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Orthodontists are some of the highest earning professionals anywhere in the country. There is an increasing demand for teeth alignment and other cosmetic dental procedures for both the old and the young. But running a successful practice isn’t always easy. Apart from maintaining an office, you’ll need to take into account the overhead costs such as paying employees and buying high-quality orthodontic supplies.

In general, there are three directions an aspiring orthodontist can take to achieve success. They can either work as an associate in a well-established practice, open their own practice, or purchase a pre-existing practice.

1. Working as an associate

Becoming an associate in a well-established dental practice is the most common route most new orthodontists take. There is no doubt that if you belong in an established practice, it serves as a safety net and you immediately become associated with the practice’s reputation. Another advantage to this career path is the opportunity to gain extensive experience and learn from other orthodontists who are already experts in the field. An established dental practice has a steady stream of clients with varying conditions which will help enhance skills and overcome inefficiencies.

But every orthodontist knows that working as an employee should not be the end of the line. The ultimate goal is to own a practice and make a living as their own boss.

2. Starting a new dental practice

The main advantage of starting a new dental practice is the opportunity to establish every aspect from scratch. This gives the orthodontist a significant sense of accomplishment and greater control over their business decisions. But there are many challenges associated with running a dental practice. Some of these challenges include:

• A substantial capital required to purchase equipment, rent or build office space, hire employees and cover total expenses required to operate the practice until profits start to come in.
• Dental office employees and staff will require training.
• Since it is a new practice, the orthodontist needs to develop processes and procedures unique to their management style and personal business directives.
• The first few years of the practice do not necessarily make much money because most of the profit will likely go towards paying off loans to acquire capital.

Opening a new practice does entail more work, and there are higher risks involved. Nevertheless, the sense of accomplishment is higher once the practice achieves prominence and success.

3. Buying a pre-existing practice

The primary difference between starting a new practice and purchasing an existing one is that the dentist will inherit staff, employees, and facilities. Unfortunately, if these are not up to par, the dentist may need to make significant changes and spend a substantial amount on upfront costs to improve the inherited assets. But the advantage of buying a practice is that you already have an established client base which makes it a lot less challenging to get new clients through an active referrals list. The practice owner can also get the office up and running much faster; thus, benefiting from a quicker flow of profit.

It seems that for as long as human civilization has been around, pets have held a unique place in the homes and societies of human beings. For many people, life with a pet is life at its best: Pets provide us with companionship, friendship, responsibility and someone who is always there for us no matter what happens on the journey of life. But pets provide us with more than a loving bond: In addition to being our friends, pets provide numerous health benefits that can have a profound effect on a person’s or family’s wellness. Here are just a few of the reasons that pets are great for:

1. Decreased Stress Levels
Pets such as dogs and cats aren’t always easy to live with, and sometimes they can even get downright annoying when they get finicky about their food or track mud through the house. Pets often have accidents indoors as well so installing a door model cat door or dog door will let them roam about outside and take care of business. In the bigger picture of pet ownership, however, animals such as dogs and cats have actually been shown to decrease stress levels in individuals. Human-animal interactions in the form of pet ownership will often increase levels of oxytocin in the brain over time. Our sense of well-being and social bonding will increase after spending time with a pet.

2. Increased Immune System Strength
As though decreased stress levels weren’t enough of a reason to go out and adopt a pet today, the health benefits of pet ownership have been shown by scientists in recent years to have a profound effect on our sense of well-being on the whole. In fact, pets can help us stay healthy by actually increasing our immune system strength, meaning that many owners of pets such as cats often display more resilient health histories than non-pet owners. Never did owning a cat or dog seem like such a great idea!

3. Shared Love
In addition to contributing to decreased stress levels and increased health benefits, animal companions also provide a real sense of shared love, a quality that can mitigate even the most stressful periods in life. With the sense of companionship and responsibility that comes with caring for a pet can be found a genuine sense of friendship that is often difficult to match in other aspects of life. The poet Lord Byron erected a monument to celebrate his Newfoundland Boatswain, inscribing a poem embossed in copper that described dogs as being “the firmest friend” that people can have in life. Accurate praise indeed!

4. Instills Responsibility

Pets require a lot of attention. They must be fed, walked, and loved. Having a pet will make you feel needed, and will give you purpose in life. Before bringing your new pet home make sure you plan a care schedule. Determine who will be feeding, walking, and training your pet. This is a great way to instill responsibility in your children. Cats do not need to be trained and can sleep for up to 16 hours, which makes them the perfect pet if you run a tight calendar. Make sure you set them up with a litter box and proper food and you are in the clear!! However, potty training your new puppy will be the first challenge. Be sure to take them out every 4 hours and to give them a tasty treat after they finish their business.

