BUSINESS
2024-11-18
Is Equity the Key to Your Practice's Future?
Explore 10 critical questions every dentist needs to ask before buying into a practice. Whether you’re an associate looking to take the next step, or an owner seeking to secure your practice’s future, this guide is for you.
2024-11-07
Employee Bonuses: Boom or Bust?
I get questions about bonus programs every week from dentists. Do they work? How do you create them? What percentage to use? Will it just cost me more money? Keep reading for insight into whether bonus programs may work for you and what to consider as you set them up.
2024-10-30
Keep More Money in Your Pocket - Saving Today and for the Future
When it comes to money, many of us are more aligned with Tom Cruise's famous line, “Show Me the Money,” than Biggie Smalls “Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems.” So, let’s cut to the chase: you can keep more money in your pocket by reducing your taxes—all while investing in your future.
2024-08-16
Owners vs. Associates: Both Are Often Wrong
Disagreements between dentist owners and associates can be disheartening, and social media often highlights these conflicts. The root of the issue? A lack of understanding from both sides. When both parties grasp their primary roles, success follows. Discover how focusing on these core responsibilities can lead to greater satisfaction for everyone involved.
2024-08-08
How Does Insurance Affect Your Marketing Success?
Explore the intricate and powerful interplay between your marketing campaigns, your insurance claims processing, the satisfaction of your patients, and your practice’s ultimate profitability. Discover actionable insights to elevate the results you can achieve.
2024-05-03
12 Tips to Maximize Reimbursement from Dental Claims
Discover ways to navigate your dental insurance challenges more effectively. This article contains 12 actionable solutions to streamline office operations, enhance the satisfaction of your patients while also boosting the profitability of your practice.
2024-02-17
Dental Website Functionality: What to Keep in Mind (and a few ways to save)
This article unravels some of the critical elements that traditionally impact the cost of building a dental website. Now, I must clarify that this isn't an exhaustive list, but consider it a trusty resource when you're navigating the complex world of dental practice website needs and budgets.
2023-11-17
Differentiating Between DLP & SLA 3D Printers For Dental Offices
There are two main types of printers available in the market: DLP and SLA printers. Both printers meet very high standards when it comes to precision. So, what's the difference between the two?
2023-11-14
Dr. Amanda Seay Launches SeayWithin.com
We take great pride in championing our contributing authors, and we're excited to share that Dr. Amanda Seay has recently introduced an innovative online education program named Seay Within. This platform provides access to on-demand composite and photography courses, insightful tips, technique videos, and much more.podcast, or peruse the recap below to discover the latest endeavors of Dr. Seay.
2023-11-05
Top 10 Ways to Control Overhead and Improve Profitability
With the current economic market, it has never been more imperative to assess our business practices and find ways to counter the rising costs of overhead expenses as well as stagnant insurance fees.
2023-10-10
Products of the Year 2023
The spirit of innovation lives not only in the people who engineer excellence but, more importantly, in what they create. Here are 10 examples of new, forward-thinking products that improve the lives of clinicians and patients.
2023-09-05
5 Reasons Why You Should Consider Managed IT Support
For dental teams, patient care takes top priority each day. That doesn’t leave much time for anything that isn’t mission critical. It’s easy to fall behind on regular server maintenance, software updates, data backups and security checks that are essential to keeping your patient data protected and your practice productive.
2023-07-22
Your Brand Deserves More Than Just a Logo
TODAY’S GIG ECONOMY has spawned numerous options for business owners who simply want logos designed fast and cheap. But your brand is so much more than just a logo. There’s no substitute for personal, in-depth conversation and discovery.
2023-07-14
Is Private Practice Dying?
I often hear a lot of discussion within the dental community and read various online opinions suggesting that private practice dental offices are dying. The prevailing notion is that only corporation and DSOs will dominate the industry in the future.
2023-04-03
6 Ways to Fight Inflation by Boosting Revenue
While dentistry may not be as recession-proof as it once was, it's still extremely well positioned to weather economic downturns. Today's uncertainty is relatively minor in the grand scheme of things, but that doesn't mean you should simply ride it out and hope for the best.
2022-11-06
How to Handle an Appeal in 3 Steps
Let’s face it, insurance claims get denied. When it happens, it’s important to understand what recourse you have. In most cases, you have the right to appeal the claim and still receive reimbursement for the service.
2022-11-06
25 Ways to Staff Up in a Down Economy
The Great Resignation has morphed into what CNBC is calling "the big quit," With nearly 70% of Gen Z and millennials planning to leave their jobs in 2023. Dental practices of all sizes and types experience the squeeze more than most other businesses.
2022-11-06
Office Design: First Impressions Matter
Building or renovating a dental practice during uncertain financial times doesn't have to be stressful. Investing in first impressions is a smart way to guarantee ROI—and peace of mind.
2022-10-27
Video Discussion: Fight Rising Costs and Remain Profitable During Inflation
Rising supply costs, out of control inflation, increasing wage demands, decreasing insurance reimbursements and overall challenges when it comes to overhead control.
2022-06-14
Why Do We Deal with Insurance?
According to an ADA study from 2015, the number one reason cited by far from patients (59%) on why they do not go to the dentist is cost.
2022-06-12
General Is the New Special
GPs don’t just focus on one area; they bring it all together to provide patients with holistic care.
2022-06-10
Adding New Services: A Tale of Two Practices
A side-by-side comparison of what it takes to add orthodontics and implants to a practice, and the different benefits these disciplines offer.
2022-06-08
Insurance Discount Plans: Good, Bad or Ugly?
The mere mention of dental insurance discount plans tends to elicit an immediate frown of dislike from many dentists. The sentiment which quickly comes to mind is “Why are we giving these patients a discount if insurance isn’t paying for anything?”
