Editor’s Note: MGE Client Justene Doan, DDS practices in the San Diego, CA area with her husband, Roger Tran, DDS. Since first becoming a client, their practice has grown considerably; now a multi-provider practice with two locations, three General Dentists and two specialists. Looking for ways to maintain the highest level of personalized service in a large practice (that is…
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?…
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…
Last updated on November 5th, 2025 at 12:50 am Normally, I answer multiple questions in my posts, but after looking at a recent question I received regarding hygiene profitability, I realized that it was worthy of an article all to itself. So, here you go! Q: How can I make my hygiene department more profitable? Many dentists think that between…
Last updated on November 4th, 2025 at 05:58 pm I’m always amazed when I hear a dentist refer to a “bad month” as if it’s some type of natural phenomenon. Dental practice production was low and there’s nothing that could have been done about it…nor any good explanation of why it was a bad month. As if production numbers are…
Last updated on November 4th, 2025 at 11:16 pm In my opinion: a dental practice is only as strong as its hygiene department. When you think about it, the number of regular recall patients/visits and the production that comes out of Hygiene are what determine the stability of any given practice. These are patients that regularly show up and more…
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