Delivering Wow

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

While a dental practice is a business, dental school doesn’t teach us much about collecting payments and managing operations. That’s what continuing education is for. And that’s what Delivering WOW is here for, too. We have helped thousands of dentists strengthen their practices while delivering WOW experience to each of their patients. But we want to continue to be able to deliver WOW, we need to ensure our businesses are financially strong, too.

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Oral Health Group

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

COVID-19 has affected many parts of our daily lives, including what it’s like to run or work in a dental practice. From thoroughly disinfecting every surface in the treatment room in between patients to changing tools so as few water … The post How COVID-19 Has Changed Dental Staffing Forever and What You Can Do to Stay Ahead appeared first on Oral Health Group.

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Identity Dental

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Author: Grace Rizza, CEO, Identity Dental Marketing We’ve been in this new “Covid World” now for many months. Whether your business has been in high-demand or you’re struggling to stay operational, you’ve likely been affected. Covid swept into our lives, took our sense of normalcy, security and for some, our sanity. It took our business […].

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Ask The Dentist

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Dentistry is not separate from medicine. Diet & lifestyle. Periodontal disease & chronic disease. The oral microbiome. Sleep & airway health. How functional dentistry offers hope. Benefits of a functional dentist. Principles of functional dentistry. Are you ready for the future? One of the worst mistakes ever made in healthcare was the separation of “medicine” and “dentistry”.

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Dental Peers

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Turning the page on August was particularly challenging this year. Let’s face it, as much as we cannot wait to see the end of 2020, the ease with which we enjoyed outdoor time during the summer was also a tremendous source of comfort. Fall and the coming winter are bringing higher levels of anxiety this year. Parents are wondering how reopening schools will work.

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Bookkeeping For Dentists

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

You wear many hats in your dental practice, and you don't always have the time to deal with the learning curve of trying new things. When it comes to dental office payroll, you may do it the way it’s always been done, even the same as the person you purchased the practice from, but what If you could make it better? Gone are the days of paying your CPA or some outside third person to manage your dental office payroll.

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Delivering Wow

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

As dentists, we’re visionaries , and if having an automated dental practice is something you’ve dreamed of for your practice, you might be surprised to learn it’s not very difficult to put in place. If you want to create an automated dental practice, you only need a few pieces in place. After all, a vision alone won’t help you achieve your goal. You also must take action and hold yourself accountable as you pursue your goal.

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Dental News and Technology

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

What is the VELscope and How Does the VELscope Work? The VELscope is a device that is used as an adjunct to the Comprehensive Oral Examination (COE), aiding clinicians in visualizing oral mucosal abnormalities, including infections, trauma, oral cancer and pre-cancerous dysplasia. We often are asked about the technology behind the VELscope and the evidence for its efficacy as an adjunctive oral screening tool.

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Ask The Dentist

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Pictures. Causes. Symptoms. Diagnosis. How to remove. Treatment. Prevention. Complications. FAQs. What are tonsil stones? Tonsil stones (also called tonsil calculi or tonsilloliths) are yellowish or white calcifications that develop on the tonsils. Tonsils are a type of lymph node that line the back of the throat. These stones are made of hardened, impacted biofilm that builds up in the crypts (crevices) of your tonsils.

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Identity Dental

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Author: Grace Rizza, CEO, Identity Dental Marketing We’ve been in this new “Covid World” now for many months. Whether your business has been in high-demand or you’re struggling to stay operational, you’ve likely been affected. Covid swept into our lives, took our sense of normalcy, security and for some, our sanity. It took our business […]. The post Best Dental Marketing Company | Don’t Let Covid Kill Your Morale appeared first on Dental Marketing.

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Bookkeeping For Dentists

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

We have dental practices from 500k in revenue to 8 million in revenue that manually write 2 to 3 checks per year. It keeps the books clean and transparent along with the cash flow consistently accurate. Every practice can benefit from streamlining bills and reducing the old school check writing for many reasons, including the following: Always have a reliable cash balance.

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Delivering Wow

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

One of the highest-impact changes we can make in our dental practices is improving the way we discuss treatment plans with our patients. If we present treatment plans well, more patients will say yes to our treatment plans and get the care they need. If not, they won’t get the care they need and everyone loses. I know how frustrating it can be to put your heart into a treatment plan you know the patient needs only to have them not move forward.

