Adding Your Personalized Touch to Dental Patient Follow Up
If you want to make a great impression on your dental patients, do not underestimate the importance of personalized follow up. Taking that extra step will make you stand out in the… Continue On +
Plans for the New Year
The start of a new year brings an opportunity to make your dental practice and team even stronger. As you consider what you would like to accomplish this year, remember you need… Continue On +
What to Tell Your Team after a Termination
Let’s assume you complete the unfortunate task of terminating one of your dental team members. As much as you may want to forget the whole thing, your work is not yet over.… Continue On +
When Is the Best Time to Do Exams?
During most hours in a general dentist’s day, a tug of war occurs. On one side of the rope is the dentist sitting chair side with the patient he is treating. So… Continue On +
Remember to Collect at the Time of Service
Effective dental teams that keep their outstanding accounts under control are diligent at collecting at the time of service. While this may sound like common sense, the priority of collecting at the… Continue On +
How Much Time Do You Need in Your Schedule
Albert Einstein once said, “The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.” If you do not allow enough time in your schedule for the treatment you are… Continue On +
Improving Hygiene Production
Long term patient relationships are built in the hygiene chair, which is why your hygiene team is so important for dental practice growth. Your hygiene team also contributes significantly to practice production—really… Continue On +
New Overtime Rule Blocked
The new overtime rule which would have raised the Fair Labor Standards Act’s salary threshold was set to go into effect Thursday, December 1, 2016. A federal judge in Texas issued an… Continue On +
Tough Conversations about Gum Disease
One of the most challenging aspects of gum disease is not in treating it; instead it’s how to talk to dental patients about their condition. This is especially true when patients, who… Continue On +
Finding the Right Associate Dentist
When you are busy enough to add an associate to your dental practice, it’s important to find a dentist who will reflect favorably on your practice. While that sounds straightforward, it’s more… Continue On +
Setting a Timeframe for Dental Treatment
If you are like most people, when you make an important recommendation, you often put a timeframe around it; otherwise your suggestion does not carry as much weight. The same goes in… Continue On +
New CDT Code to Watch Closely
There are eleven new CDT codes for 2017 (effective on January 1, 2017), and one new code that has attracted a lot of attention is the D4346 – Scaling in the presence… Continue On +