Referring Doctors

Assisted hygiene is a popular buzzword in the dental care industry. You may even be considering hiring a hygiene assistant for your practice. In this article, we’ll give an overview of the pros and cons of assisted hygiene.

Staying competitive in a rapidly evolving field like dentistry can be challenging. Whether you’re interested in upgrading your equipment, renovating your office or moving into a bigger space, sometimes the only available choice for footing the bill is a loan. Here are 5 things to consider taking a loan.

Maxillary and mandibular bone atrophy presents a challenge for implants. Traditionally, bone grafting has been the dentist’s primary tool when facing severe atrophy. A more recent approach is to forego grafting with the use of zygomatic implants or short large-diameter implants. While these techniques require a greater level of surgical skill than oral rehabilitation and […]

Owning a dental practice where patients rave about the experience can be a big boost for business. As silly as it might sound, patients are just as likely to recommend your office because of super-fast Wi-Fi and tasty coffee as they are to mention chairside CAD or your new CO2 laser. Ignoring these seemingly details […]

Getting patients in-and-out of your office as quickly as possible is a win-win scenario. Busy patients love it and the more patients you see the faster your practice grows. How many of these efficiency practices are you taking advantage of at your dental practice?

Lasers are rising in popularity for periodontal care. In this post, we look at the reasons lasers are well suited for periodontal debridement and the common types of lasers available.

While any dentist who is up-to-date on industry trends is surely aware of chairside CAD/CAM technology, a surprisingly low percentage of practices nationwide are using it. It’s one of those changes that often sounds good in theory yet continually gets pushed on to the back burner. Single-visit dentistry is easier to schedule, eliminates the need […]

Many patients suffer from a lack of knowledge that perpetuates their anxiety about a visit to the dentist. Patients who are properly educated on procedures and options are less likely to be fixated on worries about pain or finances and will be more focused on the benefits of treatment.

Impressing patients and earning new referrals takes more than simply providing top-notch dental care. Growing your dental practice means keeping your eye on the entirety of your patients’ experience. Face it, few people are thrilled to be next in line to sit in your chair. Some are nervous. Some have small children to contend with. […]

In 2017, you’d be hard pressed to find a dental office still updating and storing patient records by hand. Electronic record keeping provides better care by enhancing the quantity and quality of information stored, more efficient processing and data recall. But just because dental offices have almost universally upgrades to computerized record keeping doesn’t mean […]