The filter principle: Is every patient a finals patient?

You remember finals, don’t you? Of course you do. Your examiners carefully selected a patient(s) for you to examine and diagnose and for whom to present a treatment plan. The finals patients were unlucky enough to have more than one dental problem and you were marked on finding all of them and your ability to determine a set of solutions for the patient.

Jan 17, 2012 | PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

HR 101: Tees and tats causing a stir

Amber is an assistant in Dr. D’s office. She’s what you picture when you think “free spirited.” She likes to color her hair a new shade every month: bleach blond, jet black, fiery red, etc. She has a few ear piercings. It’s a somewhat edgy style but not offensive … until recently.

Jan 5, 2012 | PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

Understand legal issues when using CBCT scans

As cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) becomes more prevalent in the dental field, various legal issues are coming to light. When CBCT scans are justified, they can provide the dentist with an enhanced diagnostic tool that offers significant patient benefits when compared to older imaging technologies.

Dec 20, 2011 | PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

Examining patient financing: Good for your patients. Good for your practice.

We hear about it a lot these days — dental practices getting squeezed by lower consumer spending. The result is less treatment acceptance and lower revenues — and no practice is immune. Economists have even coined a phrase for this belt-tightening and credit crunching: “the new normal.” But, any dentist will tell you, patients electing not to get the treatments they need because of financial concerns is far from what they’d like to see as “normal.”

Dec 12, 2011 | PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

Connectivity in the dental world

We live in a time in which things are changing exponentially and the way that we go about doing business is drastically evolving. The Internet has become a major player in businesses that never thought that it could apply to them. Instead of battling the Internet with a long stick and keeping it out of the dental industry, it has always been our philosophy to leverage it in new and innovative ways that can be used to the advantage of health-care professionals worldwide.

Dec 6, 2011 | PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

Create a 2012 marketing plan (Your competition already has)

As dental professionals, you’ve invested tremendous amounts of time in schooling and continuing education courses. You’ve also probably travelled to various events to stay up on the latest trends and looked into new cutting-edge products. All in the name of better and more efficient patient care. However, did you send a seasonal fall e-newsletter out this year letting your patients know about that new piece of equipment you purchased?

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