Catalyst Q2 2024

THE HONOR OF DENTISTRY

Dr. Martha Rich’s 40-Year Legacy of Excellence in Portland, Oregon

STRENGTH IN NUMBERS

Avondale Dental Succeeds with a Group Dentistry Model

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Dr. Jay Slater’s Practice Thrives With Our Supply Guarantee Program

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Burkhart is passionate about providing exceptional service to our clients. We identify each client’s unique needs along with their personal and professional goals. We provide helpful information, skilled service, and specific products. We earnestly work in the best interest of others because, at the end of the day, that’s what makes our work most satisfying.

Passion is not a virtue that is developed overnight. Since 1888, Burkhart has made sure every service we provide improves the career or life of our clients. Many of the services we provide help free up our clients from smaller day-to-day tasks and allow them to focus on their top priorities. Some of those services include managing inventory, controlling supply costs, and making sure digital equipment and software work well together. We have one central goal — to provide the best client experiences. Staying focused is what makes us efficient, knowledgeable, and current in the marketplace.

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are both dental professionals and business owners. It is our goal to help them be successful at both. Catalyst is fully dedicated to that success. The articles in this publication vary from product use and selection to business management topics and provide information and guidance that can lead to a more successful practice. We hope you enjoy!

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We offer a written guarantee to lower the total cost of dental supplies. If we go over, we’ll reimburse you the difference.

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“My practice is thriving . And it’s truly Burkhart [that] has been integral into the whole process. So, I am so grateful. I love the relationship I have with Matt and I, I just want to continue that for the rest of my career.”

Dr. Jay Slater, SSG Customer

“[The SSG] actually opens up more conversations, because I’m kind of seeing how his business is doing. So it gives me insight into asking questions based off all the other customers that I have on this program and company wide.”

Matt Milligan, Account Manager

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“…As a whole the SSG program made sense to just really make sure we’re maximizing our profits, making sure we have the resources we need, really kind of comparing what Burkhart can do for us versus other companies, really, just to get the most bang for our buck, and it’s really paid off well.”

“I think we calculate we’ve saved over $100,000 with savings and free resources. It was really just a no brainer. If you want to save money, this is the way to do it.”

Dr. Jay Slater (right) and Matt Milligan (left), Burkhart Account Manager

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The Honor of Dentistry

Dr. Martha E. Rich

Portland, OR

BY DAWN KAHL

Nestled within a small shopping center in downtown Portland lies a 6-operatory dental office that has served the community for over four decades.

The practice, owned and managed by Dr. Martha Rich, has been a consistent presence in the area, and her dedication to her craft is evident in the generations of loyal patients she has cared for and the staff members who have worked alongside her for almost 30 years.

Dr. Rich has owned her practice since 1982, and for her, it has always been about one thing: the patients.

“We’ve been through a process of learning, listening skills, learning to ask questions about the patients. And I think it’s those relationships that have that have made us successful.”

From 1984 to 1991, Dr. Rich served as an associate professor at the OHSU School of Dentistry, specializing in Fixed Prosthodontics.

In addition, she treated complex occlusion cases for her colleagues and newer generations. It was here that Dr. Rich’s interest in orthodontics began. As she dove deeper into the world of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders and the science of occlusion, she was intrigued by the possibility that adjusting a patient’s bite could improve the functionality of the entire system.

This spurred her to embark on her next adventure – several hundred hours of study in functional orthodontics, specifically TMD, TMJ, and other jaw disorders.

In addition to her memberships in the ADA and ODC, Dr. Rich is highly active in AGD and the Oregon Academy of General Dentistry. She also belongs to the American Academy of Craniofacial Pain, the American Academy of Oral Systemic Health, and the American Academy of Physiological Medicine and Dentistry. She belongs to several study clubs and is a past member of the International College of Craniomandibular Orthopedics, International Association of Orthodontics, and the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine.

Dr. Rich is interested in preventing a variety of dental diseases and performs airway screenings for kids in order to prevent systemic diseases and sleep apnea issues later in life. She often fabricates sleep apnea appliances for kids if necessary.

