Recent content by osteotomy01

Appreciate the advice. I suppose with what I see on social media of other surgeons associated with the military it got me thinking that it might've been a viable option given the appearance of being able to travel abroad, maybe do some OR work without having to worry about reimbursements, and...

I am wondering how operationally thing would work joining military post residency. I know of several guys who joined military during OMS residency and they received stipends with future contracts to work with the military after for a number of years towards repayment of their dental school...

Honestly, I'm not sure how every Nuvia does it. I know of n=1 for Nuvia where a DA is doing the anesthesia (so their license) but I assume that is likely location/site dependent. I would assume CRNA is more likely available. But this is all assumption, was hoping for others to chime in. But I...

Why not just call it a poorly paid associate gig with dentoalveolar and an OMS available who can bail you out?

My understanding is that Nuvia provides separate anesthesia (CRNA) whereas ClearChoice does not.

Any OMS here work or have worked for Nuvia? It seems like an answer to associate surgeons getting taken advantage of with bottom of the barrel stuff all the time (i.e. ASA 3/4 for single tooth local extractions). It also seems to solve the issues of ClearChoice that push you to sedate ASA 3/4...

That's the truth right there. Being several years out too, my experience has been very similar to yours with "partnerships." Here I was thinking that I was the only one going through this. This is why at this point I'm looking at other options such as private-equity owned practice vs startup. No...

Thanks for this, having worked as an associate several times and been asked to market. I'd agree established referral patterns are extremely hard to break. What made you leave a Beacon OMS associated practice to start your own? I've only heard things such as "you'll be stuck at 32% for your...

Any comments on what it's like to work for practices owned by private equity groups? Any better or worse than DSOs?

This is off topic, but as I see a number of early to mid-career OMSs here--I was hoping to hear some input. Does anyone have any experience with demographic/market analysis companies to assess whether or not a specific area is suitable for a new OMS practice? Most consulting firms I see are...

There's another lesser known option from Ronin that I thought was probably the best dual OR/clinic light if you don't mind the wires and bulk. I could barely tell the difference between the MC6/7 and thought they were both too dim for the OR.

Having been out in practice for a short time I can say MD or not, I have seen it up to the individual on what scope they wish to practice. I have seen MD OMFS refuse to treat a simple H&N infection that requires OR, referring out anything needing OR, and doing nothing other than dentoalveolar...

There was a case back when I was dental student where there was a dual degree OMFS with H&N training from Maryland who had some young teenage girl die while getting her wisdom teeth removed and having an MD anesthesiologist. All the headlines on the internet read something along the lines of...

I'm not a resident there but it's a "new" residency. Attendings and hospital have been there for a while. Brooklyn hospital residents rotate there and from what they've said it was an excellent experience. I wonder how Brooklyn's PD/residents feel about this....this may be a big hit to them in...

When you have a complication and/or a suit against you they will hold you to the standard of OMFS, I hope your experience is more than "I read this book on Amazon."