Kevin Tighe[email protected]Dental PracticeGet smart with case acceptanceWhen you talk with your patients about treatment acceptance, how often do they say yes? You might think your failure rate is below 20%, but Kevin Tighe of Cambridge Dental Consultants suggests taking a look at your patient files to see. He has some ideas to help you improve your case acceptance rate.April 4, 2017Dental PracticeWhat no one tells you about talking to your patientsAfter describing necessary treatments, dentists often ask patients whether they have any questions. Kevin Tighe of Cambridge Dental Consultants suggests that this approach might be costing you income. His latest column offers some practical advice on helping patients understand their treatment options.February 21, 2017Dental PracticeYour new year: How to make a strong start with patient reactivationA full schedule is vital to the health of your practice; however, most practice owners vastly underestimate how much you have to work to keep the schedule full, writes Kevin Tighe of Cambridge Dental Consultants. He offers a comprehensive overview of how to enact a patient reactivation program.January 11, 2017Dental Practice5 hygiene production questions to considerYour hygiene department can make or break your practice, yet most hygiene departments underproduce. Kevin Tighe of Cambridge Dental Consultants is here to help. He offers a list of the top five questions he's been asked about hygiene production.December 12, 2016Dental PracticeGet smart with your staff: Part 2 -- 4 key management tipsIn the first part of this series, Kevin Tighe of Cambridge Practice Consultants discussed how to look at staff disagreements and noncompliance in terms of the bigger picture of practice productivity. In part two, he offers four key management tips to improve the efficiency, productivity, and profitability of your practice.September 5, 2016Dental PracticeGet smart with your staff: Part 1Many dental practices seem busy, but over the years Kevin Tighe of Cambridge Dental Consultants has found that these practices are underproducing by as much as 40% based on their production capacity. In the first of a two-part series, he writes that the keys to increasing performance are your staff and your skills in leading and managing them.August 28, 2016Page 1 of 1Top StoriesLegal IssuesSuspected DUI crash leads to call not to eat toothpasteA woman's bizarre toothpaste trick failed during a DUI stop.Hygiene ToolsMore than 8 in 10 HSA and FSA holders would spend tax-free dollars on oral careOffice ManagementFrom Sunday night dread to freedom: How one dentist redesigned her dental practiceInfection ControlDr. Tom Giacobbi on the importance of a water control referee in your practiceLegal IssuesAssault of 2 patients results in dentist’s suspension
