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Author: Barry F. Polansky, DMD

Leadership 

Want to Lead Your Patients & Team?  

Barry F. Polansky, DMD 0 Comments Communication, community, Dental Leader, Journaling, leadership, Young Dentist

Here’s how to become an instant leader. A while back, I sat in on a Facebook Live interview with a dentist

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Dentistry 

The Examination Is Sacred Time

Barry F. Polansky, DMD 0 Comments Communication, dentistry, Examination

Here I share abridged excerpts from my newest book The Porch: A Dental Fable to illustrate why the new patient

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Community 

There Are Multiple Paths to Happiness

Barry F. Polansky, DMD 0 Comments Dentist, dentistry, Growth, Happiness

Seventeen is young to decide what you want to do with the rest of your life. Deciding you want to

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Dentistry Practice Management 

How to Move Toward Independence in Dentistry (Part 2)

Barry F. Polansky, DMD 0 Comments Dental Insurance, Fee For Service, Insurance Dependence, Pankey Style, The Pankey Institute

Mastery sits atop L. D. Pankey’s Ladder of Competency. The question is how does one achieve mastery? Once again it

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Dentistry Practice Management 

How to Move Towards Independence in Dentistry (Part 1)

Barry F. Polansky, DMD 0 Comments Dental Insurance, Fee For Service, Insurance Dependence, Pankey Style, The Pankey Institute

Happiness for me in dentistry was always doing my best for patients who appreciated and wanted the best dentistry. When

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Community Dentistry 

The Jaws Syndrome: Can We Go into the Water Yet?

Barry F. Polansky, DMD 0 Comments Awareness, COVID19, Dentist, Essential, Safety

I bet many of us feel like we are living in a movie these days.  I’m sure you have compared

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Dentistry 

Dentistry Post Corona: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Barry F. Polansky, DMD 0 Comments Covid-19, Post Corona, Zoom

The Great Pandemic of 2020 has created mass disruption in the lives and work for most people. In a current

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Leadership Pankey Philosophy 

Slip Slidin’ Away

Barry F. Polansky, DMD 8 Comments Communication, Comprehensive, leadership, Pankey Philosophy, Passion, Practice growth, Practice of Dentistry

If you watch one episode of Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, you will see a repeating theme. Previously great restaurants have

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Dentistry 

The Link Between Positive Psychology and Dentistry

Barry F. Polansky, DMD 4 Comments Happiness, philosophy, Positive Psychology, Psychology, Soft Skills, Wellness

Positive psychology and dentistry are closely linked, especially for professionals who own their own practices. Human beings are all too

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Pankey Philosophy 

Stoicism with a Big “S”

Barry F. Polansky, DMD 0 Comments Happiness, Justice, Kindness, Pankey Philosophy, Stoic

Dentistry can be emotionally taxing, and Stoicism helped me to get through some tough times. I am not referring to being a small “s” stoic. In truth, being a stoic

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Pankey Philosophy 

The Obstacle Is the Way

Barry F. Polansky, DMD 0 Comments continuing education, Diabetes, Happiness, Healthy, Productive, Strategy, Success, Work

Many years ago, when I was first trying to create a successful dental practice, I fell in love with the word “production.”

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