Chris Menkhaus

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How to Build a High-Performing Team in Your Dental Practice

Mar 5th, 2025

Creating a successful dental practice is about more than just top-notch clinical care. A strong, well-coordinated team is crucial to delivering exceptional patient experiences and ensuring smooth operations. But how do you build and maintain a high-performing team? It all starts with the right hiring, clear role definitions, and providing growth opportunities. Here’s how to ensure you’re building a team…

Hiring

Finding & Keeping Great Team Members for your Dental Practice

Apr 13th, 2022

Currently, finding new employees is a little tougher than it used to be. During the pandemic, a percentage of the workforce dropped out of dental—if I had to estimate it, perhaps 15% left the industry. On top of that, starting pay is higher and people are “job-hopping” more, which can make your practice feel like a merry-go-round. So in this…

Scheduling

How to Fix a Messy, Unproductive Schedule

Dec 15th, 2021

Want your schedule to be more productive? Fewer cancelations, fewer gaps, no more days running around only to find out you didn’t have any valuable production to show for it? There’s a lot that you can do to make your schedule more efficient—in terms of where you put patients, how you stagger your schedule, policies, etc—and we cover all that…

Practice Management

Staying Profitable While Your Practice Expands

Dec 15th, 2021

Have your practice revenues increased over the years, only for you to look at the numbers and think, “If we’re making more money, why aren’t I netting more profit?!” Or are you hesitant to push for big growth and expansion because you feel like a smaller, leaner practice is the only way to stay highly profitable? Well, a bigger practice…

Hiring

Hiring a Hygienist: 6 Ways to Get More Qualified Candidates

Jun 16th, 2021

Trouble finding a Hygienist? I’ve heard this a lot this past year ever since practices began reopening after the pandemic shutdowns. And for that matter, it’s still a problem for many dentists today. Now, despite any difficulty you may be having, it is possible to fill that hygienist position quickly. It may take a little extra creativity on how you…

Practice Management

This Mistake with Your Front Desk Can Cost You Valuable Production

Mar 3rd, 2021

No matter the size of your dental practice, having clearly defined roles in the front office is essential. Failing to separate job functions and having “everyone” share all the duties or simply not having enough people up front—is one of the biggest barriers to building a strong practice. Typically, back office/clinical roles are well defined and understood. This allows for…

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