Are you still the right person for your dental practice?
The following is an article written by Dr. Mustafa Shah-Khan, DDS published in Dental Economics in August 2021. A FEW YEARS AGO, I wrote an article for Dental Economics titled,…
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Electric Handpieces in a Post COVID World
The following is a Blog found on Komet USA by James “Jep” Paschal, DMD, MS in July 2020. I have been in private practice as an orthodontist for 15 years.…
What was your vision of dentistry as a dental student?
The following Op-Ed first appeared in the July 2018 issue of Dental Economics. Mustafa Shah-Khan, DDS In 2002, I graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry. As…
Recent Conversations Around the FTC Complaint Against Benco, Henry Schein and Patterson
There has been a lot of talk about the Federal Trade Commission’s recently filed complaint against Benco Dental Supply Company, Henry Schein, Inc. and Patterson Companies, Inc. We want to…
Why are Private Equity and Venture Capital Groups Interested in Dental Practices?
Dentistry is a field that has experienced evolutionary, not revolutionary, growth.
Dental Economics’ Series on the Preservation of the Independent Dental Practitioner
Synergy’s co-founder and CEO Dr. Mustafa Shah-Khan introduced and wrote for a series of articles in which various authors provided information to help practitioners evaluate their environment and make necessary…
Preservation of the Independent Dental Practitioner Series, Con’t.
Dental Economics concludes its series on Preservation of the Independent Dental Practitioner with an article by Dr. Mike Skramstad in which he discusses an alternative way to look at ROI.
Dr. Stan Michalski says GPOs help keep costs down
In a recent article in Dentistry IQ, Synergy vendor partner Dr. Stan Michalski – Michalski Dental Coaching – looks at seven reasons the supply percentage is too high in your…
Synergy Partner Dr. Stan Michalski Discusses Operational Competency in Dental Economics
Dr. Stan Michalski—founder of our valued dental supply partner Michalski Dental Coaching—recently covered operational competency and practice management with Dental Economics as part of the publication’s Preservation of the Independent…
Preservation of the Independent Dental Practitioner Series, Con’t
Dental Economics has continued its series on the Preservation of the Independent Dental Practitioner. Dr. Mustafa Shah-Khan, co-founder of Synergy Dental Partners, launched the series in October. In part 2…
Practicing in the ‘New Normal’ – The preservation of the independent dental practitioner
Synergy’s co-founder and CEO Dr. Mustafa Shah-Khan was published in the October 2015 issue Dental Economics. His article is the introduction to a series of articles in which various authors…
Synergy CEO Published in Dental Economics
Synergy’s co-founder and CEO Dr. Mustafa Shah-Khan was recently published in Dental Economics. Click on the following link to read the article: Increasing Purchasing Power for Your Practice: Understanding the…