Dear DrBicuspid Member,
Will you and your practice be hit with sizable tax increases next year? There has been much debate about the looming "fiscal cliff" that will occur if tax cuts adopted during the Bush administration are allowed to expire at the end of this year.
Click here to read what Brian Hufford, a certified public accountant who specializes in financial planning for dentists, recommends dental professionals do to prepare for the potential impact of these changes if Congress does not move to keep the tax cuts in place.
In other Practice Management Community news, New York dentist Mal Braverman, DMD, is suing Yelp over bad reviews, the latest in a string of lawsuits brought by dentists against the rating site. How does his complaint differ from similar lawsuits that have been unsuccessful, and why might it have a better chance of prevailing? Read more.
And in this Second Opinion piece, the authors of three studies on the financial impact of dental therapists published last month in the Journal of Dental Education clarify some of the statements made in DrBicuspid.com's analysis of those studies.
Finally, a study published this week in the journal Gut found significant associations between antibodies for multiple oral bacteria and the risk of pancreatic cancer. In particular, high antibody levels for Porphyromonas gingivalis were associated with a twofold risk for pancreatic cancer.
