Looking back: What did dentists tell us about their dental practices in 1993?

Dec. 10, 2012

Kevin Henry, Cofounder, IgniteDA.net

How has the world changed in 20 years? Perhaps no other sentence in the 1993 Dental Economics dental practice survey jumps out as much as this one ... "This year's survey marks the first year that over half of our respondents are computerized, with 54.3 percent saying they have an in-house computer..."

Another interesting statistics from the 1993 survey? Only 4.3 percent of the responding dentists were female.

Click here to take a look at the 1993 DE practice survey, including charts showing hours practiced weekly, personal gross production income from dentistry, overhead, and personal before-tax net office income.

Click here to see how those numbers fared against the 2012 dental practice survey from Dental Economics and the Levin Group.

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About the Author

Kevin Henry | Cofounder, IgniteDA.net

With more than 20 years in the dental publishing industry, Kevin Henry is the former group editorial director for Dental Products Report and managing editor for Dental Economics. Currently, he is the editor-in-chief for DrBicuspid.com. He has spoken to dental assistants throughout the world, in person and through the Dental Assistant Nation podcast series, reminding them of the important role they play every day in their practice. He is also certified as a DiSC trainer, helping dental practices learn how to understand each other better through personality assessments and training.