“The interesting thing now that we know about sleep apnea is a lot of times, it starts in childhood. So we’re trying to pick out kids that are having breathing problems early on and try to nip that in the bud and get them to breathing well. ”

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“And now we’re working with a whole new field of therapists called myofunctional therapists that are teaching people to swallow correctly, chew correctly, breathe correctly,” she explains.

Dr. Rich became interested in TMD in dental school but felt like she didn’t get any information on it. She said the patients were coming in and being told to just “stop chewing’, which she thought was terrible advice.

After her years of research, she diagnoses and treats TMD with a multi-disciplinary approach, starting with a thorough evaluation in the office and the careful use of splints for accessing and healing the joints, if necessary. “We participate in care with physical therapists, acupuncturists, chiropractors, massage therapists, naturopaths, myofunctional therapists, and craniosacral therapists. We use TENS units in the office to promote relaxation, along with infrared therapy, heat, ice, and lasers.”

“In short, we try to do anything we can to get folks better!”

She notes that this does sometimes lead to functional orthodontics or occlusal reconstruction.

Burkhart Account Manager Matt Milligan has worked with Dr. Rich and her practice since 2016 and recognizes that dentistry is more than just a job for her. “I think that’s the difference in someone like her… it’s not a skill that she found out she was good at… it’s a passion for taking care of people and being involved.”

Her commitment to learning and providing the best service to her patients has earned her the respect and admiration of her staff and patients alike. Dr. Rich not only invests in her own training but also ensures her staff receives the same Continuing Education credits by training alongside

Below: A private consult room to discuss treatment plan options with patients. Right: Panoramic X-ray unit with cephalometric imaging

Right: Waiting area at Dr. Rich’s Office

her. “She has done a great job and is still creating a great atmosphere where they feel like they are part of the team,” Milligan says.

“I feel health care organizations need to be learning organizations. I promote all kinds of CE, including reading books together, such as “Kitchen Table Wisdom” by Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen.

We watch webinars, attend the ODC, and other classes through the Oregon Academy of General Dentistry”, she says.

Rich was recently awarded the Oregon AGD General Dentist of the Year, which is given annually to individuals who exemplify qualities such as service to dentistry and the community, excellence in clinical skills, and contributions to and participation in continuing education. She credits her involvement in the recent opening of a new Continuing Education Center at the bottom of the iHeart Radio building downtown as a big part of the reason for the award.

“Dentistry is a fabulous profession. We have the ability to spend a lot of time with people and get to know them better than their physicians typically know them. And I think that’s an honor, but it’s also a challenge to us to keep learning and keep trying to help them.”

Recently, Dr. Rich has taken on a partner in the practice, Dr. Sam Wells, who shares her values and will help allow her to shape the future of her practice. “I am stepping back from clinical dentistry a little bit. But I also do a lot of TMD, chronic pain, patient treatment, and treatment for sleep apnea with oral appliances. And so, I will keep on with that as long as I can.”

To learn more about Dr. Martha Rich, visit DrMarthaRich.com

Below: Dr. Marth Rich and Dr. Sam Wells

Don’t Let Your Dental Water Close Your Doors

by ProEdge Dental Water Labs

Waterline testing may feel like a redundant step in your dental office procedures, especially if you already use treatment products.

However, treating your water is not enough to be compliant, why? Because even treated water still fails. In fact, in “Treating and Monitoring Dental Water” by Nancy Dewhirst, RDH, BS and John A. Molinari, PhD, they share that:

31% 61% 100% of treated dental unit waterlines still failed to meet the CDC standard. of practices had at least one failed dental unit waterline. of treatment products had failures – fail rates ranged from 23% to 42%. 1

Without a proper testing protocol in place, you will never know whether or not your treatment is effective. The truth is that in the world of dental unit waterline (DUWL) maintenance, what you don’t know certainly can hurt you, your practice, and your patients.

The Impact of DUWL-Borne Infections

Recently, the Health Advisory released via the Health Alert Network (HAN) that was prompted by the CDC’s notification in March 2022 of an outbreak of suspected nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) infections in children who had undergone dental procedures at a pediatric dental clinic which is currently under investigation. 2

This was following the devastating 2016 contamination at a pediatric clinic in Anaheim, California and 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia which both impacted children ranging from 4-8 years.

