2025 Annual Ugly Sweater or Festive Outfit Contest
2025 Annual Ugly Sweater or Festive Outfit Contest! This year’s contenders showed off their holiday cheer with their merry best Ugly Sweaters or Festive Outfits! The competition was tight as always but a few stood out from the rest in all their holly jolly glory....
2025 Dental City Halloween Costume Contest
Happy Halloween! It’s been a great holiday filled with fun and frights as we celebrate our Annual Costume Contest! And this year might just be our most ghoulish yet… check out all the costumes and find out who was victorious!ScariestFirst Kristi L as a Killer...
2024 Annual Ugly Sweater or Festive Outfit Contest
2024 Annual Ugly Sweater or Festive Outfit Contest! This year’s contenders showed off their holiday cheer with their merry best Ugly Sweaters or Festive Outfits! The competition was tight as always but a few stood out from the rest in all their holly jolly glory....
2024 Dental City Halloween Costume Contest
Happy Halloween! It’s been a great holiday filled with fun and frights as we celebrate our Annual Costume Contest! And this year might just be our most ghoulish yet… check out all the costumes and find out who was victorious!ScariestFirst Katie F as Murderous Wendy's...
2023 Annual Ugly Sweater or Festive Outfit Contest!
2023 Annual Ugly Sweater or Festive Outfit Contest! This year’s contenders showed off their holiday cheer with their merry best Ugly Sweaters or Festive Outfits! The competition was tight as always but a few stood out from the rest in all their holly jolly glory....
2023 Dental City Halloween Costume Contest
Happy Halloween! It’s been a great holiday filled with fun and frights as we celebrate our Annual Costume Contest! And this year might just be our most ghoulish yet… check out all the costumes and find out who was victorious!ScariestFirst Kristina B as PennywiseSecond...
2022 Annual Ugly Sweater or Festive Outfit Contest!
2022 Annual Ugly Sweater or Festive Outfit Contest! This year’s contenders showed off their holiday cheer with their merry best Ugly Sweaters or Festive Outfits! The competition was tight as always but a few stood out from the rest in all their holly jolly glory....
2022 Dental City Halloween Costume Contest
Happy Halloween! It’s been a great holiday filled with fun and frights as we celebrate our Annual Costume Contest! And this year might just be our most ghoulish yet… check out all the costumes and find out who was victorious!ScariestFirst Joedy B. as Creepy...
2021 Annual Ugly Sweater or Festive Outfit Contest!
2021 Annual Ugly Sweater or Festive Outfit Contest! This year’s contenders showed off their holiday cheer with their merry best Ugly Sweaters or Festive Outfits! The competition was tight as always but a few stood out from the rest in all their holly jolly glory....
2021 Dental City Halloween Costume Contest
Happy Halloween! It’s been a great holiday filled with fun and frights as we celebrate our Annual Costume Contest! And this year might just be our most ghoulish yet… check out all the costumes and find out who was victorious!ScariestFirst Katie K. as Demonic Wednesday...
10 questions dental graduates should ask new patients
We’ve composed a list of 10 open-ended questions that every dental professional should ask new patients to help keep them coming back.
15 Ways to Use Dental Floss that Have Nothing to do with Teeth
Floss is a rockstar when it comes to keeping teeth clean and gums healthy. And we’re sure that you’ve probably felt like a broken record on more than one occasion while reminding patients (again and again) to floss regularly. But did you know that floss is handy for a...
COVID-19 CDT Codes Approved for Use
While specific guidelines on COVID-19 vaccine distribution and testing in dental office are still being determined by dental insurance companies, in March the Code Maintenance Committee approved these eight pandemic-related CDT codes for 2021.
New Silver Diamine Fluoride Product Treats without Staining
Innovative Riva Star SDF Remains a Smart Choice for Dental Practices Three years after its introduction to the U.S. dental marketing, Riva Star SDF (silver diamine fluoride) is still a top choice desensitizing agent for dental professionals—and for good reason. Its...
COVID-19 Effects on Dentists in Public Health Settings versus Dentists in Private Practice
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have differing impacts on various dental sectors, mostly in regards to private practices and public health dentists.
We’re here for you. A letter from the owners.
Dear valued Dental City customers. As we continue to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, please know the Dental City team is here for you. Our loyal customers are of great importance to us – that’s why we’re here to support your team through these challenging times....
The Correct Procedures for Donning & Doffing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
We’ve pulled the most relevant information from the CDC to help dental professionals understand the appropriate way to preform donning and doffing of PPE.
Top 5 Patient Questions and How to Answer Them
As dental offices begin to reopen, it is extremely important to adhere to proper infection control in order to rebuild practices and reinforce patient trust. This trust is an essential part in working our way back to “normal” and ensuring the utmost comfort that...
Dental office managers need to add another step to their new employee onboarding process
As dental offices being to evaluate what “normal” looks like in a Coronavirus world, they need to evaluate everything they did before, including the new employee onboarding checklist. With more emphasis on PPE, dental office managers will need to think about adjusting...
