I don’t think there are any dying practices. There are only un-introspective dentists. As the competition intensifies it is essential that dentists take more & more CE courses. They need to be updated & also they need to regularly visit portals likes http://www.dentistrytoday.info. Participate on the discussion boards regularly. Neither is the general population going to floss & brush regularly nor are they going quite tobacco. So if a dentist feels that he his short of patients he has only himself to blame.
Once again there are no dying practices, there are only disinterested dentists. If the dentist is forward looking, computer & internet savvy helps others on the forums ,open to new ideas, practices evidence based dentistry his practice will be alive.
