Excellence Awards nominations open; Levin on internal marketing; Doniger on insurance

Dear DrBicuspid Member,

The DrBicuspid Dental Excellence Awards are once again open for nominations, giving you the chance to tell us who should be nominated for one of dentistry's most prestigious awards. Categories include Most Influential Dental Researcher, Best New Restoratives Material, Best New Instrument/Device, and more.

Your award nominations will be used to assemble a list of candidates to be voted on by our expert panel over the next months, with the winners announced before this year's ADA meeting in San Antonio.

The Dental Excellence Awards give you a great opportunity to make your voice known in recognizing the researchers, companies, educators, and institutions that make dentistry stand out. To submit your nominations, click here or go to nominations.drbicuspid.com.

Assuming your practice has an internal marketing coordinator, make the most of what this team member can accomplish for the practice. Make a strong commitment to internal marketing as a cost-effective growth strategy, and give your marketing coordinator what he or she needs to perform well, Dr. Roger P. Levin advises in his latest Practice Success tip.

In her latest Sheri's Solutions, Dr. Sheri Doniger asks how you handle the oft-asked question of "Do you take my insurance?" While seemingly a straightforward question, the answer involves preparation and important practice management decisions.

The investigational drug dacomitinib may benefit patients with recurrent or metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, according to the results of phase II clinical trial by researchers in South Korea. Read Features Editor Donna Domino's article here.