By Allison Bracken Dr. Michael Schuster, founder of the Schuster Center for Professional Development, graduated from Marquette Dental Scho...

Dentist Profit Margins

By Allison Bracken


Dr. Michael Schuster, founder of the Schuster Center for Professional Development, graduated from Marquette Dental School, and got his start serving in the navy. From there, he went on to teach, both at the Iowa Dental School, where he attended grad school in periodontics, and Temple Dental School.

In 1978, he moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, where he maintains a private practice to this day, specializing in cosmetic dentistry. 1978 was also the year he founded the Schuster Center for Professional Development. As with many entrepreneurs, his reasons for founding the center are both complex and personal. In Dr. Shuster's case, the personal reasons centered around the fact that when he was building his practice in the 70's, he found himself overworked, underpaid, and unhappy. The long hours were taking their toll. The emotional stress was mounting, and the hours were so crushing that he was making himself physically ill trying to do it all.

We understand how frustrating that can be. Dr. Michael Schuster, founder of the Schuster Center for Professional Development went through the same things himself. He realizes the importance of practicing dentists seeing an increase revenue of dental office. The methods that the Schuster Center now teaches were built on Dr. Schuster's own experiences, and need to get a better handle on the day to day running of his own practice.

Simply put, the model taught by the Center is field tested. The people teaching it know that it works because they're using it themselves. They were once in the same boat you find yourself in now. Working long hours, but feeling as though you're not actually getting anywhere. That you're just spinning your wheels. You may have even forgotten that there is such a thing as "work-life balance" because it's been so long since you experienced it. You haven't done any significant strategic planning because you simply don't have the time for it, and aren't exactly sure where to start even if you could find the time.

If you own your own practice and are struggling to keep everything running smoothly, you now have a pretty good sense of the skills or areas you're weak in, and could use some additional training and instruction on. The problem, of course, is time. You're probably working at least 60 hours a week, and possibly significantly more than that. There's just no practical way you can take the time needed, miss work or just close the practice for a while so you can get some additional education, so you feel trapped.

For more information on the various courses that the Schuster Center provides, visit our website.




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