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Staying Ahead of the Curve: Implementing Initiatives to Future-Proof Your Dental Practice

Planet DDS

Three future-proofing strategies for your dental practice or dental organization The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the future of dentistry. Design an in-house dental membership plan to avoid the insurance back and forth or give patients an affordable care option.

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Where Do We Go From Here With Social, Racial, and Ethnic Diversity in Dentistry?

Planet DDS

Craft your marketing to include patient-facing services such as teledentistry and mobile dentistry. Talk to that part of your audience that doesn’t have insurance and tell them, ‘Hey, I can still cost-effectively treat you,’…some practices could do what’s called a membership plan , giving members discounted rates on services.

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The Thriving Dental Software Ecosystem

Planet DDS

A New Way to Practice Dentistry. Back when Planet DDS was founded in 2003, many dental offices were still using color-coded paper files, and the idea of streamlining practice management through software was still in its infancy. Many practices were still using traditional film x-rays. Software Categories.