Dr. Blaes is passionate about teaching dentist to be faster, better, easier methods with less stress through his lectures, hands-on workshops and his monthly contributions to dental magazines. His practice is thriving today in an insurance free, fee for service setting that emphasizes preventive, esthetic, reconstructive and implant dentistry. In 1996, Dr. Blaes was hired by PennWell Publishing Company as Editor of Dental Economics magazine and Dental Equipment and Materials magazine. He has been responsible for the complete repositioning of Dental Economics as the premier dental practice management magazine in the industry. He was responsible for the total redesign of the magazine, giving it a much needed facelift with a heavier stock of paper for easy reading and better printing of color. Dr. Blaes has been active in bringing new advertising into the magazine and he is well known and respected by dental manufacturers and distributors. His editorial direction is responsible for Dental Economics being the best read magazine in the dental industry. Dr. Blaes is recognized as an expert on dental materials and techniques and he lectures routinely on these topics