Category: My Story

WOW! You truly never know what life has in store for you. The saying, “When one door closes, another opens,” has never felt more relevant...

When I think about the impact of Dental Entrepreneur Women (DeW), it’s impossible not to begin with a pivotal dinner five years ago. While I’d...

Hi DeWs, My name is Maria Jackson, and I’m a dental hygienist by trade, but my journey in dentistry started long before that. I grew...

Leadership is often imagined as something we step into deliberately…a title earned, a role assigned, a moment chosen. But for some of us, leadership begins...

Every great innovation begins with a spark of inspiration, and for Z-Loupes, that spark came during a dinner at Sean’s mother’s house. I was explaining...

Exhibition means more to me than just displaying paintings. It feels like opening a window into the parts of myself I usually keep quiet. I’ve...

When I joined Patient NEWS nearly 10 years ago, I assumed that success would come from mastering sales scripts, knowing the numbers, and converting leads...

At 17, still in High School, I was ringing up groceries until a single dental appointment at my orthodontist changed everything. Until then, I had...

My journey into dentistry began earlier than most—at eighteen—when I started questioning something that didn’t quite make sense to me. Despite all the advances in...

Two years ago, I left a well-regarded industry event with an uneasy feeling. While the conference delivered in terms of education and production value, the...

By Dr. Jessica Lederhausen From Sweden to the U.S.: A New Chapter Begins Twenty-six years ago, I packed up my life in Sweden and moved...

Like most dental consultants, I fell into dental and never left.  My story started as a young lady from Iowa with a dream of seeing...