Practice Management

After an exciting weekend, my two teams are set. Villanova won the Big East and Notre Dame took the ACC Championship. The bracket has been announced and Nova is a #1 seed in the East. The Irish are a #3 seed in the Midwest. It’s March. It’s time for some Madness. Here we go!

Marketing is always changing, and dental practices are always looking for new patients. Now is the best time to regroup and upgrade your marketing plans and efforts. But how do you turn your office into a dental marketing machine?

Digital radiography is no longer a matter of "if;" it's a matter of "when." But how do you know if you're getting the best sensor for your practice?

It should come as no surprise that the dental lab industry has-and continues to-grow and evolve. From George Washington’s ivory dentures (despite what you heard on the elementary school playground, they were not wooden) to porcelain-fused to metal crowns to today’s all-digital, full-arch cases, the way we do things has constantly grown. Even within the modern CAD/CAM systems, progress continues.

Heraeus Kulzer recently launched the Pala Digital Denture System, a new and advanced system with technology engineered to allow time savings and digital precision to benefit dental practices and dental laboratories. 

When a patient complains to you or a team member, you really need to listen. If you don’t, it may end up costing your practice thousands of dollars in lost revenue.

This week, Patterson Dental introduced a new e-service called AutoSDSSM to help dental practices manage safety data, as required by OSHA.

Henry Schein, Inc. announced today that its eighth annual Henry Schein Business of Dentistry Conference  will be held from October 7-10, 2015 at Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Kissimmee, Florida. 

This week at the Chicago Midwinter Meeting, Carestream Dental announced the release of the latest Logicon Caries Detector 5.1, which reportedly further automates the detection process and produces improved displays of caries sites.

This week at the Chicago Midwinter Meeting, Sirona  introduced the SIDEXIS 4 software, which reportedly improves practitioners' ability to diagnose, plan treatments and communicate their findings with patients.

3Shape A/S will officially launch Implant Studio™ software in the United States at the opening of the Chicago Midwinter Meeting on February 26.  

For Dr. Marc Cooper, it’s not a matter of if group practices will change the way dentists practice their craft, it’s a matter of when.

With all of the advancements in the field of imaging for the dental practice, now is a great time for any dentist to sit down with his or her team and look at how the practice is using imaging and what upgrades might need to be made.

Digital sensors are extremely reliable and provide images that are incredibly diagnostic and high-resolution. They are basically a chip, similar to what you would find in a digital camera, encased in a hard plastic covering that’s sealed to prevent damage from any type of liquid.

My passion has always been dentistry and my commitment is focused on how I can enable the members of our dental profession to be successful. My travels have taken me to all 50 states and every major meeting. I am honored to present my interview with one of the true masters of the dental world, Dr. Marc Cooper, founder and president of The Mastery Company. The focus of his company over the past six years has been on group practice of all sizes. 

BIOMET 3i announced the release of the BellaTek Portal V1.4?an enhanced version of the original portal that is designed to offer new tools and increased user-friendly functionality.

I can’t help but speculate that the aversion to performing a feasibility study is as much emotional as it is financial. Clearly, there is a cost factor that may dissuade the fiscally faint of heart-despite its proven worth.

A new survey from Western University of Health Sciences’ College of Dental Medicine found parents in the general population bring their children to the dentist for the first time at the average age of 2.5, while parents who fall under the U.S. poverty threshold bring their children to the dentist for the first time at approximately 3.5 years old.

Flexibility is the name of the game in today’s dental insurance world. Administrative roles have shifted greatly in recent years to include the growing, evolving role of insurance in the dental office.