Are you a practice owner, a dentist and a Mom? Are you trying to find the elusive balance you’ve heard rumors about? You can take courses on the clinical topics, business or management but there’s no course or manual for being a Mom as well as a dentist and a business owner. No one is talking about the struggles and realities of juggling motherhood with dentistry and practice ownership. As Mom’s we are made to feel like it should be perfectly balanced and easy and that if it isn’t we are failing. I am here to tell you that Balance is BS.

Course objectives

• Start the conversation about the unique challenges of being a mother and a dentist/practice

• Share stories, successes and failures of motherhood and practice ownership

• To let Dentist Mom’s know they are not alone

• Achieving true balance is BS

Presented by Dr. Michele Nielsen

Dr. Michele Nielsen is a general dentist in Richmond, BC, Canada. She graduated from McGill University in 2001 and joined her Dad’s practice in 2002. Dr. Nielsen became the owner of Steveston Smiles in 2012 and expanded her practice in 2015 by purchasing a second dental clinic and merging her practices together. She is an Invisalign provider, a Healthy Start provider and has a passion for airway focused orthodontics. Dr. Michele is a forensic odontologist and the leader of the MUPs branch of BCFort. She is married and the Mom to two boys; 10 and 12. Her experience as a Mom has made her a better dentist and boss.