The contamination of dental waterlines in Anaheim resulted in the potential exposure of at least 500 pediatric patients. This exposure was followed by 221 ongoing lawsuits and 71 confirmed cases of NTM infections after pulpotomy procedures. The outbreak in Georgia led to 24 instances of mycobacterium abscessus infections in children undergoing pulpotomy treatment.

In both situations, initial tests confirmed that buildup and irregularity or complete lack of testing in the clinic’s DUWLs led to the infections.3 Sadly, these situations were entirely avoidable.

It’s important to note that even for practices that do not perform complex oral surgeries, DUWL-borne infection and illness are still possible in standard dental work.

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The good news is that understanding your waterline quality and, subsequently addressing it, doesn’t have to be time-consuming, complicated, or expensive.

Enter QuickPass®, the industry’s #1 most trusted dental water test. This in-office DUWL test is designed specifically for dental professionals and is cost-effective, convenient, and confidential. With QuickPass, the office staff can easily collect and test water samples from every operatory to get a baseline pass/fail result.

Don’t let the potential of a failing result scare you. Trust us, it’s not the first or last time we will encounter one. Our team is here to help guide you and your team from whatever your baseline is to consistently compliant results. Which protects your patients and your practice.

1“Treating and Monitoring Dental Water” by Nancy Dewhirst, RDH, BS and John A. Molinari, PhD

2 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Outbreaks of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infections Highlight Importance of Maintaining and Monitoring Dental Waterlines

3 CDC: Notes from the Field: Mycobacterium abscessus Infections Among Patients of a Pediatric Dentistry Practice — Georgia, 2015

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Strength in Numbers:

The Advantages of Group Dentistry

Avondale Dental finds success leveraging a dental group model along with the services of the Burkhart Practice Support Team.

BY DAWN KAHL

Community, Cost Savings & Collaboration

Dr. Kory Wilson is telling me the story of how he got into the dental industry, and it’s not for the reason you might expect.

His parents ran a dental clinic, so he grew up around it. But Dr. Wilson is an athlete. It’s part of everything he does, and it colors his perspective. When he was 7 years old, he told his parents he wanted to be a horse jockey. Dr. Wilson, who currently stands at 6 foot 5, said his mother looked at her already tall son and told him that unless he was going to jockey that day, he would need to find a different career. As his parents tell it, ever since then, he’s wanted to be a dentist.

Just like that 7-year-old who, once he pivoted and knew from an early age what he was going to do, Dr. Wilson saw early in his dental career that there would be advantages to being part of a larger practice, so he started to explore options to go that route. He wanted to be at the forefront of a changing industry.

He describes how dentistry can be a tough field – often you feel isolated – days can be stressful and full of patients who are not excited to see the dentist. This has created a natural shift towards more of a group model where dentists can commiserate and lean on each other.

Left to right: Dr. Noah Hollinger of Selkirk; Dr.Hayden Sharp, Dr. Alexis Rollins, Dr. Katie Martin, and Dr. Kory Wilson of Avondale; Dr. Rachel Fehling of Element, and Dr. Jenna Kedish of Legacy

Dr. Kory Wilson’s mentor, Dr. James Robson, started Avondale Dental in 1976 with one practice location. When Dr. Wilson joined in 2007, they were already partnered with Burkhart. They’ve added 5 new locations since then.

I asked him what he saw as some of the advantages of being a large dental group. He first mentions pricing discounts on goods and materials. He says it’s difficult to be a single small practice and be able to afford and be a successful practice. More importantly, he says, “I think today, more than ever, dentists really value that shared mentorship and camaraderie, and new dentists coming out of school, I sense they really want to be a part of a group for that reason.”

The first, and biggest advantage Dr. Wilson lists is pricing on goods and materials. “In some ways, I think it’s really difficult being a single small practice and being able to afford and pay for the kinds of technologies and supplies you need in dentistry to be successful.”

Burkhart Account Manager Danny Pecka is a valuable resource in this area, considered another member of the team, and a value add to the practice. Danny regularly sends reports and partners with Dr. Wilson to provide knowledge and savings.

“The supply industry is such a difficult industry to be in because there’s so many ways to get supplies today, unlike maybe 20-30 years ago, and it’s maybe just as easy in some ways for people to think they can get their products off Amazon or to you know, some of your competitors that don’t have reps. We’ve always looked at it like Danny [Pecka] and the Burkhart Reps are that value add to our practice. And we’re willing to spend a little bit more, quite honestly, to have that value because we believe that that value brings more.”

