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How to let someone go from your dental practice
As the owner of a dental practice, you may be required to let a member of your team go who isn’t working out. It’s natural to try and avoid this stressful situation, but keeping a staff member on board that is not a good fit can have substantial consequences for your business.
A simple guide to delivering bad news to patients
Breaking bad news to a patient will always be one of the more unpleasant aspects of working in the dental profession. But it can get easier if you make a concerted effort to get better at it.
The magnifying video scope
Microscopes have played a vital role in modern dentistry since the early 1980s. They were originally used as a means of increased precision in certain types of microsurgery. Today magnification technology can have several benefits for both you and your patients.
5 tips for bringing new staff on board
As a dentist and business owner, your success relies heavily on your ability to hire and train competent employees. Here are five simple steps that will help you get new staff up to speed quickly.
Using LinkedIn to grow your practice
It takes more than just signing up and filling out a profile to get the most out of LinkedIn for your dental practice, but you can increase your office’s online reputation with a minimum of investment. There are both free and paid approaches to converting LinkedIn users into real-life patients. Here are a few easy-to-follow […]
Improve patient education with dual monitors
Patient education is an important part of any successful dental practice. A patient’s understanding of how a recommended treatment impacts their oral health correlates to the likelihood they’ll move forward with a procedure. Dual monitors can be a simple and affordable way to get this done.
Dental practice accounting tip: Get a grip on receivables
Learning to run your dental practice like a business can be an obstacle for dentists who have recently taken the plunge and purchased or opened their own office. If your accounts receivables list looks like it belongs to a loan officer, it might be time to revamp your collection process.
How to find a dentist when you’re new in town
Moving to a new area can be an exciting proposition, but comes with the necessity of finding a mechanic you can trust, a dry cleaner who gets the stains out and medical professionals who take care of you and your family. With so many dentists to choose from, how can you be sure that you’ve […]
5 ways to raise capital to expand your practice
Managing the business side of your dental practice means dealing with capital expenditures, including figuring out where the capital will come from. In this post, we outline five ways to secure capital.
The pros and cons of full-arch dentures
For a long time, full-arch dentures were the only treatment option for patients missing all or almost all of their upper or lower teeth. Today alternatives such as All-on-4 have given many patients a better long-term solution but in some cases dentures may still make sense. This post gives an overview of some of the […]
