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    BUY: CLICK HERE   THE NEW NORMAL REQUIRES DENTISTS TO BECOME MORE SUSTAINABLE The Sustainable Dentist describes why and what the dental industry needs to do to become sustainable.   MONTEREY, California, JUNE 29, 2021 — Sustainability practices across corporate America are anticipated to be on the rise in 2021. Sources like Engie Impact, a group formed to accelerate sustainability transformation, predicts the number one trend to be organizations confronting the scale of change to become sustainable. This trend is reflected in the new book titled The Sustainable Dentist – The New Normal by Beverly Oviedo-Allison and Marylou Shockley, PhD. The Sustainable Dentist touches on change management among many other environmental, economic, and policy-related issues required for a dental organization to adopt sustainable practices and procedures to successfully implement sustainability.     As the year 2021 ushers in what many pund...

In publishing land the summer heats up since most people want to sell their books, products or services for the holiday season. We just go the Harris Estate up on press and next up "Tails" from the Trail goes on press, too. Smile Power is wrapping up too. I've been encouraging author Ramin Bahram to get Smile Power printed in time for World Smile Day , which is Oct. 7 .   Since we're on the subject of smiling, I wanted to share how much I learned in working on Smile Power about the "power" of a smile. You have absolutely no idea (or maybe you do) how the mere act of smiling can impact so many aspects of your life, from your health to your wealth, and from your relationships to your career. I never thought about the power of a smile. I just smiled, as I'm certain most of you do as well. It was fascinating to find out that while disparate research has been done on smiling there are really no books out there on the subject. So, Ramin...