They also save significantly on supply costs by being part of the Burkhart Supply Savings Guarantee Program.

Top: Dr. Wilson in op Bottom: Dr. Byrd Silver Valley

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“It’s nice to, to know when we, when we are going through our P&L statements and looking at our overhead that really the Supply Guarantee percentage is really never going to waver, so that while we’re always looking for opportunities for savings, or maybe better opportunities, we really know that that part of our overhead isn’t going to change much because of that program that Burkhart’s offered. And I think that’s great.”

The next advantage Dr. Wilson brings up is mentoring. The idea of more experienced dentists mentoring the newer ones came about organically during down times in the office.

“At Avondale, we naturally had three dentists, and now we have four or five dentists up in this office, sitting together day after day where we could commiserate, we could talk about cases, we can talk about patients, we can mentor, two doctors, well, three doctors sitting up in our office, you know, on most days that I’ve only been out of school a couple years, and the advantages that I had, having mentors like I did, that have kind of

gave him given me the clinical skills that I have. Now I can provide to others.”

Avondale has expanded this idea to include practices that may only have a single doctor, where that doctor can still enjoy the benefits and support of the group mentality.

“I think we’ve developed a bit of a unique model. And in that we allow multiple levels of ownership across our practice group, both at the individual practice level and at the group level, we call it a super group. And so that gives doctors kind of multiple tiers of like, ownership, and responsibility, you know, almost like they would have in an individual practice, but they get the support and expertise of a corporate team. We also run our practices very individualized. So, you know, we’re not cookie-cutter at all. And we really let our doctors make their own decisions and decide how they want their practices to look and run. And we’re just there to support them in any way that we can to help make them successful.”

Dental is currently in 6 locations across the Inland Northwest.

Top: Dr. Martin and Dr. Wilson

Bottom: The Selkirk Dental team

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Burkhart Team

Here’s what the people at Burkhart, supporting Avondale from behind the scenes, are saying:

They are patientfocused, and that’s a rare quality when you become a larger group. It gets harder and harder to keep that focus the larger you grow, but I also think it’s what makes them special, and it’s what makes their patients come back, and it’s what makes new patients go there.

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has a passion for people and a passion for his community. If you look at what Avondale does in the communities they currently are in, they truly invest… [and] become a part of that community. His commitmentunwavering to ideal patient care, trust, and relationship building with both patients and staff has been a cornerstone of his continued success. As a favorite client, we take pride in supporting him throughout his journey of growth.

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Kathy Edwards Senior Consultant, Practice Support Team

Danny Pecka Account Manager

This idea also expands into the running of a dental business. Dr. Wilson points out that with COVID and corporate dentistry being what it is, the cost of dental practices and running a dental business has become increasingly difficult over the last several years. Dentists are looking for more support. To that end, Avondale also uses a Burkhart solution: The Practice Support Team.

The coaching relationship between the Practice Support Team (PST) and Dr. Kory Wilson began in April of 2013 following a Business Analysis designed to uncover growth opportunities and support his future goals. They have worked closely together since then.

“The Burkhart Practice Support Team has been a really valuable tool for us. It’s been a lifeline, so to speak.”

“We, like I mentioned, have a great corporate; if you will call it, team. But with regularity, we reach out to Margaret and her team to just kind of ask different questions, [we] fact check what our group is going to see what industry norms maybe are or what Burkhart Practice Support Team was seeing across their clients.”

He describes a recent situation where he reached out to PST with a question about P&L adjustments situation, and one of the things they did was connect him with a dentist in Olympia in a similar situation that he now talks to on a weekly basis.

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“It’s neat that Burkhart is also working to connect like-minded dentists and finding dentists that are maybe having similar difficulties or struggles or, or similar growth ideas and plans and putting them together in a way to help them all be more successful.”

Having grown up in North Idaho and Coeur D’Alene, Dr. Wilson and Avondale Dental feel a responsibility to give back to the community to make it a better place. He also believes it’s a value shared with Burkhart.

