Rubber Ducks aren’t actually made of rubber. They’re plastic. Though we don’t even think about it. Rubber allows our practices to function. It’s the elastic in our mask earloops, in our gloves, O-rings for your handpiece, air-water gaskets, hoses, colored bands to identify tools, the small cute organizer in cassettes, prophy cups, toothbrush handles, isolation […]
This Isn’t Transitory
This is becoming more serious than I thought. The CPI numbers came out this week and it’s not looking good. Welcome to the world of having front desk workers with starting wages in the mid 20’s, assistants in the mid 30’s and hygienists in the mid 40’s. That might not be a bad thing if […]
20 Second Light Cure
It’s the hardest idealization in life. The experience of waiting for the last beep on my assistant’s light cure unit. What gives? It’s only 20 seconds. And yet, I feel eternity ticking away. My impatience throwing internal temper tantrums with every filling. A wave of dread washes over me realizing the contact is slightly open […]