Private Practice: Peals and Pitfalls During the Intermediate Years*
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For OMSs who have purchased or built their practice, solidified a referral base, honored their personnel and started to make money, it is time to pursue the next phase of career growth. This session will explain how to optimize routines, differentiate trends from value-added algorithms and discriminate contracts and relationships.
*Indicates that this activity is approved by AAOMS for continuing dental education credit ONLY.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this program, participants should be able to:
- Review pearls and pitfalls of the first five years of practice ownership and recognize how the intermediate years (5-10) define the trajectory for future success.
- Optimize success into actual wealth.
- Define what is a balanced work-life approach for stability.
T Matthew Jacks, DDS, FACS
Owner
T Matthew Jacks, DDS, FACS, LLC
Eugene, Oregon
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Aaron E. Quitmeyer, DDS
Owner
ABOMS
Harrisburg, Virgina
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
An Internet-based CDE Activity
Original Release Date: September 18, 2025
Expiration Date: September 18, 2028
Estimated time to complete this educational activity: 2.0 hour(s)
Method of participation: Self-Study
T. Matthew Jacks, DDS, FACS
Owner
T Matthew Jacks, DDS, FACS, LLC
Dr. Jacks is currently in private practice performing full-scope OMS while performing facial trauma and reconstructive surgery at PeaceHealth Medical Center. Having spent two decades in the US Navy, he served as Chair of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Walter Reed Military Medical Center, Chief of Surgery at the US Naval Hospital in Sicily Italy, and the Surgical Liaison to NATO during the Libyan Campaign. A Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, he surgically reconstructed over 100 wounded warriors from Iraq and Afghanistan campaigns. He served nine years as a board examiner for ABOMS, is a member of the OMSNIC Advisory Committee and has published, lectured, and served on several regional, national, and international committees. Dr. Jacks has been married to his lovely bride, Heather, since they were both 18-years-old, has four adult tax-paying children, and four dogs. His hobbies include whatever his wife tells him to do.
Disclosures: No financial relationships to disclose
Aaron Quitmeyer, DDS
Owner/OMS
Aaron Quitmeyer DDS is a former academic surgeon in the US Navy. Now nearing the second decade of private practice in rural Virginia, he enjoys honing best practice opportunities while dedicating his free time to his family.
Disclosures: No financial relationships to disclose
Continuing Education Provider Approval
The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider.
ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education.
ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry.
The American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons designates this activity for 2.0 continuing education credit(s).
AGD - Accepted Program Provider
FAGD/MAGD Credit
11/1/22-12/31/26
Provider ID# 214680
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