“(That’s) woven into the fabric of who we are, it’s really important that our team members, our dentists, or our corporate team, all kind of share that shared value and vision to give back to the community. Burkhart, I think, shares a very similar value proposition that we do; also, kind of a family-born company that also cares about their community and the places that they operate like we do. And again, I think, those shared values have helped make our partnership with Burkhart really successful and why that partnership has lasted as long as it has.”

What Dr. Wilson says he likes most about dentistry is connecting with people, and showing people how to find the value in the decisions they make. And that old horse jockey spirit is still around as he revels in the thrill of the chase, giving him the drive to continue to grow the business while helping his dentists to thrive.

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Designed for All Etching Methods & Indications

Prime&Bond active features patented ActiveGuard™ Technology, a significant advancement in adhesive chemistry that actively controls moisture on the prepared surface. Even if dentin is overly wet or dry, Prime&Bond active is simple to use and provides consistent results for a strong, reliable bond.

Most dental adhesives are rather hydrophobic: they separate from water. With too much water on the prepared surface, these rather hydrophobic adhesives fail to cover the prepared surface uniformly. During air-drying, adhesive gaps can form as embedded pockets of water evaporate, increasing the risks of post-operative sensitivity and bond failure.

Active-Guard Technology with active moisture control is exclusively designed to protect against these risks.

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Even if dentin is overly wet or dry, you can count on Prime&Bond active to give you a reliable bond that actively guards against the leading causes of adhesive failure.

Moisture Levels Vary. This Bond Won’t.

The patented Active-Guard Technology balances hydrophobic and hydrophilic features and helps to achieve an optimized surface tension. Thus, Prime&Bond active can overcome the surface tension of water, allowing the adhesive to spread evenly across the dentin and into the dentinal tubules to form a uniform, homogeneous layer. When the adhesive is air-dried, solvent and excess water evaporate uniformly to leave a thin, consistent coating of adhesive across the entire surface. The result is a strong, reliable bond, with virtually no post-operative sensitivity.

Active Moisture Control for Reliable Restorations

In addition to active moisture control, Prime&Bond active provides several benefits over competing universal adhesives, including:

• Active spreading across the prepared surface to minimize the risk of dry spots that can lead to post-operative sensitivity and micro-leakage.

• Low film thickness, minimizing the risks of changing the preparation geometry and compromising crown fit, or leaving adhesive pools that may show up on radiographs and can be misdiagnosed a voids, gaps or secondary decay.

• No need to apply an activator when used with Calibra ® Ceram cement.

• Convenience and control, with one-handed opening of Flip Top Cap bottle, precise dispensing and up to 30 minutes of working time in a closed CliXdish™.

• Innovative formulation without any HEMA, TGDMA and Bisphenol

The Prime&Bond active bottle features a flip-top cap for easy one-handed application. This and the low viscosity formula make handling a breeze.

Prime&Bond active with patented Active-Guard technology is simple to use, delivers consistent results and helps ensure a strong bond even when dentin is overly wet or dry.

To learn more & try a sample, contact your Dentsply Sirona representative or visit DentsplySirona.com

Shear Bond Strength After Water Contamination

Source: Dentsply Sirona internal data. Shearbond strength of universal adhersives after water contamination. Data on file.

Source: Dentsply Sirona internal data. Shearbond strength of universal adhersives after water contamination. Data on file.

48g Cartridge, 20 Blue Mixers, and 20 Intraoral Tips

• Cuts like dentin

• Dual cure

• White shade is easily differentiated from dentin

• Automix cartridge

• Radiopaque

Unit Dose 0.2g, Pack of 20

• Adaptive shades that blend easily to a patient’s existing tooth color, reducing inventory and improving esthetics

• Life-like fluorescence and high polishability offer beautiful results

• Excellent physical properties and high stain resistance provide restorations that will endure the test of time

• Ideal, non-stick handling makes sculpting and placement precise and easy Shade

Premium Core Build-Up Material

Premium Nano Composite

Since 1888, Burkhart Dental Supply has proudly been a family-owned and operated company founded on three major principals: integrity, knowledge and our clients’ success.

Our main goals are to help improve efficiencies, leverage advanced technology and reduce overhead costs while maximizing revenue opportunities.

We make every decision with our clients in mind. Let us show you the Burkhart Difference.

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