Dental Treatment Financing
As every practice owner and manager knows, one of the best ways to grow dental practice revenue is to convert more patients into treatment. Many dentists find selling uncomfortable. They can articulate the patient’s problem and how the proposed solution will benefit, but asking for the sale can be a difficult final step. We have some excellent tips for effective selling of dental...Read More
Dental Practice Marketing Ideas That Won’t Cost You
How many new dental patients are you receiving per month? Even with the most loyal patient base and the highest quality practice experience, you will probably go backward if you do not see at least 20-30 new patients per month. That’s for a regular dental practice where the majority of patients schedule hygiene visits every six months. For a specialty practice such as orthodontics,...Read More
Dental Practice – Is It Time To Expand?
. B. AKey Performance Indicators and Your Dental Practice When running a dental practice, specific measures can help you understand practice performance. These metrics or key performance indicators are useful to evaluate your practice’s performance. And, if you would be considering the acquisition of another dental practice. There are infinite metrics that you could identify and...Read More
Dental Reviews and Testimonials Will Equal To New Patients
Let Your Patients Speak For And Grow Your Practice If you have recently gone out to dinner at a new restaurant or are planning a Black Friday purchase, then chances are you have consulted online reviews and testimonials. We all do it! It’s become the new word of mouth and an essential part of your dental practice marketing strategy. Studies show that a whopping 88% of people trust online...Read More
Rebuild Your Culture Focusing On The Future
After The Storm, Its Time To Rebuild Your Culture As a dental manager, you will have dealt with a lot recently to make significant changes to your practice to provide quality care and top-class patient experiences within the new requirements and guidelines laid out by the various health- dental organizations and your state and city. It’s not been easy, but hopefully, you have managed to...Read More
It Is Time to Consider Switching to Virtual Learning
Online training has come a long way in the last two decades. With the plethora of e-learning authoring tools that have emerged, virtual learning is more effective and engaging than ever before. It’s also much more cost-effective than conventional classroom-based training. Following are just some of the advantages of e-learning over in-person training. Significant cost reduction. The...Read More
Maximize Cash Flow and Revenue: Dental Office Best Practices
In my consulting practice, I always begin work with new clients by doing a comprehensive practice analysis. An important component of this analysis is reviewing key financial metrics. One of those is the “age” of pending insurance claim payments. Recently, I was astonished to discover that one of my new clients had over $300,000 in unpaid insurance claims—some of which were more than 15 months...Read More
One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Customize Your Patient Interactions for Optimal Results
Do you and your staff interact exactly the same way with all of your patients? If so, then your dental practice is missing out on opportunities to improve patients’ connections and boost treatment acceptance rates. A 2016 study conducted at the University of New Mexico Dental School indicated that “determination of patient personality type results in better patient communication...Read More
Best Dental Scheduling Practices: 9 Tips To Increase Dental Production Potential
Simply filling the majority of your open dental appointment slots doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re achieving your full production and revenue potential. Like so many of our clients, you will likely be surprised by the impact effective scheduling strategies will have on your dental clinic’s bottom line. Even more surprising is that some of these practices can reduce stress and overtime,...Read More