Last updated on November 4th, 2025 at 02:49 pm Last minute cancellations are never any fun, regardless of whether you get them on the hygiene or doctor’s schedule. That said, I always found last minute cancellations on the doctor’s schedule to be more problematic—especially with relation to making my production goal. Why? Well, as we know, hygiene appointments vary far…
Last updated on November 4th, 2025 at 02:55 pm Whether you like it, or not, your dental practice is a business. And like with any business, it’s accompanied by many if not all the aspects inherent in managing an organization: human resources, bills, logistics, budgets, marketing, and so on. And with management on the mind, if I had to pick…
Last updated on November 4th, 2025 at 03:00 pm Do you have “New Patient-itis?” If you do, you’re not alone. It’s an affliction that’s run rampant among a considerable percentage of the dentists in the United States and Canada. “New Patient-itis” is (jokingly) defined as “an obsession or fixation on ‘New patients’ as the solution to all practice and profitability…
Last updated on November 13th, 2025 at 07:42 pm When is the last time you raised your fees? Last year? Three years ago? Longer? It’s generally understood that dentists should raise our fees every year. After all, the Consumer Price Index for the last two years has risen by 2.1% each year. You’re paying more for everything you have to…
Last updated on November 4th, 2025 at 03:11 pm How knowledgeable are your staff when it comes to specific procedures of your practice? For that matter, while your staff may not have a viewpoint that a doctorate in dentistry confers, couldn’t they at least have enough information about dental problems and their applicable treatments to adequately communicate their importance? To…
In our magazines, we do a Q & A where I answer your practice management questions. I received this question and thought it would be interesting to go over. Oh, and before I begin, I wanted to mention that we have a couple of FREE ebooks that have information on these subjects. They are the Comprehensive Case Acceptance Ebook and…