The difference between N95 mask “extended use” and “reuse”
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, healthcare workers continue to see a shortage in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). These difficulties have led to dental offices considering the extension of use for certain PPE, the most significant item being N95 masks. In order...
Podcast: Business Financial Management Part 1
In this first of three podcasts featuring actionable financial advice for your practice from Ken Mathys, CPA & Dental Practice Advisor, you'll learn how to stabilize your practice and prepare it for the future state of dentistry during the COVID-19...
Video Resources
Video Resources Watch any or all of these helpful videos to help stay up to date on all things related to COVID-19 and its effect on dental practices. We’ll continue to add more video resources, so be sure to check back regularly.Coronavirus impact on dental...
Using Down Time Wisely: Resources for Continuing Education
In light of the directive from the ADA to suspend all non-emergency dental procedures, chances are you may have more down time than usual. To help you have the opportunity to keep learning and maintain your continuing education requirements, we’re sharing a variety of...
Temporary Office Closure Checklist
Preparing your office for closing: Turn off nitrous units & O2 Tanks Turn vacuum off but confirm electricity is still supplied to the system (some brandsperform periodic cycles) Shut off power to air compressor units Swap out amalgam separator cartridge if new one...
COVID-19: What You Should Know
What is COVID-19? An infectious disease caused by the most recently discovered Coronavirus. This coronavirus is not the same as other common coronaviruses that cause more mild illness, like the common cold. How does it spread? It spreads through: Person-to-person...
2019 Annual Ugly Sweater or Festive Outfit Contest!
2019 Annual Ugly Sweater or Festive Outfit Contest! This year’s contenders showed off their holiday cheer with their merry best Ugly Sweaters or Festive Outfits! The competition was tight as always but a few stood out from the rest in all their holly jolly glory....
2019 Dental City Halloween Costume Contest
Happy Halloween! It’s been a great holiday filled with fun and frights as we celebrate our Annual Costume Contest! And this year might just be our most ghoulish yet… check out all the costumes and find out who was victorious! Scariest First Ben H. as an Unkillable...
Dental City Reviews the AeroPro™ Cordless Prophy Handpiece!
Dental City Reviews the AeroPro™ Cordless Prophy Handpiece! We could tell you all day how great the AeroPro from Premier is but why not let a real-life hygienist give it a review herself? Hear her thoughts on what sets the AeroPro apart and makes it a great choice for...
9 Fascinating Historical Dental Facts Too Good Not to Share
How much do you know about the history of dentistry? Everyone knows that today’s dental industry is continually exploding with innovation that leads to new and exciting developments to better take care of oral health. But the history of dentistry is just as...
7 Simple Yet Effective Ways to Boost Productivity
In a perfect world every time you acquired a new patient, that patient would become a regular and permanent member of your patient schedule. And you’d take all the new patients you could until you were at maximum patient capacity. Then you’d sit back, relax and take...
4 Types of Email Subject Lines that will Get Patients to Open
When it comes to cost effective marketing there may be none more effective than the classic email. Other than the time needed to create the email itself there’s really no cost to your practice—and so much to gain. Assuming you have a dental practice website (remember...
Rockstar by Day, Dental Do-Gooder by Night: Lenny Kravitz’s Mission to Increase Access to Dental Care
When it comes to champions for access to quality dental care there are probably very few of us whose minds would go to famed musician Lenny Kravitz. But that’s what makes his mission to help provide oral health care to his home island in the Bahamas, Eleuthera, even...
Five of History’s Best April Fools’ Day Pranks
April Fools’ Day is thought to have been celebrated in some form or another since the 16th century and is now celebrated in all corners of the world. Typically this day marks the time to play innocent and fun pranks on family and friends (toothpaste Oreos, anyone?),...
5 Apps That Can Benefit Your Dental Practice
In the age of the smart phones and tablets there’s a seemingly endless supply of apps we can download and use to make our lives a little easier. Everything from mobile banking and games to shopping and workouts can all just be a click away. But have you ever given...
5 Questions to Ask When Considering a Cloud Based Software System for Your Dental Practice
What was once no more than a mass of water vapor floating in the sky is now something that plays a vital role in our technological landscape. There are dozens of cloud-based dental practice software systems that all promise to make practice life less hectic, keep...
Dental City Ugly Sweater OR Festive Outfit Contest 2018!
First Annual Dental City Ugly Sweater OR Festive Outfit Contest! We switched it up this year and added another category to our Christmas Clothing Contest! We’ve got some people in their ugly sweaters that bring classic holiday cheer. And others went all out in a...
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[INFOGRAPHIC] Dental Insurance Coding Changes in 2019.
The Holiday Season is upon us, which means the New Year is right around the corner! And with it comes changes to dental insurance coding that you’ll want to have on hand. This quick and easy list of coding changes for 2019 will help keep you and the rest of the office...
Rock Paper Scissors or Floss Gauze Scaler?
Do You Know the Man Behind Famous Movie Teeth?
