Dr. Sheri Doniger[email protected]Dental PracticeSheri's Solutions: Not on the schedule"I don't see that appointment on my schedule." Your team has probably heard that one before -- sometimes from the same patient more than once. In her latest Sheri's Solutions, Dr. Sheri B. Doniger takes a deep breath and outlines how her office handles these patients.June 28, 2016Dental PracticeSheri's Solutions: This is itEvery practice has the experience of patients leaving. Some have completed treatment, some have to move on, and some are avoiding paying. But, as Dr. Sheri B. Doniger writes, the best type of closure is when you can help prepare patients for their new dental home.June 12, 2016Dental PracticeSheri's Solutions: ChoiceIt's a call from a patient you dread: "My insurance company is telling me to go to another practice." In her latest Sheri's Solutions, Dr. Sheri Doniger relates one of those calls at 8 a.m. and spells out the options for a private practice.May 23, 2016Dental PracticeSheri's Solutions: How do you destress?Combine a complicated patient list with practice management concerns and more and you have stress. But how do you destress? In her latest Sheri's Solutions, Dr. Sheri Doniger relates a conversation she had with Dr. Desirée Walker at the 2016 Women in Dentistry conference about beating stress.April 21, 2016Dental PracticeSheri's Solutions: Gathering patient dataSolutions come in many different forms. Sometimes it's state-of-the-art technology that helps your practice improve patient care. But sometimes it's using a free translation tool to increase understanding and improve a patient's health. In her latest Sheri's Solutions column, Dr. Sheri Doniger shares a case report of why finding solutions is so important.April 7, 2016HomeSheri's Solutions: An interesting state of affairsIn her latest Sheri's Solutions, Dr. Sheri Doniger recently noticed something that might have slipped past you: dogs on the exhibit floor of dental conferences. Not the kind of small dog kept in a carrier, but rather a dog involved in search and rescue and bomb security.March 15, 2016Dental PracticeSheri's Solutions: The second opinionNew patients, especially those who are coming for a second opinion, are interesting, writes Dr. Sheri Doniger in her latest column. For the most part, every dental patient we see in our offices has been somewhere else for dental treatment at some point in their lives. She relates the case of one patient who came to her for a second opinion about restorations and their quest to get prior radiographs.February 22, 2016Dental PracticeSheri's Solutions: What are you doing for Children's Dental Health Month?In her latest Sheri's Solutions, Dr. Sheri Doniger writes about some of the many ways you can make a difference in your community during Children's Dental Health Month, including directly talking to those most affected by oral health issues, your community's children.February 11, 2016Dental PracticeSheri's Solutions: Hard to hearIn her latest Sheri's Solutions, Dr. Sheri Doniger relates a patient's referral experience from her office. As she notes, this is one of those times when, if someone is happy, they will tell three people, but if they are unhappy, they will tell 10.January 31, 2016Dental PracticeSheri's Solutions: Chip card readersDoes your office have one of the new Europay, MasterCard, and Visa (EMV) chip card terminals? Dr. Sheri Doniger decided to be an early adopter of this technology, intended to increase credit card security. In her latest column, she explains why.January 3, 2016Previous PagePage 3 of 15Next PageTop StoriesRestorationsWhen DME should be used prior to restorationsDeep margin elevation (DME) may effectively address various clinical challenges associated with subgingival margins before restorations, but it can't be used on every patient, according to a review article published in the Journal of Dentistry.Team ManagementDo's and don'ts for having a low-stress practiceSmile DesignNew ways to restore teeth may upend dentistryRestorationsThese materials show promise for filling dental defectsSponsor ContentWhat dental technologies deliver the greatest practice revenue opportunities?