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Oral Health Group

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

A significant health crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic or other major event impacting the community can be both an emotional and financial drain for any dental practice. As parts of the country and the world try to get back to … The post Engaging Dental Practice Socially – At a Distance appeared first on Oral Health Group.

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Dentistry Gone Digital

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

One degree can make the difference between water boiling and just being really hot. I know a lot of really good dental assistants out there. I mean, they are excellent at what they do clinically and their people skills are superb. Yet, they know and I know that they have weaknesses in their careers. Heck, we all do, right? There are things that we do really well … and other things we know we could be better at doing.

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Dental News and Technology

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Low-dose botox injections for jaw and facial pain not linked to bone changes, but NYU Dentistry researchers observe reduced bone density at higher doses New York University Botox injections to manage jaw and facial pain do not result in clinically significant changes in jaw bone when used short term and in low doses, according to researchers at NYU College of Dentistry.

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Ask The Dentist

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

What are tonsil stones? Tonsil stones (also called tonsil calculi or tonsilloliths) are yellowish or white calcifications that develop on the tonsils. Tonsils are a type of lymph node that line the back of the throat. These stones are made of hardened, impacted biofilm that builds up in the crypts (crevices) of your tonsils. They range in size between a small rice grain to as large as a grape.

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Bookkeeping For Dentists

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

After recently speaking with a few clients about best practices working with Bookkeeping for Dentists, it occurred to me that these 'best practices' are also great ways to streamline your dental practice accounting when working with any accountant or bookkeeper. .

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Delivering Wow

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

I don’t mean to brag, but I’ve helped thousands of dentists increase their revenue, grow their practice, and turn their practice into the practice of their dreams. That’s why I’m active on social media, keep a weekly blog, and host a podcast on a multitude of topics in dentistry—to help dentists, like you, run a practice that delivers WOW. Whether you’re struggling with your marketing, productivity goals, or whatever else comes with running a dental practice, I’m here to help.

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Oral Health Group

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Turning the page on August was particularly challenging this year. Let’s face it, as much as we cannot wait to see the end of 2020, the ease with which we enjoyed outdoor time during the summer was also a tremendous … The post Building Your Basics: Building Your Confidence appeared first on Oral Health Group.

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Dentistry Gone Digital

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Do you know the difference between major surgery and minor surgery? That’s the start of a joke that a friend of mine once shared with me. Do you know the answer? Well, my friend said, it’s major surgery if it is happening to you. It’s minor surgery if it’s happening to someone else. Isn’t that true about how we view life? When something happens to us, we pay a lot more attention to it than when it is happening across town or across the globe.

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David Schwab & Associates, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

An “insider’s view” is supposed to be valuable. However, “you can’t read the label from inside the jar,” as the wise saying goes. The pandemic has placed us all in the jar, so to speak. We yearn for perspective, but we don’t know what we don’t know. Through it all, we have marvelously adapted. There are countless new protocols in dental offices, and patients have, for the most part, admirably adjusted.

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Ask The Dentist

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

What are tonsil stones? Tonsil stones (also called tonsil calculi or tonsilloliths) are yellowish or white calcifications that develop on the tonsils. Tonsils are a type of lymph node that line the back of the throat. These stones are made of hardened, impacted biofilm that builds up in the crypts (crevices) of your tonsils. They range in size between a small rice grain to as large as a grape.

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Bookkeeping For Dentists

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Thanking your dental practice team with nice gifts and bonuses should be a pleasant and simple process while providing a positive impact in the workplace. But if you want to avoid IRS penalties in an audit, it's important to know that any cash or cash equivalent items provided by you (the employer) and given to an employee must be added to payroll as income with regular payroll taxes taken out.

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Delivering Wow

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

If you’re just starting your dental practice, how long do you think it will take you to fill your chairs? One month? Two? Six? What if I told you that you could book out your start-up dental practice on a budget of less than $1,000? Starting up a dental practice is an expensive project. Between equipment, supplies, team members, and your office space and build-out, many start-up practice owners become stretched financially.

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Med Rank Interactive

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

With nearly one-third of online consumers searching for local businesses daily, it is safe to say patients are trying to find healthcare providers as well. Internet search engines have replaced phone books as a way to find phone numbers, addresses, and information for companies. When it comes to finding physicians, patients once again turn to their phones, tablets, or computers to search for local doctors. .

