Alan Stafford, DDS, MBA, MAGD

Dental Education
Want greater success? Be a quitter
We're often told that the key to success is perseverance. Motivational gurus exhort us to keep working, trying, and fighting until we succeed. But what if they're wrong?
March 14, 2010
Dental Education
START now for success
Five simple steps to achieving your goals.
February 14, 2010
Dental Education
Time for a New Year's 'revolution'
A resolution is most often a determination to improve or change a situation incrementally. A revolution is something much different.
January 17, 2010
Dental Education
Present perfect
Is it possible to truly "live in the moment"?
December 10, 2009
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Making your dreams come true
Are you spending more time doing what you should do than what you want to do?
November 8, 2009
Dental Education
Getting everything you want
What does "having it all" really mean?
October 4, 2009
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Pediatric Dentist Matea Michelangeli
Opioids
Do you know the risks when dentists give pediatrics opioids?
About 1 in 10 pediatric dental visits involving opioids were linked to overdose or persistent use.
Smartphone Man Kite Rin
Imaging & CAD/CAM
Smartphone imaging may be key to early oral cancer diagnosis
Ashley Bond.
Office Management
How to confidently collect in your dental practice at the time of service
Levin Practice Success Resized 400
Office Management
Do’s and don’ts for evaluating your financial factors
Break Free from Burnout: Why Career Stress Is a Choice
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Do you know the risks when dentists give pediatrics opioids?
By Melissa Busch
About 1 in 10 pediatric dental visits involving opioids were linked to overdose or persistent use.
October 27, 2025
Pediatric Dentist Matea Michelangeli
Smartphone imaging may be key to early oral cancer diagnosis
By Ava Barros
Rice University researchers created an affordable smartphone-based imaging system to support the early detection of potential oral cancers.
October 27, 2025
Smartphone Man Kite Rin
How to confidently collect in your dental practice at the time of service
By Ashley Bond
Confidently request and receive payment at the time of service using these tips from Ashley Bond.
October 27, 2025
Ashley Bond.
Do’s and don’ts for evaluating your financial factors
By Dr. Roger P. Levin
Providing excellent patient care alone won’t fund your future. Dr. Roger P. Levin reveals the financial factors that ensure a secure retirement.
October 27, 2025
Levin Practice Success Resized 400
Man sentenced for assaulting women he promised teeth whitening
By Melissa Busch
A man convicted of sexually assaulting women, including those he lured into his teeth whitening salon, was sentenced to 26 years in prison.
October 24, 2025
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There may be an issue with women and root canals. Period
By Ava Barros
Women receiving root canal treatment may experience increased dental anxiety during certain phases of their menstrual cycle, a Scientific Reports study asserts.
October 24, 2025
Woman Dentist Toothache 400
The importance of adding medical billing to the dental practice
By Christine Taxin
Mastering dental and medical insurance is vital for dental practices to optimize their reimbursement processes, writes Christine Taxin.
October 24, 2025
Office Manager Billing Chart
Dentist arrested for soliciting undercover cop posing as boy
By Melissa Busch
A dentist was arrested after allegedly attempting to solicit a teenage boy online who was an undercover officer.
October 23, 2025
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Higher dental caries may be linked to cardiovascular risk
By Ava Barros
The decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT) index may predict cardiovascular disease risk, according to recent research.
October 23, 2025
Older Woman Dentist
Industry leaders discuss tariff impacts on dentistry, dental practices
By Kevin Henry
In this conversation, sponsored by GC America, Kevin Henry examines the effects tariffs are having on manufacturers, distributors, and, ultimately, dentists.
October 23, 2025
Clockwise from top left to bottom right: Dr. Barrett Straub, Dave Steck, Joe Talanges, and Kevin Henry.
This method may improve complete arch restorations
By Ava Barros
The key to an accurate complete arch restoration may lie in using this technique, reports a study published in BMC Oral Health.
October 23, 2025
Arch Bridge Implant
1 workflow, 1 block, 1 visit: A chairside implant crown with CEREC and Katana Zirconia One for Implant
By Dr. Daniel Vasquez
Learn Dr. Daniel Vasquez’s workflow for delivering functional, aesthetic, implant-supported crowns using CEREC and Katana Zirconia One with minimal chair time.
October 23, 2025
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