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"Remember that social media is the classic example of you judging your insides by everyone else's outsides. They're showing their good stuff.
"If you compare your regular to the stuff they're putting out there, it's never going to turn out well for you."
~Dr. Alan Mead
The Downside of Dentistry on Social Media
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As Dr. Mead shares, one downside of social media presentations of dentistry cases can be the negative effect those presentations have on dentists watching them.
"And I think we have to excuse ourselves for not being able to deliver at the level that we're seeing. I think let's celebrate it. I'm going to take everything at face value, and I'm going to believe that it's actual unless I am shown otherwise. I've got to believe it; some of this dental work is just so well executed.
"But that doesn't mean that I'm not serving my patients at a high level. It doesn't mean that I should hang up my dental drill and walk away from the game just because Michael Jordan is on the court."
~Dr. Dennis Hartlieb
Doing Our Personal Best as Dentists
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As Dennis shares in this clip, by focusing on doing our personal best as dentists, we can avoid some of the pitfalls of comparison that can come our way with social media.
"I think what we need to do is make sure that we're building ourselves up. For some dentists, if going on Instagram or going on your social media platform gives you fuel and makes you feel good, that's awesome.
"For me, it can have the opposite effect, so I just have to watch it."
~Dr. Dennis Hartlieb
Navigating Social Media in a Positive Way
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As Dr. Hartlieb shares, being in a healthy mental space before exploring social media posts is a crucial way to reap the benefits of seeing other dentists' work without becoming too self-critical.