Ed Rabinowitz

Sue Liebman, D.M.D. involves patients in the decision-making process. A key step to not only making them feel comfortable, but may lead to better oral health outcomes.

Expectations call for rapid growth in the dental industry in the near future as new technology makes many procedures faster and more precise.

Los Angeles dentist Igal Elyassi believes that dentistry is a partnership between the patients and doctors. Here he shares how to establish a winning practice culture for your staff.

Hygienist Carol Vander Stoep is hoping to break away from the old symptomatic treatment plan and treat a patient's oral health as the gateway to a healthier lifestyle.

Are patients turned off before they enter your practice? Make sure your staff is fully briefed on proper phone etiquette to keep patients calling for more bookings!

For Robert DiPilla, D.D.S., being a dentist is more than providing the right services to the best of your ability. It's also about practicing hospitality and welcoming in patients as part of your extended family.

Why aren't patients seeking dental care more often? It may have something to do with practices not addressing patient concerns before they walk into the office.

Meet Jill Wade, D.D.S., M.A.G.D., a Dallas Cowboys fan and founder of her practice's smile with heart program, which earned recognition from Inc. 5000 as one of the fastest growing businesses in 2017.

Can your patients book dental appointments online? You may want to consider this option for your practice as Dentistry.com rolls out a new digital platform.

What makes a DDSO better than a DSO? Frank Brady, D.D.S., cites the balance between dentists being clinicians, but also running the day-to-day operations of their practice.

How do you integrate a dental membership plan? Carolyn Bronke Wind D.D.S., P.C. shares how she navigated the transition at her practice.

What do Netflix and ChapStick have to do with dentistry? It's all a part of making the patient experience enjoyable says Shimma Abdulla, D.M.D.

Millennials are not as different from the larger audience your practice serves. A few quick strategies can help boost your visibility with this market.

Managing your dental practice's online reputation is critical to helping your practice thrive. Being present is one way you can maintain a positive online reputation.

Sandra Senzen, R.H.D., is regarded as one of the top authorities of holistic dental hygiene, and she teaches the approach through published books, articles, and educational courses. But more than that, she has built a career on being a real life Tooth Fairy to children and adults alike.

Thinking of selling your dental practice? Here are the key considerations to keep in mind to ensure the process is smooth and successful.

Is email a significant part of your practice's marketing strategy? If not, you might want to take another look at that strategy.

Alan Coleman translates his God-given skills from the dental office to those underserved countries through frequent mission trips.

Do you want to grow your practice? Or, do you want to grow your practice profitably? Be careful, because there is a difference.

The way questions are phrased could mean the difference between staff feeling insulted and unappreciated versus empowered to make the practice as successful as possible.

Five years ago, Charles Dyer, IV, who specializes in periodontology and implantology, filled out an application on a whim, and soon thereafter found himself thrust into a world of performing restorative work on exotic captive animals.

What are the overtime rules for dental employees? Misunderstandings are common when it comes to making sure that your employees are compensated fairly for the work they perform. Here are some guidelines to help separate the myths from the facts.

In any healthcare environment, a major concern for staff and patients alike is the security of protected health information. This data is at risk in both the physical form and the electronic records kept. Organizations must rely not only on technical safeguards, but also on good decision-making by staff.

LinkedIn is not a selling tool. Rather, LinkedIn is a branding and relationship development tool that, when used properly, can help grow your dental practice brand within your community, while helping to separate your practice from the surrounding competition.

Janice Doan's story is unique. She has spent time in a Vietnam concentration camp, fled to America, learned English, and together with her sister and brother-in-law, established a thriving 7-figure dental practice in Southern California. And her focus is to help others succeed and be able to experience many of the things she was unable to.

Amanda Sheehan, D.D.S., likes fixing things. She also likes seeing the results of her work. In medicine, she says, physicians may hand out a prescription or recommend a treatment regimen, but don't necessarily see the immediate gratification of what they done to help them. Her comprehensive approach, therefore, is to treat patients from start to finish.

There are many reasons why Minoa Marketing's Naomi Cooper believes better than 90 percent of dental practices do not effectively leverage their assets. After all, dentists go to dental school, not business school. But it's not too late to better understand how to take advantage of the human and physical resources at your fingertips.

A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that suicide impacts virtually every age group, from adolescent to geriatric. Dentists treat every age group, and according to the associate dean for outreach and diversity at the UCLA School of Dentistry, are unique positioned to play an important role in this growing health crisis.

Is there a conflict between your practice staff members? Are personalities clashing? Is staff not communicating? Ignoring the problem will not make it go away. Rather, it will fester until it explodes. Recognizing where staff problems exist, identifying the issues, and working to resolve them can help avoid a drop-off in morale and a loss of patients and revenue.

When you finish placing a crown or other aesthetic type procedure, do you pause to reflect on the work you've done? Or do you ask the patient if they're happy with how they look? The latter is a philosophy instilled in Mehrnaz Iranmehr, D.D.S., since her early days in dental school. And she has carried that forward not only in her practice, but in her teaching.