Dentistry Today

MAY 1, 2023

What Dental Practices Can Do to Retain Top Dental Assistants During a Work Shortage Are you singing the “ I need a dental assistant blues?” Dentistry is staring down a massive cavity in the experienced dental assistant department. Dental assisting used to be an attractive and respected career.

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Planet DDS

MAY 12, 2022

Hiring managers throughout the entire healthcare field have struggled to fill open positions for several years. The dental industry is no exception. The field has a long history of staffing shortages, which have been amplified by the global COVID-19 pandemic. One survey found that 66.7% One survey found that 66.7%

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Planet DDS

MARCH 6, 2024

This article was written by Planet DDS staff and originally published on Group Dentistry Now. Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) is all about getting paid for the services your dental practices provide. That’s become especially important as dental practices face turnover and staffing shortages.

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Planet DDS

JANUARY 28, 2022

In the dental industry, too, the staffing crisis, which predated the pandemic, and this extreme labor imbalance continues to pose significant challenges for dental practices. . According to a recent report , the world is experiencing the biggest talent shortage in 15 years. Showcase your dental practice culture .

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Planet DDS

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This article written by Planet DDS staff and originally published on DrBicuspid.com. Whether you’re in a private practice or part of a large dental group, you have probably noticed someone in your practice who is feeling burned out. Burnout and compassion fatigue can be experienced simultaneously.

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Planet DDS

JUNE 28, 2021

So, let’s get the initial dose of it out of the way and address the dental hygienist shortage. are facing a shortage of registered dental hygienists. Following are a few statistical realities to put this whole shortage deal in perspective. as of 2019,…there are 226,400 dental hygiene jobs in the U.S.,

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YapiApp

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Inefficient dental operations can sap the joy from what should be a fulfilling career in general dentistry. However, small changes in dental procedures and oral health practices can yield significant gains in productivity and profits.

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Planet DDS

JULY 20, 2021

The job “dental hygienist” has ranked in the top half of best 100 jobs on US News for several years running. And yet, dental practices are finding hiring a hygienist more and more difficult. With the looming possibility of a third wave of the pandemic, here are five things your practice can do to ride out the hiring crisis.

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YapiApp

JUNE 14, 2022

Dental practices are facing the critical problem of mismatched supply and demand. According to a survey from late 2021, dental practices saw patient volume reach 89%, the highest since March 2020. Quality dental front office employees are also hard to come by.

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Dimensions of Dental Hygiene

MARCH 8, 2022

Flex Dental, the emerging leader in patient engagement solutions for dental practices, took another major leap forward today by announcing a new release offering full and seamless integration with Dentrix G6 and G7. . Digital patient forms that instantly update in Dentrix, eliminating paper and manual data entry for staff.

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Denticle

MARCH 8, 2022

T he Dentrix Community Gets a Seamless Modern Upgrade to Patient Engagement Flex Dental, the emerging leader in patient engagement solutions for dental practices, took another major leap forward today by announcing a new release offering full and seamless integration with Dentrix G6 and G7.

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Off the Cusp

JUNE 20, 2023

Off the Cusp - Patterson Dental blog Read Time: 12 Minute, 0 Second Dr. Lee doubles his practice size to make room for his daughters. He’s been practicing in a profession he loves for 31 years. His Elkhart Dental Center (now Elkhart Dental and Implant Center) has done nothing but grow since the day he opened it.

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Denticle

AUGUST 17, 2023

Obviously the closing of offices for all but emergency treatment was a huge problem for practice revenues, but even since offices reopened in late spring-early summer of 2020, things have not rebounded as most dentists and most economists had anticipated. Then there are staff expenses. including the patients.

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