For these reasons, having a pet is often one of the most important aspects of a person’s home life. Promoting health benefits as well as a sense of shared companionship, pet ownership has few parallels in society in terms of positive effects on individuals. For most pet owners, a pet is truly a member of the family. Whether you’re the owner of a pet or are considering adopting a dog or cat friend, 2019 might just be the year that changes your life for the better!

Author Bio: Paige Jirsa- I work with Top10.Today, a shopping comparison site, where we strive to help consumers find the best quality and priced products.

For centuries we used natural resources to make into goods and products that made our lives easier: cars, paper, plastic and so much more. For so many years we benefited from these inventions, but we did not think about what they would do to the environment. As we depleted our natural resources, global warming developed. It is the change in global temperature brought about by pollution – noise, air, water and land pollution that man created. In the past decades, there were initiatives to reverse the effects of global warming by organisations and governments around the world.

Recycling

Recycling was one of the initiatives started decades ago. People began to segregate garbage – biodegradables, non-biodegradables and recyclables – solid waste that could still be useful and made into other things that people could enjoy for more years to come. Many countries made recycling the law to oblige their citizens to do their share in helping reverse the effects of global warming brought about by pollution.

How recycling helps the environment

When you recycle, it means that you are not using raw material sourced from a natural resource. It means that you no longer have to exhaust natural resources to make another product. All you need is available from recycling and scrap yards near you.

Metal scraps

Metal scraps from products such as refrigerators, washing machines and cars are just one of the recyclable materials that we can make into other useful things, such as benches, trash cans and the like. If you have an old car that you can no longer sell, you can let companies recycle and process your metal waste. You can go to sites like JandSMetals.com to learn more about how you can help reduce your waste.

Can we still reverse global warming?

There are worldwide efforts to save the environment from destruction. The global temperature increase is alarming, and each one of us has the responsibility to contribute to the reduction of pollution that can cause rising temperatures all over the world. You may think that taking your old car to the junkyard for recycling may not mean much, but it will actually have a significant impact later on. Besides recycling, we can do more to save the planet: plant more trees, volunteer in ocean clean-up drives, carpool to save on gas and reduce gas emissions into the atmosphere. The list is endless. We must do as much as we can.

It is never too late to start doing our part in helping save the environment; recycling is just one way. We can also reduce our use of plastics in our everyday lives. There are so many ways if you learn about reducing your carbon footprint. The future generations will thank you for doing your little bit toward saving the earth for their benefit in the coming decades. Saving the planet starts at home. The little things you do to recycle – segregating trash, recycling plastics, metals and paper will have a huge impact in the grand scheme of things.

Why can women wear dresses and men cannot? Why are there sweatshirts for men and others for women when they are exactly the same? Why can’t we choose our clothes based on what suits us best and on what we really like without having to make a statement regarding our sexuality?

Blue is not for boys and dolls are not for girls. Society is slowly leaving behind these kind of stereotypes and fashion has been one of the first sectors to join the movement. Neutral gender, unisex fashion, genderless… a lot of words can define this concept where the most important idea is to abandon labels such as “masculine” and “feminine”.

Nowadays, genderless fashion is accepted and is even trendy, but there was a time when wearing “girl’s clothes” when being a boy and vice versa, was truly revolutionary and even mischievous and risky. One of the most famous figures who dared travel down that road are people like Coco Chanel who introduced the wear of pants by women in the 20’s or even rock stars like David Bowie and Mick Jagger in the 70´s.

Like Coco Chanel, other world-renowned designers operated daring changes within the sector. It is the case of Jean Paul Gaultier who normalized the use of skirts and corsets in his men´s collections or of Yves Saint-Laurent with his tuxedos and military clothes like the gabardine and the Saharan jacket for women. As for Rudi Gernreich, not only he refuted the concept of gender in fashion but he also fought for gender inequalities and the acceptance of nudity in his creations.

Today, the genderless tendency is more popular than ever. In 2015, Selfridges, the famous department store of London, dedicated three of his floors to genderless fashion as part of a campaign called “Agender”. Low-cost brands also joined that trend: In 2016, Zara launched the collection “Ungendered” and in 2017, H&M created the line “Denim United” with unisex clothes where the only label was the price one.

Although Menswear and womenswear collections still dominate the runways of the fashion weeks everywhere in the world, some contemporary designers are introducing changes in the sector: collections 100% unisex, men walking for womenswear, proposals that break all stereotypes and gender barriers. We have prepared for you a selection of one of the most daring designers who have strived for that tendency for the last few years.

1. Rick Owens

The style of the Californian designer Rick Owens, is characterized by a black line with gothic elements that combine esthetical references to grunge. Almost all of his clothes are free of any classic label related to gender and can adapt to both men and women’s wardrobes.

