Primeiro molar inferior, é possível realizar endodontia nesse dente? Houve perfuração da furca?

I am 2 years out of school and currently work as an associate. For the most part this is a good gig: I have good mentorship, my boss is kind, I get along well with everyone at the office. However, it is so disorganized, there are so many issues with scheduling, and our lab sucks (I’m talking like they send me crowns with open contacts, they lose my cases and need to start over, they send me the wrong stuff etc.). I’ve talked to my boss and front desk countless times about the way they schedule things (they overpack it, give me like 30 min for quadrant dentistry) and they fix it for like 2 weeks and then it goes right back to how it was. I hate this because I’m constantly running behind, the patients get mad at me, and I’m sorry but I’m doing rushed dentistry and it’s just not how I want to be. Our lab is so cheap and it shows but when I ask to use a different lab because I’m fed up with this, my company says that’s I’d be responsible for 100% of the lab fee which I just can’t do with the insurance rates.

My question is: I feel like I have it good in terms of a boss that treats me decently well (compared to my previous job which was a nightmare) so I’m scared to leave because what if it’s the same shit, just a different office and now the big man is a jerk too. At the same time, I feel like I can’t keep working like this as it’s truly making me hate this profession. Grass isn’t always greener so I’m not sure what I should value more.

Any and all input welcome

I observe that dentists often do prophy for less than 15-20 minutes. As a hygienist, I believe that 45 minutes - 1 hour is necessary for prophy only excluding xray, perio charting, history review and etc. 20 minutes cavitron, 20 minute currette/scaler, 10 min prophy cup. And deep cleaning often needs 1 hour per quadrant.

How do dentists do prophy that quick? Do dentists really think 15-20 minutes is enough?

I sometimes scroll through tik tok and instagram and I see docs that have just graduated rolling around in M3's, Porsches, and showing a "day in their life" in their penthouse/practice.

I know social media can be deceiving, but what on earth is going on here. Are there new grads really doing that well with their practices? Any of yall riding around in a Porsche 911? I don't think I can reasonably afford one til like mid 40s.

General dentist here. I recently did a paid working interview/trial day at a private practice. The owner initially wanted me to sign an employment contract before working, but I told him I wasn't comfortable committing until I had the chance to work there and see if it was a good fit. He agreed, and we agreed on an hourly rate for the trial day.

Worked the day, did not like the office. Before I left that day, he even reminded me to submit my hours, which I did.

After the working interview, I decided not to accept the position later that week.

It's now been over three weeks, and I still haven't been paid for the day I've worked. I've emailed the owner three separate times with no response. I also texted the office manager, who told me she wasn't sure why I hadn't been paid, that the owner had been out of town, and that he'd be back this week. He's now back, and I still haven't heard anything. She also stated she's not in charge of payroll so does not know what to do.

The amount is under 1k, so it's not a crazy amount, but to me it's more about the principle. We had an agreement, I worked the day, submitted my hours as requested, and expected to be paid like anyone else.

At this point I'm torn. Part of me wants to send one final demand email and, if necessary, pursue small claims. The other part of me wonders if I should just let it go because I don't know if I want to keep spending my time and energy chasing someone who, at this point, doesn't seem interested in paying me.

Has anyone been in a similar situation? What would you do?

Single canal bifurcating in the apical third , how do i obturate both the canals

Bout a year into ownership after being W-2 all of my career and found a place that would be perfect for us but the big banks seem to all want 2 years business history as a minimum.

Any recommendations on lenders that offer “Non-Qualified Mortgages”?

Hello! I currently work part-time as an independent contractor at a slower Medi-Cal heavy office. The practice was recently acquired by new ownership and changed completely overnight without any advance notice or transition period. The last 24hrs have been a shit show trynna figure out what exactly is happening to my job/role given this transition.

I'm frustrated (more so with the previous organization) with how this was handled. I've had one foot out the door for a while due to several other factors. I was really just waiting for the right time to leave. However, the new management seems promising. They mentioned plans to install ambidextrous chairs, upgrade technology, and potentially switching to PPO/FFS after evaluating the practice, but honestly who knows if and when that would actually happen. I'm feeling ready to move on.

No new contracts have been signed yet, and transition discussions are still ongoing. A part of me feels like I might be overracting, but this who experience is kinda the cherry on top of my pent up frustrations. I am weighing two options: staying through the management change despite the uncertainty (even if only for a few months), or using this transition to make a clean exit and explore other opportunities.

I am leaning toward moving on, but I would appreciate advice on how to navigate this exit professionally and smoothly or alternative suggestions/insights. Thanks!

