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Ask Sabri: Adding Clinical Procedures and Teambuilding Tips

Apr 19th, 2017

Last updated on November 4th, 2025 at 06:52 pm Q: Over time, I’ve added several new services to my practice, including Invisalign and implants, but I’m not doing as many cases as I’d hoped. Any ideas? Great question! And I know this can be frustrating. You have a new skill-set, you can do wonderful things for your patients and really…

Hygiene & Recall

5 Simple Ways to Boost Hygiene Production

by MGE Consulting Department

Apr 12th, 2017

Last updated on November 13th, 2025 at 07:48 pm If we “all” know: That 25-30% of a dental practice’s production should be coming from hygiene, and That the average dental practice should be adding at least one day a week of hygiene every year the office is open, then Why do only perhaps 10-20% of dental practices fit the criteria above?…

Overhead and Profitability

Should You Be Open on Evenings or Saturdays?

by Sabri Blumberg

Apr 5th, 2017

Last updated on November 7th, 2025 at 04:03 pm For this week’s blog post, I’d like to run my answer to a dental question I received as a part of my regular “Ask Sabri” column in MGE publications. It’s a question that I receive from a lot of different dentists, so you might find the answer useful. Q: Should I…

Case Acceptance

Are You Selling Yourself Short to Your Patients?

by Andrew Harris

Mar 30th, 2017

Last updated on November 4th, 2025 at 07:03 pm Being humble is a good thing, right? After all, humility is a virtue. Well, for most dentists, conservatism and humbleness come naturally…maybe too much so! When you’re communicating with a patient, they can sense timidity and uncertainty and it undermines whatever you are trying to tell them. Especially in case presentations,…

Customer Service

Why Your Hygiene Department Isn’t Growing Like it Should Be

by Chris Menkhaus

Mar 15th, 2017

To start things off, I have a question for you: What would you think of a restaurant where only 10 or 20% of the people ever go back? You’d think that it isn’t a very good restaurant or something must be wrong with the food, right? A good restaurant or successful business makes people want to come back or continue…

Practice Management

Addressing “Office Drama” in a Dental Practice

by Ashley Fuegel

Mar 8th, 2017

Last updated on November 12th, 2025 at 03:27 pm At one time or another, every office goes through a patch of staff-related “drama.” Once discovered, it’s what you do about it that more or less determines a) whether it continues and b) occurs again. And with the impact office “drama” can have on morale, productivity and staff turnover—it’s worth having…

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Ask Sabri: Adding Clinical Procedures and Teambuilding Tips

5 Simple Ways to Boost Hygiene Production

Should You Be Open on Evenings or Saturdays?

Are You Selling Yourself Short to Your Patients?

Why Your Hygiene Department Isn’t Growing Like it Should Be

Addressing “Office Drama” in a Dental Practice

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Ask Sabri: Adding Clinical Procedures and Teambuilding Tips

5 Simple Ways to Boost Hygiene Production

Should You Be Open on Evenings or Saturdays?

Are You Selling Yourself Short to Your Patients?

Why Your Hygiene Department Isn’t Growing Like it Should Be

Addressing “Office Drama” in a Dental Practice

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