Practice Management

Increase your bottom line with these e-newsletter tips and tricks in this week’s Morning Huddle video.

Online Marketing. Search Engine Optimization. Social Media. These buzzwords have taken over the dental marketing landscape over the course of the past few years.

The Jameson Method of Dental Practice Management emphasizes a belief in investing in the development of our team members; a belief that there is never an end to learning.

Telephone skills are critical to establishing and maintaining excellent relationships with patients. But sometimes that's not easy! From time to time an angry, or irate, patient calls testing all of your telephone skills, your people skills, and your patience.

Live Call helps dentists connect with all scheduled patients to eliminate no-shows and last minute cancelations.

When it comes to implementing new business solutions, dentists have two options- hire an expert, or take the time to figure it out on their own.

OfficeSuite Dental from Broadview Networks® is a cloud-based communications solution that reportedly allows dental practices to prioritize phone calls, schedule patient appointments and collect outstanding balances.

Starting January 1st, 2014, dental offices prescribing Perio Trays can use CDT code D5994 to record, track and bill the prescription periodontal disease treatment device.

You want to provide the best care possible, and give patients a reason to come back to your practice. You need to find a way to set yourself apart, to get patients talking about your practice and the great experience they had while there.

PatientActivator’s free online reputation scorecard pulls data from hundreds of websites to offer up-to-date statistics about your practice’s online listings, social media presence and patient reviews.

These six tips can help ensure you invest in the right workstation for your lab that will not only serve your lab well today, but also in the future.

Dental lab marketing has been forever transformed.  Over the past 15-20 years, the ever-increasing influence of the Internet on how people get information and consume media has caused a sea change that has slowly but surely trickled down to the dental profession. Dental lab owners hear buzzwords like social media, search engine optimization, and online communication at every turn. 

What to do when a patient turns aggressive.

Getting patients to accept treatment is difficult enough. Don’t make them regret that they did.

One clinician’s take on the Polaris intraoral camera from Air Techniques, and how it has improved patient education and case acceptance in her practice.

You know how important a great smile is to making a good first impression. Why should your dental practice website be any different?

Not sure how to talk to your patients about whitening? We tell you how to get patients to ask you about your whitening options, and what growing your whitening business can do for your practice.

In this month’s From the Office Manager’s Desk column, Jill Nesbitt describes her practice’s experience with an unclaimed funds audit and explains why it’s important for every practice to have an organized system to handle patient refunds.

Every practice loves non-complying patients. Joke of the week, right?

As part of our Morning Huddle e-newsletter, DPR partnered with notable practice management consultants to provide quick video tips to get your team talking.

A story on the BBC News website recounts the untoward actions of Raghuvir Patel, a dentist in the British town of Braintree, after a mother and child visited his office with a broken orthodontic appliance.

As part of our Morning Huddle e-newsletter, DPR partnered with notable practice management consultants to provide quick video tips to get your team talking. Here, Misty Absher Clark of Jameson Consulting lays out how you and your team can grow and maintain excellent relationships with new and existing patient referral sources.

Experiencing a patient slump or simply want to add to your practice’s successes? Here are 9 ways to keep bringing patients back and grow your dental practice.

In this new practice management column, Penny Limoli of Limoli and Associates shares tips and advice to help your dental practice thrive. This month, she kicks off the series with advice to help ensure you hire the right people who can help make that happen.

Dentalcodeology: More than Pocket Change, a new dental insurance coding guide by Patti DiGangi, RDH, BS, answers common questions for the entire dental team about proper periodontal care CDT coding.

DPR recently talked to Lighthouse 360 co-founder Brian Smith about how the company's automated patient communication service brings patients back with an individualized touch. Q: Options for patient outreach have evolved substantially over the last 5 years. How is Lighthouse working to stay on the leading edge?

The 3rd annual Scientific Session of the American Academy for Oral Systemic Health on September 20th to 22nd at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada features internationally recognized dental and medical experts sharing the newest research on the connection between oral and overall health.

Whenever I ask a team “If you were doing something that was holding your team back, would you want ..."

Like the characters from a horror movie, emotions that are buried alive will reappear … usually at the worst possible moment and will wreak havoc. Here's help.

The American Academy of Facial Esthetics (AAFE) has announced its partnership with the Yankee Dental Congress 2014 in order to offer a live patient course for dental professionals in the use of Botox and Dermal Fillers for esthetic and therapeutic treatments.