When patients present with physical pain it is often accompanied with an emotional counterpart: anxiety. Kyle Smith, DDS' simple tricks seem to help make the appointment easier for the patient and himself.
When a noncompliant patient accosts Kyle Smith, DDS, with the threat of legal action, he is confronted with a reality that dental school did not prepare him for.
The idea of a utopian dental practice was quickly shattered for Kyle Smith, DDS. In his first post for the new blog series "Thoughts From Year One," he shares how he coped with stress his first year out of dental school.