A Team Approach to Creating a Dental Practice Mission
A quick, easy way to create a mission statement for your dental practice involves your team. Last year, I called
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Pankey Philosophy
Tips for Being More Present with Patients
Tip 1: Develop the Habit of Clearing Your Mind as Your Move from Patient to Patient One of the hardest
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A Pankey Philosophy Overview
Philosophy has to do with the relationship between belief and action. In the end philosophy is what gives meaning and
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L. D. Pankey’s Philosophy Starts to Unfold
When L.D. Pankey returned to Coral Gables from the International Congress of Dentists in Paris, in 1931, knew he needed
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The Story of Dr. Daniel Hally-Smith Part 2—Tell Your Patients the Optimum Treatment, so They Can Decide Based on Knowledge
When L.D. Pankey visited Dr. Hally-Smith in Paris, Hally-Smith was curious about how L.D. could afford to come to the
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A Mother’s Letter
Dr. L.D. Pankey, Sr. (“L.D.”) was born on July 31, 1901. He received his Doctorate in Dental Surgery degree from
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Gratitude and Appreciation
One day an elderly woman came into the office without an appointment. Mrs. Blanchard was a tall woman wearing a
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Believe in Your Ideas. Believe in Yourself.
“Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” — Napoleon Hill When L.D. Pankey was developing
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Dear New Associate
A great doctor-patient relationship is the key to delivering quality care. The ideal model to help people move toward optimal
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Staying in the Question – Part 3
Ask One More Question One of the ways I have learned to Stay in the Question is to practice asking
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What Type of Patient Relationship Distinguishes a Health-Centered Dental Practice?
I think all dentists would agree that mutually beneficial and enjoyable relationships with patients are key to a dental practice’s
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