2. J.W Aderson

As the Art Director of Loewe but mostly through his own line, J.W. Anderson, the young designer from London, the child prodigy of the British fashion, makes sure to abolish differences between men and women when designing. His masculine collections incorporate shades and feminine silhouettes and most of them include references to the androgynous aesthetic.

3. Pedro Lourenço

After 3 years of absence, the Brazilian designer that was previously the Art Director of La Perla, has launched his new label, Zilver, during the London Fashion Week of this year. He gave us a collection of genderless clothes that are also sustainable and respectful of the environment and the economy.

4. Gareth Pugh

The collections of Pugh stand out as much for there spectacular aspect as for their staging. The clothes are designed for men and women without any consideration of the conventions and of the politically correct.

5. David Delfin

One of the last campaigns of the Spanish designer before he passes away, highlighted the inequalities and the injustice that suffer women from men all around the globe. Under the motto “Fashion to be free”, Delfin brings forward a genderless collection that dresses women with clothes associated to a masculine wardrobe.

6. Yohji Yamamoto

Through his collaboration with adidas Y-3 and his own brand, the Japanese designer aims to create unique garments that adapt to both men and women bodies.

7. Rei Kawakubo

The Japanese designer, founder and Art Director of Comme des Garçons, ignores any concern about gender when designing her clothes. Her collections are focused on a conceptual aesthetic and carry messages where the question of sexuality is secondary.

Who actually enjoys budgeting money? Okay, someone out there somewhere does enjoy it. If you have a family and need to budget your money better, you need these tips in your life. There has to be at least one person in the family that manages the money and they can always do better. No one should take this as an insult, but we can all do better! Here’s how to manager your money better every month.

(1) Don’t spend more than you make

This is pretty common knowledge, but so many people don’t follow this basic principle. Don’t spend more than you make! Try your hardest to only spend what you make. This can be hard, but it’s not impossible. One of the simplest principles for budgeting is to NOT spend more than you make!

(2) Pay attention to what you’re spending

How many of you go buy whatever you want and don’t pay attention to what you buy? Save your receipts for a week and you’ll be amazed at how much money you didn’t even realize you were spending! This is a true wakeup call to those of you who spend money without tracking it. It will also light a fire under you and make you want to manage your money better every month.

(3) Write down when your bills are due

The average person misses out on hard earned money because they paid their bill late. One way to combat this issue is to go buy a calendar that’s made of paper. Put this paper calendar on your wall and then write down all of your bill’s due dates! This may seem like a monotonous task, but it will help keep you on task with paying your bills on time, so you can AVOID those late fees and keep more money in your bank. Not to mention, you don’t want to be left scrambling while trying to figure out how remove collections from your account.

(4) Now is the time to set up that budget

Let’s be honest, money is hard and sometimes you don’t want to deal with it, so don’t. A budget can help put your money to work for you. Every time you get paid, you put money where it needs to go. This may take some serious discipline, but it’s worth it. It works well if you get paid every week. This allows you to split your bill into fours.

• If your house payment is $600, every time you get paid, you will put $150 away until the bill is due.
• If your car payment is $240 a month, you will put $60 away every week until the bill is due.
• If your utilities are $300 a month, you will put $75 back each week until the bill is due.

Pretty simple and doesn’t require a lot of thought. It does, however, require actually following through with your budget.

Another part of budgeting is only spending your budgeted amount on items. Here are a few examples:

• $100 for groceries, you can’t spend more than that, no matter how tempting it may be.
• Put away money for gas and only use that amount
• Budget for “fun” and don’t spend more than that

Half the trouble of budgeting is making sure you don’t spend above what you budgeted for. After a little time has passed, you will be way better at budgeting than you are right now.

(5) Have budget meetings every month

It’s really hard, as a family, to be the only one who cares about the budget. If you’re married or have a partner, you need to consider them a part of the budget planning to. You need to have a budget meeting once a month. Talk about what you the budget will be in every category! The more you can talk and communicate about the month that’s being spent, the better off your money will be.

Just know what you can always do better next month. Maybe you went over on your eat out budget or you couldn’t agree on a eat out budget for this month, it will always get better. The more practice you have with budgeting and managing money, the better you will get.

(6) Use cash when possible

It’s hard to manage your money when you don’t know what you’re spending. You can manage your money better every month by using cash. If you take out a certain amount to spend and only use cash, you can’t spend more than that.

Credit cards and debit cards give us a false realization about how money can be spent. Stop and think about using cash only and see how big of a handle you can get on your finances.

Managing your money better every month starts with being proactive! Pay bills ahead of time, so they’re not late. Use cash, instead of credit, so you don’t overspend.