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How Many Patients Should a Hygienist See Per Day?

Dec 18th, 2019

Last updated on November 3rd, 2025 at 09:03 pm Building a productive and growing recall program is one of the most important aspects of running a dental practice. With MGE clients, we want to see the Hygiene Department steadily growing with a high percentage of patients being retained on a regular hygiene schedule. Over time this translates to more patients…

Hygiene & Recall

12 “Key Performance Indicators” for a Dental Practice

by Chris Menkhaus

Dec 5th, 2019

Last updated on November 3rd, 2025 at 09:07 pm Key Performance Indicators (or “KPIs”) are a hot topic right now, and for a good reason! In a nutshell, KPIs would be the more important statistics you would keep to gauge the success and expansion potential for your dental practice. Tracking these gives you a complete picture of your practice along…

Hygiene & Recall

What is Your Hygiene Department’s Maximum Potential?

by Jeff Santone

Nov 20th, 2019

Last updated on November 18th, 2025 at 05:52 pm Did you know that your Hygiene Department alone should cover your entire practice’s overhead? Yup! It’s not only possible—it’s not hard to achieve. And a large part of this is getting your overdue and inactive patients to come back. In my previous two articles, “Should Dentists Focus on Active or Total…

Hygiene & Recall

Are You Losing Patients? Why Your Dental Practice Isn’t Growing!

by Jeff Santone

Nov 13th, 2019

Is your dental practice not growing as quickly as you think it should? If so, there’s a good chance this lack of growth has more to do with patient attrition and failures in your hygiene department than it does with your new patient marketing. As I mentioned in last week’s article, I’ve lectured to and met with thousands of dentists…

Hygiene & Recall

Should Dentists Focus on Active or Total Patient Count?

by Jeff Santone

Nov 6th, 2019

Last updated on November 4th, 2025 at 12:24 am What’s the difference between active charts and total charts? And as a practice owner, which way should you be viewing it? As an executive at MGE, I’m out lecturing to dentists just about every week. For that matter, over the past 10 years I’ve lectured to and met with several thousand…

Practice Management

Dental Fee Schedules: Is it Time to Raise Your Fees?

by Jeffrey M. Blumberg

Oct 23rd, 2019

Last updated on November 4th, 2025 at 12:28 am Should I raise my fees? We get this question often enough from new clients. Ideally you would raise fees a bit every year to keep up with inflation, which (depending on how you look at it) would be anywhere from the low 2% to 3% range. If you want to keep…

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How Many Patients Should a Hygienist See Per Day?

12 “Key Performance Indicators” for a Dental Practice

What is Your Hygiene Department’s Maximum Potential?

Are You Losing Patients? Why Your Dental Practice Isn’t Growing!

Should Dentists Focus on Active or Total Patient Count?

Dental Fee Schedules: Is it Time to Raise Your Fees?

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How Many Patients Should a Hygienist See Per Day?

12 “Key Performance Indicators” for a Dental Practice

What is Your Hygiene Department’s Maximum Potential?

Are You Losing Patients? Why Your Dental Practice Isn’t Growing!

Should Dentists Focus on Active or Total Patient Count?

Dental Fee Schedules: Is it Time to Raise Your Fees?

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