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How to Increase Your Hygiene Production
How to Increase your Hygiene Production Production levels vary hygienist to hygienist, even in the same practice. This is because the types of services vary greatly, depending on the provider. The most important thing should be patient care. Many of the things that will help you improve patient...  Read More
Consultant Tip: Tongue Cleaning
This is an example of what can be printed on card stock and given to your patients. TONGUE CLEANING The tongue is home to billions of bacteria which break down the dead skin cells, food debris and various secretions such as saliva and postnasal drip. This breakdown generates gases...  Read More
Never Withdraw Your Attention from the Patient
Withdrawing your attention from a patient can be perceived by the patient as a “put down”. In truth, it is a “put down”. Many years ago, I was at a booth meeting with a company representative about his services at a convention. During our conversation the individual I...  Read More
Best month in 25 YEARS!!
Posted on My absolute favorite thing about helping dentists to improve their lives and practices is when I get success stories. Today, one of my private coaching clients and Elite Practice Mastermind members, Dr. Aaron Nicholas from Burtonsville, MD shot me a text letting me know that he had...  Read More
Is Summer's End really already here?  (also dental transitions)
Apparently not here in the Twin Cities...stepping into record high temps this week...ugh! Not sure what is in the water here in 2013 but we've encountered innumerable transition scenarios presenting challenges as it relates to existing, established associates. Common themes include, but are not...  Read More
Consultant Tip: The Ultimate Goal of a Practice Management Consultant
The ultimate goal of a practice management consultant is to help steer the doctor client into a more predictable business model with less stress, delivering quality dentistry with a happy, well trained team. As a result of the consultant's input, the doctor should be able to administer their...  Read More
Noise and Distractions at the Front Desk
Hear Ye, Hear Ye! It looks like it’s time to muster the troops and expound upon a worthy virtue! The subject of the day is the old adage—“Silence is golden.” An adage, of course, is a simple truth. And the truth of the matter is, the front desk can be more effective...  Read More
Encourage Patients to Take Advantage of Unused Insurance Benefits During the Last Quarter of the Year
Beginning in August, inform your patients that their yearly insurance benefit is about to end. You can do this several ways. You can send an End of the Year Insurance letter, have staff communicate it verbally to patients or print it on statements going out. A message should print on every...  Read More
Handling Complaints of High Fees
When a patient says, "Your fees are too high" show surprise and say, "Our fees are too high?" and wait for their response to see what they have on their mind. Sometimes people do not say what they mean. They might think it should cost less, or they may think they cannot pay the whole fee now....  Read More
Transition Jeopardy
Hopefully you all had a fun safe 4th and are focused on finished 2013 in strong form! This post is an open invitation to ping me Alex Trebek style about all things transition-related. I will then try my best to answer in the form of a (most likely run-on) question. Extra points for...  Read More
(Man, blogging is hard!)  Also, Associate and Partner Contracts
First, happy 4th of July week everyone! We've got incredible weather here in Minneapolis (for once!). Hope you and your loved ones can enjoy some time off. We wanted to share this post due to several recent encounters with multi-doctor practices where there was a solo owner and one or more...  Read More
You are the Educational Elite
Dear Doctor, Did you know that as a dentist you are in the top 2.94% of educated people in the country? As we get further along in our practice lives, it is very common to forget all of the hard work and sacrifice that it took to get those three letters after our names. For most of us, our DDS or...  Read More
Consultant Tip: Go for Your Dreams
Dentists go to great lengths to try and build their practices. They invest a tremendous amount of time and money to become dentists and set up a practice by getting through college, dental school, and continuing education courses. They invest heavily in office space, dental equipment, office...  Read More
Actions and Words of the Dental Team Can Increase Cancellations or Prevent Them-Tip #4
Tip #4- Don't Break Agreements With Patients. As I share how actions and words of the dental team may increase or prevent cancellations, I can’t leave out this one on breaking agreements with patients. I see practices calling patients to move up their appointments as they try to fill open...  Read More
The Toothcop Weighs In On the Tulsa Dentist Story- A Must Read for Every Dentist!
I waited to write about this story for a long time. I didn't want to jump on the hype band wagon. Every dental blogger out there is writing about this story. Then I realized, I have a different take. This is the real story that needs to be told. This is long, so print it out and read it at your...  Read More
The Future for Solo Practitioners
Inasmuch as it may seem like there is a groundswell of dental "groups", dentists of all ages looking to buy/own/grow their own practices should be viewing the prospective wave of Boomer retirees as a net-positive on every level. Yes, the economy has been poor. Yes, school-related debt is as high...  Read More
Consultant Tip: Referrals and New Patients
Many new patients are referred by successfully handled new patients. When you start something new, you try to talk all of your friends into doing the same thing so you will feel you are doing the right thing. For this reason, the new patient is most interested in his dental care and more likely...  Read More
Is Your Overhead Over Your Head?
As a follow up to my post regarding the next most influential factor on practice valuation is non-real estate overhead - i.e. your staffing, lab, and supply choices. Common Topics: Tenured Staff - It is not unusual to encounter practices with highly tenured staff that have received fixed wage...  Read More
Dental Practice Valuation Methodologies
The most common industry vernacular for expressing the valuation of a dental practice is as a percentage of annual receipts (collections) - e.g. "...I sold my practice for XX% of my receipts for the last twelve months..." Now, inasmuch as this is the long-standing tradition of discussing...  Read More
Practice Valuation & Equipment Decisions
We get it - doctors like technology! That being said, there is a not so delicate balance between equipment decisions and the valuation of a practice. Items to consider: - One of the common misconceptions is that building a practice awash in high-buck technology - e.g. CAD/CAM, cone beams,...  Read More
Distractions at the Dental Office Front Desk
Distractions at the Dental Office Front Desk Distractions at the front desk in dental offices can be common. Since this area is responsible for creating and maintaining a full and productive schedule for the practice, it is important to not have other team members pulling front desk staff away...  Read More
Owner Occupied Real Estate
For many doctors, owning your own real estate can be an effective tax strategy over the arc of a career. That being said, we encounter an endless number of practices involving owner-occupied real estate that becomes a stumbling block upon transition or retirement. Items to consider: -...  Read More
Insist Upon High Ethical Standards in Your Practice
It is impossible to achieve your goals and dreams without also having high ethical standards in all operations of the office. Any staff member that exercises low ethical standards is like a team member who keeps fumbling the ball. The other team members have to fight like crazy to get it back and...  Read More
Reduce Broken Appointments
I believe that practices have a lot more control over broken appointments than they ever realized. Many practices are running on automatic and not taking time to educate patients and look at the patient's indicators before scheduling and during confirmations. 1) Educate the patients when the...  Read More
Consultant Tip: Key Computer Reports
Computer Reports tell you what is happening in your practice and they will help you find missed opportunities based on facts. Knowing your score is important when it comes to managing your business. I recommend that you utilize the following reports from your computer software to keep your...  Read More
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