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Quiet Strength: Dr. Bobbi Stanley on Protecting Dentists and Advancing Dentistry
We’re honored to share that Dr. Bobbi Stanley, DDS, co-founder of Stanley Institute, was recently featured in Influential Dentists Magazine in an article titled:
“Quiet Strength: How W&H’s Power Edition Handpiece Helps Dentists Protect Their Hands, Elevate Patient Comfort, and Prioritize What Really Matters.”
While the article highlights a specific piece of technology, the deeper message is much bigger than a handpiece.
It’s about the future of dentistry — and the sustainability of the clinicians behind it.
A Shift Our Profession Can’t Ignore
Dentistry continues to advance at a rapid pace. Digital workflows, guided surgery, zirconia, full-arch solutions — innovation is everywhere.
But there’s one area the profession hasn’t historically prioritized enough:
The physical wellbeing of the dentist.
After thousands of procedures, the cumulative effects of vibration, grip force, pressure, and posture become undeniable. Hand fatigue. Wrist strain. Joint stiffness. Early arthritis. These aren’t rare occurrences — they’re common career realities.
Dr. Stanley’s feature in Influential Dentists brings this issue to the forefront:
If we want longer, healthier, high-performing careers, ergonomics must become part of the clinical conversation.
Why This Conversation Matters Now
In the article, Dr. Stanley discusses how the W&H Power Edition handpiece supports:
- Reduced vibration and microstrain
- Minimal pressure requirements during cutting
- A noticeably quieter operatory environment
- Improved comfort during long restorative and implant procedures
But the true takeaway isn’t simply efficiency.
It’s sustainability.
When tools reduce physical strain:
- Dentists maintain precision longer
- Energy levels remain higher throughout the day
- Career longevity increases
- Patient experience improves
A calmer operatory leads to calmer patients.
A protected clinician leads to better dentistry.
This is the kind of systems thinking we emphasize at Stanley Institute — where clinical excellence and clinician wellbeing are not separate goals, but aligned priorities.
From Feature Article to Industry Movement
Being featured in Influential Dentists Magazine is an honor. But more importantly, it reflects something larger:
The profession is beginning to recognize that protecting the dentist is just as critical as advancing dentistry.
Technology should not only perform on the tooth.
It should protect the hands that perform the dentistry.
At Stanley Institute, we teach that smarter systems, better ergonomics, and intentional equipment choices are foundational to predictable outcomes, profitability, and personal longevity.
This article contributes to that broader shift.
Read the Full Feature
To explore Dr. Stanley’s full insights and the deeper discussion around ergonomics, patient comfort, and sustainable clinical performance, we invite you to read the complete article in Influential Dentists Magazine.
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Smile Engineer® presents Case of the Week for AAID
Dr. Robert Stanley, professionally known as Smile Engineer®, was pleased to present the Case of the Week for the American Academy of Implant Dentists (AAID). The topic was implants in fresh extraction sites.
Dr. Stanley discussed success factors including,
- Atraumatic extraction
- Prosthodontic-driven surgical protocol
- CBCT planned implant surgery
- Fully guided surgical method
- Location of placement
- Gap grafting
- Temporary provisionalization
- primary stability
Dr. Stanley is a Diplomate with the American Board of Oral Implantologists and the International Congress of Oral Implantologists. Additionally, he is Co-Founder and Senior Implant Instructor at Stanley Institute. He teaches a fully-guided single implant and full arch protocol with a prosthetic-driven focus on implant placement.
Roundtable with Dr. Bobbi Stanley & the Female Implantology Team- dentist work-life balance before, during & after COVID-19
As a female, pressure comes from every angle. Career pressure, combined with the desire to be present for your family, can leave even the most poised feeling burdened.
In this roundtable discussion, the Female Implantology Team convened to discuss how their lives have changed during COVID-19 and how those changes will carry into their post-pandemic days.
