How to Finance Your New Dental Practice

When the time comes for you to purchase a dental practice, congratulations!  This is a huge step and one that, hopefully, will provide you with years of success, fulfillment and pleasure providing… Continue On +

Maximizing the Effectiveness of Working Interviews

How do you have a successful working interview to ensure you hire the right person for the practice?  First, you and your dental team need to identify the characteristics of your ideal… Continue On +

Avoid the Dental “Watch” List

Most dental practices have it, and most dentists regularly talk to patients about it.  “John, I’m putting that upper right tooth on the watch list.”  You may think you are alerting patients… Continue On +

Feeling Stuck? Get a Good Night’s Sleep

The next time you are challenged and find yourself struggling for solutions, make sure you get a good night’s sleep.  When we dream, our brains are often in the best position to… Continue On +

The Uncrowded Extra Mile

Many dental practices talk about going the extra mile for patients, but how many actually do it?  The time, the effort, the consistency; it’s not easy.  Inspirational speaker Wayne Dyer once said,… Continue On +

Factors That Influence Banks’ Decision to Lend To Dentists

Many banks are interested and eager to lend money to dental professionals.  Some of the reasons why they are interested are; the enormous size of the industry, it has been relatively resilient… Continue On +

Negative Reviews

If you are in business long enough, it is likely someone will post a negative review of your dental practice.  And it doesn’t matter how many positive reviews preceded it, that negative… Continue On +

Dental Practice Building: Opportunities With Emergencies

Thomas Edison once said, “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”  One of the biggest dental practice building opportunities missed by dentists and… Continue On +

Satisfy Your Dental Patients by Running on Time

How do you impress dental patients to stay with your dental practice and refer more of their friends and family? In an environment with stiffer competition and the potential for more corporate dentistry… Continue On +

Add More New Dental Patients to Your Practice

Even though you may want new dental patients, many of your existing patients just assume you have all of the business you need.  Patients look at all of the charts on the… Continue On +

The Importance of Failure

Imagine if you were labeled “the merchant of death.”  Would you consider yourself a failure?  That’s exactly how Alfred Nobel felt after his invention of dynamite led to such a label. Despite… Continue On +

Motivation is Contagious

Since you are a leader, you often faced with how to motivate your team.  But how do you motivate yourself? The philosopher William James once said, “Act as if what you do… Continue On +