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7 strategies to attract new patients to your practice
By Jay Geier
Rather than waiting and hoping for new patients, Scheduling Institute President Jay Geier advocates taking action to help attract these patients. He offers seven strategies ranging from improving how your practice looks to creating an office culture to help your practice grow.
April 25, 2017
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The difference between treating symptoms and treating disease
By Dr. Alvin Danenberg
Do you have patients like this? Three separate doctors were treating a patient when he came to see Dr. Alvin Danenberg. He had bleeding gums, high blood sugar, high cholesterol and triglyceride levels, plus other health issues. What he needed was for his practitioners to treat the root problems, not just the symptoms, writes Dr. Danenberg.
April 25, 2017
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Philips asked to drop some ad claims
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus is recommending that Philips Oral Healthcare drop some advertising claims about one of its Sonicare electric toothbrushes.
April 24, 2017
Second Opinion: Georgia bill addresses preventive care needs
By Suzanne Newkirk, RDH
During the last hours of the 2017 Georgia General Assembly session in March, legislators passed a bill allowing dental hygienists to work under the general supervision of a dentist. In this Second Opinion, Suzanne Newkirk, RDH, details the intent of the legislation and how it will aid low-income children in Georgia.
April 24, 2017
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ADA settles antidiscrimination charges for $1.95M
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
The ADA has agreed to pay almost $2 million to settle two discrimination charges filed against the association.
April 23, 2017
Do's and don'ts for practice management: Measure, measure, measure
By Dr. Roger P. Levin
"What gets measured gets done" said business guru Peter Drucker. By tracking performance, you'll know where your practice is performing well and what areas should be targeted for improvement, Dr. Roger P. Levin notes in his latest Practice Success tip. If you don't measure performance, you're just operating in the dark.
April 23, 2017
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Sun Life to acquire new dental network
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Sun Life Financial has entered into an agreement to acquire Premier Dental Group (PDG), a preferred provider organization dental network based in Minnesota.
April 19, 2017
Gentle Dental adds practices in Boston area
By DrBicuspid.com staff writers
Dental service organization Gentle Dental Partners has added Great Hill Dental Partners, which operates five multispecialty practices in the Boston area, as an affiliated brand.
April 19, 2017
Why don't female dentists earn as much money as men?
By Lori Roniger
Why is there a persistent gap in earnings between male and female dentists? Researchers examined this issue in dentists, compared with physicians and lawyers, and found that the difference has decreased among them all but remains. However, a greater proportion of the gap is still unexplained among dentists, an amount that has held steady over time.
April 19, 2017
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6 tips to help your practice meet its full potential
By Sally McKenzie
You're ready for a change. Your practice is nowhere near where you want it to be, and most days you find yourself dealing with broken appointments, staff conflict, patient complaints, and a host of other issues that take you away from what you do best: treating patients. Yes, you know you can do better. Sally McKenzie offers six tips to help your practice reach its potential.
April 18, 2017
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How do oral disorders affect your patients' lives?
By Tony Edwards
When patients come to your office with oral lichen planus, actinic keratosis, erythroplakia, or another oral potentially malignant disorder, they may be experiencing physical and psychological distress in addition to pain. A new study examined how these disorders can affect patients' lives.
April 17, 2017
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Optimizing workflow with proper office design
By Bruce Johnstone
Designing your dental clinic involves more than cost and aesthetics -- it needs to have the right accommodations, flow, and layout to ensure patient comfort, while also helping staff members go about their day-to-day activities. Bruce Johnstone from Apex Design Build discusses how good design can boost your practice's bottom line.
April 17, 2017
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