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Dentistry Gone Digital

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The devastating wildfires in the United States are all over the news and likely on the minds of your patients. One of the best ways to introduce a conversation is to find a point of shared knowledge. That can include events in the news, such as the wildfires that have devastated so many in the western United States and caused unhealthy air quality up and down the West Coast.

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Dental News and Technology

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Vancouver, BC – September 28, 2020 – Apteryx Imaging Inc., a subsidiary of Planet DDS, is pleased to announce that it has recently entered into an agreement with German-based Trestle GmbH, (Trestle) to co-develop a set of software modules using AI and Deep Machine Learning (DML) designed to address critically important, common diagnostic use cases in the dental imaging space.

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ASDA Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

With thousands of informative and entertaining podcasts available on different streaming services, listening to podcasts has become a normal part of many people’s everyday schedules. Podcasts are free to listen to and can be listened to anywhere — on the drive home, on a bike ride, or while cooking and cleaning. Many of them feel more like conversations than traditional news stories and are perfect for busy people on the go such as dental students.

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Bookkeeping For Dentists

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

When you have finished entering your transactions from your bank and credit card accounts, do you go back and check your work? Does your CPA have to constantly remind you to do certain tasks or do you have to constantly remind your dental practice's bookkeeper? Here at Bookkeeping for Dentists, every staff accountant must complete a monthly checklist for each practice they finish for month-end bookkeeping.

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Off the Cusp

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Off the Cusp - Patterson Dental blog. Share. Tweet. Share. Integrating these tools and strategies will improve practice efficiency and impress upon your patients how important their comfort and safety are to you. From the front desk to the operatory, organization can make all the difference in running a successful dental practice. Keeping your office well-organized promotes a smoother workflow and allows your team to perform more efficiently and effectively.

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Gilreath Dental

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

If you are one of the 49% of Americans who say they do not floss on a daily basis, it may be time to reconsider your oral hygiene habits. Flossing is intended to accomplish far more than just removing food between your pearly whites. By choosing to floss each day, you are giving your smile… The post Flossing: What Is Your Excuse? appeared first on Gilreath Family Dentistry.

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Dentistry Gone Digital

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

“Mask mouth” is all over the news right now. What does that mean for your practice? Let’s be honest. Our patients hear things in the news and then wonder about them before they come into our practices. A perfect example of this is “mask mouth.”. Go ahead. You can click here to read about it. I’ll be waiting for you to get back if you want to learn more about it.

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Dental News and Technology

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

ATLANTA— Scientific literature has shown intraoral scanners to be highly successful in creating digital impressions for designing short-span restorations and partial prosthesis; however, scanning fully edentulous arches is less studied. Now, a new comprehensive in-vitro study testing the trueness of 12 intraoral scanners when scanning full-arch implant impressions has found the CS 3700 intraoral scanner to offer the truest results when capturing scan bodies in an edentulous arch, giving doctors

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We Speak Dental

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

How to Keep Your Practice Secure – New Webinar Series. Webinar on Dental Practice Security. Our friends at Black Talon Security and KaVo Imaging are offering a new cybersecurity webinar mini-series, Secure Your Life…Secure Your Practice. As a leader in dental website design and practice marketing, we understand how important security is to the dental and health care communities.

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Planet DDS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The fact that something is legal doesn’t always guarantee acceptance. That’s the tension often felt when the opportunity presents to determine the procedures your dental practice can bill to medical insurance. Tension aside…it IS completely legal and recommended that you take advantage of the opportunity to bill a patient’s medical insurance for certain dental procedures.

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Off the Cusp

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Off the Cusp - Patterson Dental blog. Share. Tweet. Share. This guide to the perfect dental recall campaign will help you keep the loyal, and the less-than-reliable, patients on track, all while reclaiming more revenue for your practice. Of all the systems that keep a dental practice running, patient recall is the one that separates the successful from the struggling.

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Logic Tech Corp

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has most patients wary, especially with the recent surge in active cases. In some cases, patients may opt to not show up for their appointment as a safety precaution. However, if patient no-shows persist, it will become detrimental to your dental office. If you are experiencing a higher volume of no-shows, here are some tips on how to use Paradigm Clinical and its different modules to manage this situation: Consistent communication.

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