Sarah Anwar

At the 2017 Hinman Dental Meeting, Martin Jablow, D.M.D., gave a brief overview of different apps that can be used in the dental office. Whether for patient entertainment while in the waiting room, or for diagnostics or staff training, there seems to be an app for everything.

On Friday, March 24 at the 2017 Hinman Dental Meeting, Rita Zamora explained that selecting a dentist is no different than shopping around for your next vacation. The same research and effort go into both. That’s why online reviews, whether on Google or your social media pages, are important. Understanding how to deal with negative reviews can make or break your practice’s reputation.

Dentists have the opportunity to seek out those who are not the typical sleep apnea patients due to the nature of dentistry. After observing the visual symptoms that are typical in a patient with sleep apnea, it only takes a few questions to get to the bottom of a patient’s sleep patterns. At the 2017 Hinman Dental Meeting, Jamison Spencer, D.M.D., M.S., outlined the importance of diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea.

There is no one road that leads to the success of your dental practice. However, there are several areas where focus can increase productivity and profit. At a continuing education session at the 2017 Hinman Dental Meeting, on Thursday, March 23, 2017, Mark E. Hyman, D.D.S., M.A.G.D, gave a presentation on how to become a top tier dental practice.

At the 2017 Yankee Dental Congress, Randy Fine, LUTCF, cautioned dentists that as high-income individuals, they will be targets for lawsuits. Fine suggested taking a proactive approach by establishing a baseline level of asset protection before your assets are acquired.

Alicia Owens, a Dentrix profitability coach at Henry Schein Practice solutions, discussed how the morning huddle can put a dental practice on better path to profitability at the Yankee Dental Congress in Boston, Mass.

Several experts reviewed important considerations for new dentists who are thinking about owning their own practice at the Yankee Dental Congress in Boston, Mass., on Saturday, Jan. 28.

Key factors to getting new patients through your practice’s door and keeping them coming back include making sure your website is structured appropriately, and training your entire staff to handle phone calls.

According to Chris Salierno, DDS, dentists need to be mindful that they’re treating a human, not just a tooth. This was his main message on the importance of communication in his continuing education session at the Yankee Dental Congress in Boston, Mass.

Tom Clark, founder of Banyan, a social media company for dentists, said that communicating who you are and why you do what you do is as important a marketing strategy as any for dentists at his continuing education session at the Yankee Dental Congress on Friday, Jan. 27.

Danielle Sheer, vice president and legal counsel at the data storage and security firm Carbonite, explained what dentists need to do to keep patient data secure at the Yankee Dental Congress on Thursday, Jan. 27.

Blair Drenner, vice president of business development at eRelevance Corporation, discussed strategies for driving business from your dental practice's existing clientele at the Yankee Dental Congress in Boston, Mass.

Chris Salierno, DDS, discussed his approach to reducing overhead within a dental practice at the 2017 Yankee Dental Congress in Boston, Mass. on Thursday.