumb. Some believe business valuation an art and multipliers and rules of thumb are adequate methods to value your practice. The multiplier, a value nobody can quantify, is multiplied against some arbitrary value such as gross sales, gross… Continue Reading You’ve worked your whole life building the value of your practice…
Dentistry has a long history of practicing in an environment very different from the medical field in that we work within inches of a body cavity every day and use instruments that cause aerosolization, splatter and visible spray. Within this spray are droplets of debris, saliva, blood, and/or microorganisms. This is not a new revelation.… Continue Reading Facts not fear
These are indeed unprecedented times. D&S Dental Laboratory, Inc. has been crafting restorations for more than four decades, ever since Dick and Sally Pilsner started the laboratory on the east side of Madison in 1972. Over these years, we’ve seen a lot of changes in our industry. I can personally remember the push back we… Continue Reading D&S Labs supports the dental industry