Whether you’ve seen a trailer for the newly released Queen Biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody, or you were front row in the theater opening night you really can’t miss the peculiar set of chompers sported by actor Rami Malek in the film’s starring role. Unless you are a...
Dental City Halloween Costume Contest 2018
Happy Halloween, everyone! The results are in! After another year of fierce competition it’s time to reveal all the spooktacular looks from this year’s Halloween Costume Contest. From Ghouls to Grandmas we had quite the stellar line up. Check out this year’s ghastly...
Are You Listening Yet? 7 Interesting Podcasts for Dental Professionals
Have you joined the podcast craze yet? Instead of tuning to your favorite station or streaming music through their phone, many people are turning to Podcasts on their morning commutes or as a way to wind down after a stressful day. And with thousands to choose from on...
Chance Encounters: How One Wedding (and Wedding Party) Wouldn’t Have Been Possible Without Dental City
We’re taking a break from our regularly scheduled educational and informative content to share a story a little bit different this week—hopefully it brings a smile to your face and gets your week off to a great start! At Dental City we try our hardest to make our time...
Have You Heard of This Teeth-Friendly Treat?
Like most seven-year-olds Alina Morse badly wanted to accept the lollipop a bank teller offered her. But she remembered what her parents had always told her—that candy like lollipops was bad for her teeth. However, unlike most seven-year-olds Alina didn’t just move on...
There’s No Such Thing as Down Time – 5 Things You Can Do On a “Slow” Day
A dental practice level of productivity can often by measured solely as the number of patients on the schedule. That means it’s only natural that some days will be more productive than others in terms of patient care load. On those days especially full days you work...
Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest 2017
The Annual Dental City Ugly Sweater Contest Here’s everyone in their ugliest, most over the top holiday gear! You’ll see the competition was pretty fierce, but four victors proved that their ugly sweater spirit stood out above the rest. Although, we think everyone...
Dental City Halloween Costume Contest 2017
Happy Halloween, everyone! Another downright ghoulish Halloween Costume Contest is in the books, and it’s time to share the best of the best creative, funny, and scary costumes with you. As usual, the competition was fierce. Check out the full line up and the victors...
Considering a Cloud Based Software Program? Ask These Questions First
The Cloud. What was once no more than a mass of water vapor floating in the sky is now something that plays a vital role in our technological landscape. But does it have any business being in your dental practice? You can choose from a variety of cloud-based dental...
Quite the Career Change: Former Dentist Moves on to Film Production
While many dental professionals hope to live out their careers helping patients until they can retire comfortably, one dentist from Madison had slightly different plans for his life post-dentistry. Dr. Jim Kreutzer began practicing dentistry in Madison in the...
The best way to handle difficult patients
Let’s face it, most people don’t place going to the dentist too high on their “favorite things to do” list. And, unfortunately, this can lead to some difficult situations with patients, especially those who come in with a bad attitude about dental treatment or who are...
Dental City 2017 Lip Sync Battle
Lip Sync Battle is already a huge viral sensation. Watch Dental City's first annual Lip Sync Battle. Who is your favorite?
Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest 2016
Merry Christmas! Last week at Dental City everyone came dressed in their finest (or most horrible--your call) Christmas get-ups to duke it out in a competition to find the best of the worst. Check out the top 3 festive winners below! Ugliest Christmas Sweater Leanne...
Dental City Halloween Costume Contest 2016
Happy Halloween, everyone! Another downright ghoulish Halloween Costume Contest is in the books, and it’s time to share the best of the best creative, funny, and scary costumes with you. As usual, the competition was fierce. Check out the full line up and the victors...
6 times dentists stole the show on the big screen
Screen capture. Copyright © 2003 Disney Enterprises, Inc. / Pixar Animation Studios. Credit: © 2003 Disney / Pixar / Courtesy: Pyxurz. Dentists (and all dental professionals) pretty much rock in real life, what with the keeping our smiles pearly white and our mouths...
What do Brad Pitt and George Washington have in common?
They each star in one of these bizarre facts about teeth. So if you ever find yourself in the midst of an awkward silence try sharing one or two of these pieces of trivia. After sharing it you’ll either find yourself caught up in a lively discussion about teeth… or in...
12 useful and creative ways to use floss you’ve never thought of
We stumbled across this list while doing very serious (ahem) blog research and had to share it with you. Let us know if you try any at home. We know there’s a few we want to try! Slice delicate foods When baking more finicky foods like bread or cinnamon rolls that...
Dental City Ugly Sweater Contest
Merry Christmas! Today at Dental City everyone came dressed in their finest (or most horrible--your call) Christmas get-ups to duke it out in a competition to find the best of the worst. Check out the festive winner below! Joedy Bintz And here’s the rest of our crew...
2015 Dental City Halloween Costume Contest
And the winners are?
Every year members of the Dental City crew dress up in hopes of winning costume bragging rights for the next 365 days. Check out who the winners are this year (and the awesome runners-up!).