Dr. Roger P. Levin

How scripting could be just what your practice needs to bring in more patients.

Dr. Roger P. Levin highlights the mistake many dentists make in not relying on experts in critical areas.

Roger P. Levin, DDS, gives helpful tips for knowing when it's time for a practice checkup.

Dr. Roger P. Levin highlights the importance of looking at the business aspects of your practice.

Bringing on an associate can be a great step for your practice-if you go about it correctly.

Learning to use job descriptions and performance reviews effectively can make for a more successful dental practice.

One of the biggest mistakes in the realm of personal financial management is not having an estate plan created by an expert in estate tax.

When associateships fail, it can be devastating to the practice. Hiring the right associate requires a thorough, step-by-step process to ensure the best results.

Every dental practice will face conflict from time to time. It’s a result of both being in business and the realities of human nature. Even teams who get along extremely well experience periodic arguments.

In modern dental practices, a well-trained hygienist can have the greatest influence on the strength, depth and continuity of relationships with patients.

People have been lending money to family members since money was invented. Relatives may lend funds to help start a business, pay for education or alleviate an emergency situation. Unfortunately, in my experience at Levin Group, many dentists have experienced financial setbacks and emotional stress after lending to family members who couldn’t pay them back.

Every patient-practice interaction represents a chance to motivate and educate patients. Unfortunately, many dental offices haven’t written scripts for these conversations, and significant marketing and customer service opportunities are lost as a result.

Stress is so prevalent for practice owners and teams, you may think it’s an unavoidable occupational hazard. In fact, though it can’t be eliminated completely-there will always be “challenging” days at the office-you can radically reduce stress and the negative feelings, fatigue and general dissatisfaction it can cause.

Embezzlement can happen in any practice. Even yours.

Based on his extensive experience with dentists over the past 30 years, Dr. Roger P. Levin has authored a new book entitled The 31 Biggest Mistakes Dentists Make. His premise is simple. As he says in the introduction, “We can learn from our mistakes. But isn’t it better to learn from other people’s mistakes?”

As a rule of thumb, a general dental practice should spend 59% of its revenue on overhead, says Dr. Roger Levin.

Aside from on-the-fly training and “shadowing” during working hours, few dentists make a strong commitment to providing training to help administrative team members perform better, says Dr. Roger Levin.

A conservative investment plan - paying excellent returns in good years and weathering not-so-bad losses in bad years - will serve dentists well, says Dr. Roger Levin.

Once the exam is complete, work your findings into an individualized treatment plan that includes everything from immediate needs, to eventual needs, to elective procedures patients may want to consider.

Too many dentists assume that all they need to do is “wait out” the economy, and they’ll eventually start to grow again. Dr. Roger Levin says that isn't going to happen.

If your dental practice's décor has seen better days, it’s time to initiate a practice makeover. It will give you a competitive edge in today’s challenging dental market.

If you have a team member who is a chronic poor performer in your dental practice, it’s time to address the issue, says Dr. Roger Levin. Here's how.

Analyzing numbers on a daily, monthly, quarterly and annual basis is now an essential part of running a successful dental practice.

The more training that dentists have, the better prepared they will be to handle those difficult situations that come up when they least expect them in the dental practice.

In short, the leader decides what should happen and the manager makes it happen.

Dr. Roger Levin has personally spoken to numerous dentists who want to retire because they are exhausted, not because they’ve stopped enjoying dentistry. That's one of the problems with being out of shape.

Although community outreach certainly qualifies as “soft” marketing that typically yields actual results (new patients) over the long term, it serves as a solid foundation for a people-oriented business, such as your dental practice.

"We can learn from our mistakes. But isn’t it better to learn from other people’s mistakes?” Dr. Roger P. Levin explores the biggest mistakes that dentists make-and how those mistakes can be avoided. In this edition, Dr. Levin discusses dental insurance policies.

Based on his extensive experience with dentists in the past 30 years, Dr. Roger P. Levin has authored a new book entitled The 31 Biggest Mistakes Dentists Make. His premise is simple. As he says in the introduction, “We can learn from our mistakes. But isn’t it better to learn from other people’s mistakes?”