Currently running google ads for my practice. we are fully out of network with insurance and it costs me about $180-$250 to get one patient on average between consult/emergency/hygiene

I was watching a podcast and it made me think that I shouldn’t be so stubborn about what “works”.

do any of you guys here use an agency/ run ads yourself and successfully/predictably use meta for patient acquisition for bread and butter / hygiene?

(not all on four)

thanks in advance.

Patient taking Prolia for osteoporosis needing an extraction of 47. Tooth is borderline g2 mobility. Have tried referring patient to OS incase of MRONJ. The patient is aware of the risk and wants to get it done with me but happy to see OS if MRONJ develops. I think with the amount of bone loss I can do it atraumatically but just wondering if I should debride the socket to remove granulation tissue or just leave it there as it is to prevent bone trauma?

Would love to hear your experience. I found a great demographic that I think can support it. 3500 to 1 saturation and 150k median income. I would like to go for the lean and mean model.

What’s your go to socket preservative after extraction?

I posted this on r/Dentists, but there aren't many dentists in that subreddit.

I’ve been looking for a way out of dentistry ever since I got my license. I thought trading might be a realistic path, but after reading the comments on r/daytrading, it definitely put things into perspective. I’m planning to stick with dentistry for a few more years while learning trading on the side.

Has anyone here successfully made a living through trading and eventually left dentistry?

To me this bite mark looks pretty fake. I can list probably 5-6 reasons why. I’m curious if my colleagues feel similarly, and if so, maybe you’d like to throw out a reason or two why this doesn’t look right. (Or maybe I’m wrong and you can tell me why).

Before in 2023
After is in 2026
Pt is going for ortho and surgery to address the 7’s and the 8’s for sure
But I feel good about helping him keep those otherwise undesirable looking teeth

Has anyone had any experience with Archy? It seems similar to Curve but better because it has a lot of the patient communication features that weave offers. I'm currently using dentrix (server based) and weave combo.

We planned to replace the abutment and the crown. Can anyone recognized this implant brand? Thank you.

44 had been asymptomatic but the crown part had been broken recently. I had only did rewalling at 1st visit and quick apex locator reading. The bucal canal showed 0mm to apex while in 20mm file in, meanwhile lingual showed 20mm but unclear{jumpy). I planned to reconfirm and took PA next time.

2nd visit re open temp filling and decided to finally took a photo. This time PA reading is bit diff. 18mm bucal and 20mm lingual but this time my apex locator didnt show 0mm reading to the bucal canal. Ok then I took 15 gutta and took PA. Look extremely underfiled esp the lingual canal(shorter one).I feel tug back for both canal although sometimes the bucal canal feel like hitting a wall under. And Lingual canal once I go past 20mm with #10 pt feel pain +bleeding at paper point.

There is few question to unpack for me :

1.I had hear anatomical apex vs PA apex. But the PA look pretty far still that anyone include me would said its underextended.

1. Bucal canal still look very much under extended even though Lingual canal might be just right. I might use EDTA to redo my patency but is it enough?

3.If there is any suggestion I would love to hear it. Next visit is in 2.5 weeks bcs I had eye ops this week.

Looking for suggestions for interesting YouTube clips to play for patients. I won’t play the news or daytime tv. Don’t want to muck around asking what do you want to watch and finding it etc. just want some dealing interesting material. Maybe even something somehow interactive/something they can caught up in (especially for whitening appts).

Currently I have some really lovely scenery videos of different parts of the world, underwater videos and even dog cam videos. Anyone have some good suggestions that their patients enjoy?

I keep getting conflicting reviews about the biolase laser. Should I pull the trigger or wait and buy the dentsply sirolase?

Looking for opinions from people who’ve started de novo endo practices.

Option A
53 GPs within 10 min
114 GPs within 15 min
1 endodontist within 10 min
2 endodontists within 15 min
Population: 53,000 (10 min), 114,000 (15 min)
Median household income: ~$130k

Option B
86 GPs within 10 min
155 GPs within 15 min
1 endodontist within 10 min
2 endodontists within 15 min
Population: ~300k (10 min), ~510k (15 min)
Median household income: ~$65–67k

Similar startup costs. Open to PPOs but not looking to build a Medicaid-heavy practice. Which market would you choose if your goal was to build the biggest, most profitable practice long term, and why?

Current annual= 2476 for 7200 monthly benefit with own occupation/catostrophic

50% increase 3500 for 9200 a month

100% increase 5k for 12k a month

I'm btw not upping or 50%.

Wife makes 80k

Looking to be debt free in two years.

I currently don't have health insurance so rather than upping my disability I wanted to get health as I see this as more statistically useful.

I know disability is useful but the 1000$ increase isn't a 1000$ increase it's 30k.increase over 30 years and I'm.getting tired of this death by a thousand cuts.

Thoughts?

If anyone has used this please drop a review. It say 5MP camera with 9 LED. But resolution is only HD - 720P