With more than 50% of our population having periodontal disease*, it is becoming extremely important to have a good system in place for diagnosing, educating, scheduling and treatment planning periodontal therapy. In my experience with working in dental practices all over the country, there is a lack of an organized system and, many times, the […]
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New Year’s Resolution . . . what will bring you more joy and happiness in your work day?
Last year, we hosted a New Year’s Eve celebration with our friends and family. The celebration was filled with memories of the year and toasts to the upcoming year. One thing I had all of my friends do was write down one thing that they were giving up that did not give them joy and […]
The Team Brings the Mission Statement to Life
Categories: Marketing
When I was asked to be a speaker at the South African Dental Association this year it was very exciting and very scary at the same time. What would I talk about? They don’t have the choices in practice management software like we do here or the technology that we so much take for granted. […]
How Secure is your Passwords and Security . . .
Categories: Paperless
It’s interesting to me that we get so frustrated with having to set up unique passwords … and heaven forbid that we would even have to change them regularly in order to protect our identity and personal information! And then we get even more frustrated, even to the point of blaming others, when our personal […]
The Top 10 Features You are not Using in Dentrix
I recently did a webinar with my good friend, Laura Hatch, from Front Office Rocks. This is our inaugural webinar and hope you enjoy the content. We are hoping to do 2-3 webinars per year and give our audience a sneaky peak into some really cool features that you might not know exist. Enjoy.
Get a Handle on your Lab Cases
Categories: Paperless
I just have to giggle sometimes at the creative ways dental teams find to track and manage things in the practice. Take the lab cases, for example. I have seen multiple kinds of wirebound notebooks, whiteboards with different pen colors for the labs and also no tracking at all. Now, many of you are now […]
5 Key Factors in Protecting Your Doctor’s License
Of course, you all know my specialty is working with dental teams and optimizing your Dentrix software. Being a trusted partner in your dental practice involves helping optimize your Dentrix software, creating better systems, learning best practices … and also helping you protect your doctor’s license. If you have a complaint from a patient or […]
Improve Profitability with the Right Payment Card Solution
Let’s face it, to provide the level of service your patients demand, you simply have to accept cards as payment for services. To do so efficiently, you have to process those payments though an integrated system. Join us on this complimentary webinar to learn how your practice can become more profitable and efficient through an […]
The Versatility of the Questionnaire Module
Categories: Paperless
In 2009, my office was paperless before we were chartless. Go figure! The only thing we were using the paper chart for was holding film X-rays because my doctor could not decide on which digital imaging system to transition. He was very happy with film X-rays and was sure that digital X-rays would not be […]
What is the ROI on your referral sources?
Categories: Marketing
Do you know who your top referrals are? Are your marketing dollars bringing a satisfactory ROI? When you are running a small business, it is important to track your key performance indicators and your marketing dollars should be one of those numbers. Patients are finding your practice in many ways. Therefore, it is important to […]
