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DINKS with Dr. Mitchell Rubenstein

July 12, 2022

DINKS with Dr. Mitchell Rubenstein

Send us Fan Mail "What's Holding You Back?" In this episode, we will discuss what's really holding you back from departing the grip of the insurance companies.  Is it them, or is it you? Join Chad and Jeff as they talk about one of Mitch's favorite topics - a fee for service dental practice.  This should be a great conversation.   About Mitch: Mitchell Rubinstein D.M.D. practices esthetic and restorative dentistry in his fee-for-service Manhattan dental practice. He is the Education Director for the New York County Dental Society, Chair of the Technology Committee for the New York State Dental Association, and a member of the Standards Committee on Informatics for the American Dental Association. Dr. Rubinstein is a co-creator of the official NY State course on HIPAA compliance for dentists, “Avoiding the Million Dollar Mistake”. Dr Rubinstein graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in 1992, and served as the Dental Director for the PSCH Clinic in Queens NY, from 1994-2000, providing dental care to people with developmental disabilities and Autism. From 1997-1999, he partnered with the NYU Dental School to give dental residents and students valuable clinical training in special needs dentistry. In 1996, he went into private practice with his father and mentor, Dr Walter Rubinstein, and they practiced together until the senior Dr. Rubinstein’s retirement in 2012. Dr Rubinstein participates in clinical research with the National Dental Practice Based Research Network (DPBRN) a nationwide, NIH funded network focused on improving outcomes in oral health care. He is a member of the research faculty of the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Eastman Institute for Oral Health, and was also a founding member of the P.E.A.R.L. research network based at New York University. Dr. Rubinstein is also a frequent lecturer at dental study groups, continuing education seminars, and the Greater New York Dental Meeting, the largest annual dental meeting in the U.S.A.

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Send us Fan Mail

"What's Holding You Back?" In this episode, we will discuss what's really holding you back from departing the grip of the insurance companies.  Is it them, or is it you?

Join Chad and Jeff as they talk about one of Mitch's favorite topics - a fee for service dental practice.  This should be a great conversation.  

About Mitch:

Mitchell Rubinstein D.M.D. practices esthetic and restorative dentistry in his fee-for-service Manhattan dental practice. He is the Education Director for the New York County Dental Society, Chair of the Technology Committee for the New York State Dental Association, and a member of the Standards Committee on Informatics for the American Dental Association. Dr. Rubinstein is a co-creator of the official NY State course on HIPAA compliance for dentists, “Avoiding the Million Dollar Mistake”.

Dr Rubinstein graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine in 1992, and served as the Dental Director for the PSCH Clinic in Queens NY, from 1994-2000, providing dental care to

people with developmental disabilities and Autism. From 1997-1999, he partnered with the NYU Dental School to give dental residents and students valuable clinical training in special needs dentistry. In 1996, he went into

private practice with his father and mentor, Dr Walter Rubinstein, and they practiced together until the senior Dr. Rubinstein’s retirement in 2012.

Dr Rubinstein participates in clinical research with the National Dental Practice Based Research Network (DPBRN) a nationwide, NIH funded network focused on improving outcomes in oral health care.

He is a member of the research faculty of the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Eastman Institute for Oral Health, and was also a founding member of the P.E.A.R.L. research network based at New York

University.

Dr. Rubinstein is also a frequent lecturer at dental study groups, continuing education seminars, and the Greater New York Dental Meeting, the largest annual dental meeting in the U.S.A.

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