2022-06-06
GPs & Specialists: Strengthen Your Relationship
The relationship between a specialist and GP can be amazingly positive or incredibly tense depending on how it is managed and the communication between parties. Communication is a two-way street, and both sides can and do fail.
2022-06-04
Out of Alignment: Why Dentist-led Care is Essential to Successful Aligner Treatment
What happens when a big dental company that services practicing dentists purchases a company that directly competes with those same medical professionals?
2022-06-02
Practical Intelligence: How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Dentistry for the Better
Dr. Parag Kachalia, DDS, doesn’t think artificial intelligence (AI) will decimate the dental industry—in fact, he sees this emerging technology as a major benefit to the field—and one that may enable more humanistic interaction in the long run.
2022-05-31
The Top 10 Failures of Multi-Practice Ownership
The drive to grow a business without performing some due diligence first can be a major failing, especially in the dental world.
2022-05-27
Achieve Post-Pandemic Cost Savings with These 6 Tips
Focusing on key business areas and making a few adjustments will result in a more profitable practice.
2022-05-23
Think Inside the Box: Why Accessible Instruction Materials Matter
Dr. Brian Baliwas, DDS, knows that there’s a time and a place to play by your own rules—and dentistry isn’t it.
2022-05-19
Seattle Study Club Announces New Appointments
Drs. Amanda Seay, Parag Kachalia and Wael Garine are the newest members of SSC’s leadership team.
2022-05-17
The Myth of Informed Consent
What patients really need to know to make an informed decision about treatment.
2022-05-16
3 Reasons You Should Be a Sedation Dentist
Offering sedation dentistry is not only rewarding, it opens up opportunities for practice growth.
2022-05-15
The Sculptor of Your Career
Whatever your inspiration for pursuing dentistry as your career, you find yourself here, in the midst of the professional life you have crafted from your own desires.
2022-05-13
Want to Grow Your Practice with Social Media? Start with Your Why
Many dentists focus on how many followers they have, but that’s not the key to success with social media. Stop worrying about the numbers and start focusing on more meaningful interactions with your audience.
2022-05-12
How the company’s development of CelGro™ is changing guided bone regeneration.
Orthocell has a clear commercialization strategy in place to drive adoption of CelGro™ as the first choice in barrier membranes, backed up by a quality product that delivers on its promise—a bio-inductive membrane for bone and soft tissue regeneration.
2022-05-11
This Will Feel Like I’m Ripping Your Head Off
Language has incredible power. It can be romantic, evocative, flowery, or it can be brutal, ugly, and sometimes terrifying.
2022-05-09
Zimmer Biomet Announces Plans to Spin Off Dental and Spine Businesses
Together, the businesses will form NewCo, an independent publicly traded company.
2022-05-07
A closer look at the Top DSOs: Your DSO fact sheet.
Dental Support Organizations (DSOs) represent the fastest growing segment in dentistry, making them an important part of the industry—and we think you should know who the leading players are.
2022-05-05
What the Science of Influence and Persuasion Says about Google Reviews
Use these tricks to get patients to write more positive reviews—boosting your marketing efforts and growing your practice.
2022-05-03
5 Game-Changing Strategies for Practice Growth
Learn how to win at the game of dentistry. Your professional life can be likened to playing a game. In fact, many professionals intentionally use the game analogy in their approach to their businesses.
2022-05-01
Is Lack of Technology Killing Your New Patient Numbers?
Lost opportunities are hurting your new patient numbers but implementing the right technologies can help you get more of these patients on the chair.
2022-04-29
Demystifying Comprehensive Orthodontics for the GP
To offer clarity on how the addition of comprehensive orthodontics could affect your practice, I’ve detailed what I would consider to be the five main obstacles and advantages this decision offers for your consideration.
2022-04-27
How I grew my Instagram to more than 18,000 followers and changed the direction of my practice
Reality stars and an employee well-versed in social media helped this doctor get over her fears and grow her practice with social media.
2022-04-25
Ghosted? No-show Proof Your Office with 5 Easy Changes
No-shows lead to chaos and hurt your bottom line. You can significantly reduce them with these tips.
2022-04-21
DENTSPLY Sirona: Byte a WAMGR Play, We Like Deal on First Pass
DENTSPLY Sirona (XRAY) announced today it has acquired Byte, a leading direct-to-consumer clear aligner company, for $1.04B (all-cash deal). With this deal, management expects its clear aligner business (Byte+SureSmile) to exceed a $300M run-rate by end of 2021…
2022-04-19
How Can Dental Offices Absorb the Cost Increase of PPE?
There are a variety of ways to manage high-priced PPE without impacting your bottom line.
2022-04-17
How to Avoid Costly Bad Hires
Use cognitive, conative and affective traits to find the perfect candidate for your practice.
2022-04-13
Matching Your Equipment Budget to Your Practice Phase
These dentists not only realized later this advice was not financially beneficial, but found it was actually detrimental—and, in some cases, held their practices back. They often say they wouldn’t take this advice if they could do it all over. As a new dentist, you shouldn’t take this advice either.
Pediatric Dental Sleep Medicine
Learn to identify the early signs and symptoms of pediatric sleep-disordered breathing while gaining insight into advanced diagnostic techniques and therapeutic interventions in this specialty. Join the waitlist for Dr. Audrey Yoon’s 2025 Mastering Pediatric Dental Sleep Medicine course!
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Too many of us struggle with getting payment from insurance companies. You are not alone. Transform your insurance claims process from an overhead cost into an income generator for your dental practice. There’s a better way to get more from dental insurance with less effort!
Dental Insurance Guy
Dental insurance is complex and has generated multiple myths over the years. Uncover the truth behind these common myths so that you can better understand the dental insurance arena! There’s a better way to get more from dental insurance with less effort!