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Dental team meeting in a practice office discussing employee retention

Why Do They Resign? How To Prevent the Great Resignation in Your Dental Practice

Over half of dental assistants plan to leave their current roles. Learn why money isn’t the main reason employees resign—and how practice culture and genuine recognition can help you retain your best dental team members.

HolliFebruary 23, 2026

Dental team smiling together in a clinic decorated with subtle Valentine’s Day accents

Employer advicePractice Advice

Love Your Dental Team This Valentine's Day

This Valentine’s Day, show real love to your dental team by improving leadership, preventing burnout, and protecting your practice culture so patients and staff truly thrive.

HolliFebruary 4, 2026

Dental team standing together in a clinic, looking professional and aligned around shared goals

Employer advicePractice Advice

Your Dental Practice Is Not a Family. It's a Team. (And That's a Good Thing.)

Many dental offices proudly say, “We’re like a family here.” It sounds warm—but it often excuses poor performance, avoids hard conversations, and burns out your best people. Your practice isn’t a family. It’s a team. And that’s exactly why it can thrive with clear expectations, accountability, and strong leadership.

HolliJanuary 23, 2026

Employer adviceFun!

Best Dental Blogs to Follow for Your Dental Practice to Thrive

Running a thriving dental practice means constantly learning, adapting, and staying connected to what’s happening across the industry.

HolliNovember 3, 2025

Employer adviceHiring

Get More Eyes on Your Dental Job Ad

Get More Eyes on Your Job Ad: Marketing 101 for Dental Hiring So you have written an amazing job advertisement. Now what? Now you need to get in front of as many dental professionals as possible – not just those on the job board. Your job post is an advertisement—and like any ad, the goal […]

HolliSeptember 8, 2025

Employer advicePractice Advice

How to Improve Dental Staff Attendance (and What to Do When Call-Outs Keep Happening)

In one of the dental management groups I follow on Facebook, an important question came up.

HolliAugust 21, 2025

Employer adviceTemporary Hire

Surviving a Short-Staffed Dental Office

Tips to keep your practice running when you’re down a team member (or two) Whether your practice is growing faster than expected or you just lost a key team...

HolliJuly 8, 2025

Dental JobEmployer advice

Why don't I see my Dental Job Ad on Indeed?

You’ve done everything right: created a job post, submitted it to Indeed (or through a programmatic job advertising service), and now you’re checking to make...

HolliJune 13, 2025

Employer adviceHiring

How to Write Job Ads That Attract Dental Assistants, Hygienists, and Front Office Dental Personnel

When it comes to hiring for your dental practice, a job ad is your first impression.

HolliMay 29, 2025

Employer adviceHiring

Skills Assessment vs. Working Interviews: Which One Should You Use?

For years, working interviews have been the gold standard in dental hiring. They offer a hands-on way to assess candidates, allowing them to immerse themselves...

Why Do They Resign? How To Prevent the Great Resignation in Your Dental Practice

Love Your Dental Team This Valentine's Day

Your Dental Practice Is Not a Family. It's a Team. (And That's a Good Thing.)

Best Dental Blogs to Follow for Your Dental Practice to Thrive

Get More Eyes on Your Dental Job Ad

How to Improve Dental Staff Attendance (and What to Do When Call-Outs Keep Happening)

Surviving a Short-Staffed Dental Office

Why don't I see my Dental Job Ad on Indeed?

How to Write Job Ads That Attract Dental Assistants, Hygienists, and Front Office Dental Personnel

Skills Assessment vs. Working Interviews: Which One Should You Use?

Your Culture Is Your Marketing: Authenticity in Action

10 Ways to Maximize Hygiene Profitability Amid Rising Pay Rates

How to Stop Dental Candidates from Ghosting You

Recruit, Engage, and Retain Gen Z Talent in Your Dental Practice

Attracting Gen Z in Dentistry: Writing Job Posts That Work

How to Hire, Train and Retain Dental Front Office Personnel

Navigating Higher Salary Requests from Dental Applicants

Independent Contractors and the Importance of Employee Classification for your Dental Practice

Why Dental Offices Should Always Be Hiring

5 Tools to Hire Dental Assistants and Hygienists

Every dental job template you will ever need!

Anatomy of a Powerful Dental Job Advertisement

How do I use Artificial Intelligence to hire a Hygienist or Dental Assistant?

How to Prevent Dental Candidates from Ghosting You

Can I Afford My Next Dental Employee?

How do I handle an unmotivated Employee?

What Top Dentists have in Common

Struggling with Dental Practice Employee Turnover?

Improving Practice Operations: From Hiring to Coverage and Everything in Between

Is There Money Hiding in Your Morning Huddle?

5 Ways To Keep Your Numbers Up, Even if You’re OOO

4 Tips to Effectively Train Your Dental Practice's New Employee

How To Get Hygienists And Dental Assistants To Apply To Your Job.

Make Your New Dental Employee Stick

9 common HIPAA violations and how to avoid them

Navigating the dental hygienist shortage and the booming temp economy

6 Tips for Dentists to Manage Rising Costs

How to improve the attendance of your dental employees

Pay Transparency Laws

Labor Laws That Could Be Coming To Your State

How to Increase Production and Keep your Schedule Full this Holiday Season

Give Your Private Practice All The Perks Of A DSO

Improve Your Hiring Processes to Attract and Retain High Quality Dental Team Members – Podcast

How to have Success with a Dental Temp

Dentists: When hiring, please get out of your own way.

"Red Flags" (about your dental office) according to Dental Professionals

What Dental Professionals Want

He spent $500 on Indeed and got zero applicants

6 ways to attract dental talent

10 easy ways to upset your dental patients

Is hiring for your dental office a priority?

Dentists, you do not have to do it ALL

Big News from DirectDental

Is your hiring process costing you candidates?

What Should I Pay My Dental Staff?

Can I Make Vaccines Mandatory for My Employees?

Your 2021 Dental Practice Resolution Guide

Tis the season of Dental Temps

Politics in Your Dental Practice: Preventing Political Tension at Work

Dental Temp Onboarding Checklist

Can Dentists reimburse their employees for health insurance?

How to handle common COVID concerns in your office

5 Tips to get more applicants for your dental job post

Say GOODBYE to Dental Staffing Agency Fees

We are making your search for Assistants and Hygienists simple with No Placement Fees.

DirectDental Lessons

Practice Advice

How dental professionals feel about returning to work.

What dental professionals need to reopen your practice

‘Corona Claus’: Generous La Mesa Dentist Brings Team to Tears With Delivery of Essential Goods

7 tips to Be On Your "A" Game: Leave office drama and personal issues at the door!

$10,000 Emergency Grants for Dental Offices Now Available

Dentistry, Human Resources & COVID-19

6 Steps to Close Your Dental Practice During a Pandemic

Coronavirus Update: Temp Staffing

3 Leadership Ideas For Your Dental Office

The Coronavirus Disease: What Your Dental Office Needs to Know

Love Your Team this Valentine's Day

Alternatives to the Holiday Work Party for your Dental Team.

The One Thing that Top Dentists have in Common