Practice Management

Gendex brought a little something different to this year’s Greater New York Dental Meeting. Just before 2 on Sunday afternoon, the music started and the dancing began outside the Gendex Bus.

Products, procedures and best practices to help you maximize your time and your team’s productivity.

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. Cathy Jameson, Ph.D. on how to turn patient objection into treatment acceptance.  

Products, procedures and best practices to help you maximize your time and your team’s productivity.

Learn the most common pitfalls that render dentists’ websites invisible to search engines and patients alike.

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. Cathy Jameson, Ph.D. on how to set the stage for the best reception and response to treatment plans you present.

Don’t think any of your current patients are interested in veneers or other cosmetic dentistry? Dr. Harvey Silverman explains why that likely isn’t the case.

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.

If marketing is about communicating with the public, then the sub-discipline known as branding is about projecting a unique identity that enables a dental practice to be memorable and recognizable. And so, a good dental marketing plan begins with answering this simple question: “Why should I (the patient) pick this dentist over any other?"

1-800-DENTIST®, premier dental marketing company, is offering three of their top dental marketing whitepapers to all dental professionals online, free with no obligation.

The iTero®  imaging system is now available as a single hardware platform with software options for restorative and orthodontic procedures.

Probably not a guide you'll be requesting for your dental practice ... 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. Cathy Jameson, Ph.D. on the 3 factors that define whether or not a person will listen to your message.  

Do you have a specialist practicing part time in your office? Most specialists these days are traveling to more than one office to increase their productivity by reaching out to new patient populations. This approach works!  

If marketing is about communicating with the public, then the sub-discipline known as branding is about projecting a unique identity that enables a dental lab to be memorable and recognizable. And so, a good dental lab marketing plan begins with answering this simple question: “Why should I (the dentist) pick this lab over any other?”

To attempt to be on the technological leading edge as a practice today, with the number of high-quality technology product choices in the marketplace is truly mind-boggling. I have been fortunate in my role as President of Pride Institute to have the privilege to work closely with industry experts who are able to offer valuable input in this critical area.

We’ve rounded up some of Dental Products Report's best “Patient Tips of the Day” in an effort to help you better your patient relations and boost retention rates. Here are seven pieces of patient-geared wisdom to consider. Simply click each one to learn more and dig deeper into our tidbits of advice. 01 Want to put fearful patients at ease? Offer to give them a tour of your practice before their first appointment.

  From Alice in Wonderland: Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? The Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to. Alice: I don’t much care where. The Cat: Then it doesn’t much matter which way you go.

PatientActivator®, the patient communication and online marketing software from 1-800-DENTIST®, has launched a free mobile app that gives dentists easy access to the powerful practice communication and marketing tool right from their mobile phone.

One clinician’s take on the Lighthouse 360 patient communication system.

Several designs have been added to the line of Practicare™ Patient Communication Cards. With a wide variety of original designs, along with an economical price point as low as 13¢ per card, the cards are said to be ideal for recall reminders, welcome greetings, missed appointments, promotions or personal notes. The 7-point matte finish paper stock is compatible with laser and ink-jet printers and USPS-approved. Each 8½-inch by11-inch perforated sheet is printed 4-up on front only.

Dentimax practice management software has been serving the dental industry for several years now. But the latest release, DentiMax 2013, boasts a number of new features that make life even easier for the entire practice.

You probably know your practice should be following a number of handpiece maintenance procedures to keep your patients and employees safe, save money on your repairs, and extend the life of your handpieces. What is on your essential list when it comes to handpiece maintenance?

Tired of trying to roll up your print copy of Dental Products Report and carry it in your back pocket? Wish you had a simple way to review the latest dental product information and clinical techniques between patient appointments or while standing in line or stuck in traffic?

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. Cathy Jameson, Ph.D. of Jameson Consulting offers practical tips on how to easily ask for the service your client needs to be healthier and happier.

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. Together, Cathy Jameson, Ph.D. and Dr. Brad Guyton of Jameson Consulting explain how assisted hygiene can be a major win for the overworked practice.

These blunders may cost you more than you know.

It’s January, and everyone knows what that means: New Year’s resolutions. To be sure, it’s a good time for dentists to assess the status quo, evaluate both successes and failures and set specific objectives to work toward in the dental practice during the coming months. This time of year also presents an opportunity to recommit to those strategic goals that may have been pushed to the back burner as more pressing needs arose.

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, Cathy Jameson, Ph.D. of Jameson Consulting offers 3 pieces of advice on how to lead lasting change in your dental practice.

All your marketing dollars go to waste if your secretary isn’t well-trained to handle new patient phone calls. You may invest thousands in direct mail, website upgrades or tens of thousands in television commercials because you need new patients.