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It’s important that your dental practice has clear and fair vacation and time clock policies. A good vacation policy will improve employee morale and help with recruiting efforts. A time clock policy will clearly establish for your employees which activities are compensable and keep you on the right side of the law…

Where does your practice production stand this time of the year? How are you utilizing the team to assess and connect with the practices’ patients? Many dental practices are still feeling the economic crunch but there is still time to capture six figures..

There probably came a time while running your practice when you felt like your practice was controlling you rather than the other way around. In fact, a fair number of you reading this probably feel this way today…

A full schedule translates into revenues and production only if the patients come in. If a practice loses 1 to 2 appointments/day, either on the hygienist’s schedule or on the dentist’s schedule, the lost production from this could be…

My how times change quickly in dentistry! I believe with technology and new products we have grow 100 years in the past 10. Years ago the dental hygiene department was thought of as a loss leader…

What an exciting time we live in! We are living in a time where we are discovering new technologies. We have social media marketing strategies, everyone has a website and we are just a Google search away from one another…

There are many different factors that come into play when determining the success level of a dental practice, but one of the most important qualities that any practice should possess is excellent client service…

When you see the words “the business of dental hygiene” what do you imagine? Perhaps you see a treadmill where high volume and financial reward are the main focus of the dental hygiene department? Or do you see a hygiene department where quality patient care…

Each day is a fast, frenetic ride on the practice racetrack. As hygienists we say “Treadmill”. Daily stresses morph into emergencies. You and the team dash from one procedure, patient, or task to the next and each are more critical than the last. At the end of the day you promise yourself you’re going to make changes and try to get things under control…

If you have a voracious appetite for new patients, you don’t enjoy the repeat visits, and patient referrals you think you deserve, it may be because you care too much…

As a dental consultant/coach, I have the opportunity to talk with dental practice owners every day. I also review and analyze dental practices on a weekly basis using my extensive dental knowledge to educate practitioners on how they can improve their practice bottom line…