Associate dentists: How not to “plan to fail” in 2025

Jan. 21, 2025

Here's how to prepare legally and financially to successfully establish your position as an associate.

We don’t plan to fail; we fail to plan. If you are an associate, what are you failing to plan this year? Ready isn’t a feeling; it’s a decision. It’s important to know what you want your future to look like.

Join us in this episode of Gloves Off as we talk with Chase Howard about how to prepare on the legal and financial sides to successfully establish your position as an associate.

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David R. Rice, DDS

About the Author

David R. Rice, DDS | Chief editor

Founder of the nation’s largest student and new-dentist community, igniteDDS, David R. Rice, DDS, travels the world speaking, writing, and connecting today’s top young dentists with tomorrow’s most successful dental practices. He is the editorial director of DentistryIQ and leads a team-centered restorative and implant practice in East Amherst, New York. With 27 years of practice in the books, Dr. Rice is trained at the Pankey Institute, the Dawson Academy, Spear Education, and most prolifically at the school of hard knocks. Contact him at [email protected].