Practice Management

There have been many changes in the dental industry throughout the years.

Finding and retaining top teams is one of the most difficult challenges any dental practice owner faces.

Billions of dollars in dental insurance benefits are left unused every year. These benefits can be used for both general maintenance care as well as dental procedures, like root canals or emergency procedures. According to Forbes, only three percent of patients use all of their dental benefits annually, indicating that there is a significant dollar amount of benefits left untapped at the end of December.

Since so many different factors influence SEO, it’s easy to stress over the small stuff affecting your rankings and completely miss huge, underlying issues that wreak havoc over your web presence. With this audit, you’ll be able to identify any major issues holding you back.

"It isn’t difficult, but it takes team cooperation, new thinking, and practice." That's the mantra from author Patti DiGangi in this article.

One of the founders of RevenueWell tells you how software can make a difference for your patients and your bottom line.

This article is an excerpt from the eBook "DentalCodeology: What Every Dentist Needs to Know about Medicare NOW" by Patti DiGangi, Christine Taxin, and Jan Palmer.

Teresa Duncan, insurance editor for Dental Products Report, offers advice on how to lower some of the pain that dental insurance causes for so many practices.

The majority of dental offices now use some sort of image management system.

When patients cancel their appointments at the last minute or just don’t show up at all, it leads to chaos and undue stress in your practice.

CAD/CAM software opens new doors for labs of all sizes.

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?”

Practice management software can help dental offices with everything from billing to scheduling.

Money can be mysterious and can also be the source of stress in your practice. How you manage money has a direct impact on your ability to serve your patients’ oral health needs.

As I’ve said on many occasions, if you want to survive in today’s tough economy, you need to attract new patients and grow your practice.

I’ve often lamented the fact that dental school teaches us how to diagnose and treat patients, but not how to attract new patients.

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?”

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?”

A properly run hygiene department can account for 25–35 percent of the general practice’s production total.

Dental professionals are a patient’s primary source of screening within the oral cavity; thus attention must be paid to the most common oral malignancy: squamous cell carcinoma. Historically such malignancies were attributed only to patients with a history of extensive alcohol and tobacco use. However, other risk factors such as human papilloma virus and medication use are shifting the profession’s perception of who may be at risk for oral cancer.

Cathy Warschaw from Up All Night Coaching hands out advice and helps you through some of your trickiest situations.

As we have discussed in many previous articles, HIPAA has changed the way that dental practices need to operate. Not only do dentists need to be current on the latest technology and IT systems, but they must also ensure that they incorporate technologies in a HIPAA-compliant manner.

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?”

What will make 2016 better for your dental practice? These leading consultants tell you.

Providing staff members with effective feedback is critical to your practice's success.

By the same token that you deserve success, your team members deserve the proper, ongoing training that will enable them to contribute to that success.

For many professionals working in industries across the board, having a mentor was vital in helping them get from where they were to where they wanted to be.

As the holidays approach and the calendar year comes to a close, one word begins entering conversation: bonuses.

Even the strongest teams experience conflict from time to time, but it doesn’t have to invoke stress and dread when it rears its ugly head. With a little preparation, you can be ready for it and quite possibly, have it lead to a stronger and more productive team!