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The following "Legal Wellness Checklist" highlights some basic legal issues that commonly face dental professionals in Minnesota. This checklist, when appropriately used with legal consultation, can assist Minnesota dental professionals in identifying some areas in which they can implement measures to prevent or at least reduce the potential of future legal difficulties. The "Legal Wellness Checklist" is not a substitute for professional advice. Therefore, please carefully read the additional information that follows the checklist.

As an introduction to the value Renstrom Dental Studio offers our dentist clients and dentists who want ongoing skill development, here is a look at what our lab did last year and what 2008 offers.

Standing out in the crowd is very difficult if you look like everyone else. Sameness is valueless. Dental consumers look for price advantage when there is nothing else to differentiate you. Dental insurance also moves them towards the valueless perspective: everything done should be covered with no extra cost as the goal. Therefore, if it is not about YOU (your expertise, etc.), it is about everyone, anyone, and maybe no one.

As 2008 gets underway, are you thinking I have been working as a dentist for a number of years and while I make a good income, I have no idea if I am on track for retirement. How do I take control of my future? The following process can be used to start you on your way.

Dr. Smith was a 47-year-old general dentist who owned a small successful solo dental practice. Dr. Smith wanted to retire at age 59 and he had retained AFTCO to help him design a plan that would allow him to retire in the next twelve years.