Dr. Bobbi Stanley is part of a think-tank style mastermind group helping to shape implantology with industry leader BioHorizons. She is joined by Dr. Jumoke Adedoyin, Dr. Jennifer Doobrow and Dr. Tara Aghaloo for a candid conversation on how the pandemic has brought a forced slow down, with the advantage of time to self-reflect and a glimpse of how to move forward with greater intention and purpose.
The doctors discuss work-life balance, successfully leading a team through reopening and how to best care for their patients and themselves in this new era.
Leverage the Henry Schein Practice Analysis to reopen your practice strong
A Henry Schein Practice Analysis can help practices leverage downtime during the pandemic and recovery period to gain a clear understanding of their practice performance and uncover opportunities to recover lost production, improve patient experience and boost income when it’s time to re-open.
Dr. Bobbi Stanley, dentist and owner of Stanley Dentistry and cofounder of Stanley Institute, offers an in-depth discussion about the Henry Schein Practice Analysis and how she leverages this tool every year to assess her practice’s performance and opportunities with regard to the big five indicators of a practice’s ability to thrive:
1. Fee schedule — see how your practice stacks up to national and area averages
2. Coding opportunities — can your coding practices be adjusted to claim additional reimbursements?
3. Procedure mix — should you consider adding new procedures that your patients may be looking for from their GP?
4. Hygiene recall — are you missing income because you don’t have enough availability for hygiene appointments?
5. Insurance network — how can you adjust the insurance programs that you accept to boost your income?
The Henry Schein Practice Analysis is a tool that delivers a custom report based on your practice’s performance, your local peers, and national averages — and provides a snapshot of your current status as well as proven strategies to improve that are specific to your practice.
Managing Your Assets in a Volatile Market-Dental Edition
Whether you’re a novice investor or have your broker on speed dial, all eyes are watching the market’s recent ebbs and flows.
Drs. Robert & Bobbi Stanley host their personal and business asset advisor, Joey Miller as he discusses the current state of the economy and how that affects healthcare, your business and your personal portfolio. He gives his oft-anticipated State of the Economy assessment and address other timely questions such as:
- What does this stimulus package mean in layman’s terms?
- Is the news helping or hurting Americans?
- What will the market recovery look like?
- How long will recovery take?
- Is the current economic climate merely cyclical?
- Where is the smart money?
- How does this financial event compare to historical crises?
In addition to being a nationally renowned speaker and published author, Mr. Joey Miller is an Investment Advisor and Parter at John Galt Wealth Solutions.
COVID-19 & Dentistry, presented in partnership with Henry Schein Dental
In the midst of constant changes, many alumni and industry partners have consulted the experts at Stanley Institute to discuss next steps, both clinically and as small business owners.
After 25 years in dentistry and more than a decade mentoring colleagues, Drs. Robert & Bobbi Stanley are perfectly positioned to offer guidance during these uncertain times.
In addition to both practical and business webinars related to the current pandemic, Dr. Bobbi Stanley has partnered with Henry Schein to discuss COVID-19 & Dentistry, A Guide for Dentists.
On Friday April 17 at Dr. Stanley offered a complimentary presentation with a live Q & A session.
If you missed the live broadcast, please see the replay below:
Emergency Care: Extractions
The current climate has changed the way we operate as clinicians. In most states, dentists are now only seeing emergency patients. Many times, emergencies can result in the need for extractions. If you haven’t performed an extraction since dental school, now it the time to review. Join Dr. Robert Stanley, the Smile Engineer®, as he offers a complimentary one-hour session on extraction technique best practices, loaded with numerous dental pearls you’ll be able to use immediately. Although he normally delivers this course in 8 hours, Dr. Stanley has consolidated the content into a two-hour action-packed, must see webinar. He will review a streamlined, practical protocol for implementing, or improving efficiencies for dental extractions in your practice and discuss topics such as:
- Instrumentation: Just the Necessities
- Biomechanics of Extractions
- Socket Grafting: Materials and Tools
- Flap Design
- Patient Pain Management
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