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Dentist Hours: Many Stay Open into the Evening
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 Posted in Dental Surveys | No Comments »
Just over half (55%) of practices offer evening hours, and 37% let patients make weekend appointments, this survey found. Mondays are the busiest day of the week for 1 in ... Read more..Dental Patients Will Travel To See Their Dentist
Friday, March 5th, 2010 Posted in Dental Videos | No Comments »
The average dental patient travels about 5-10 miles to see their dentist for treatment, we found in this survey of dentists. Rural patients travel longer distances for dental care than ... Read more..Dentists Cut Hours of Dental Hygienists
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 Posted in Dental Surveys | 8 Comments »
One dentist in three has cut their dental hygienist working hours, with the slow economy leaving less demand for dental hygiene services.Another 11% have reduced the number of dental hygienists ... Read more..Dental Retirement Age? No Way, Say Dentists
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 Posted in Dental Surveys | 2 Comments »
Dentists shouldn't have to retire just because they've reached a certain age, say doctors. This survey found only 1 dentist in 10 supporting a mandatory retirement age for dentists.A mandatory ... Read more..Dentist CE: Dental Continuing Ed Plans for 2010
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 Posted in Dental Continuing Education, Dental Surveys | 2 Comments »
When it comes to continuing dental education, over half of dentists say they plan to do more clinical CE this year. The average dentist expects to complete over 50 hours ... Read more..Dental Management Company Pays $24M Settlement
Sunday, January 24th, 2010 Posted in Legal, Practice Management | 1 Comment »
The largest dental management company in the US is paying $24 million to settle claims of Medicaid fraud.Forba Holdings LLC owns 68 "Small Smiles" dental clinics where pediatric dentists serve ... Read more..Dentists Spend One-Fourth of Time on Dental Management
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 Posted in Dental Surveys, Practice Management | 4 Comments »
The average dentist spends about a quarter of the work week on dental practice management, according to this recent survey.Dentists work about 32 hours per week on patient care and ... Read more..Dental Consultants Often Disappoint (Video)
Thursday, July 16th, 2009 Posted in Dental Videos | 4 Comments »
In this video, we discuss a survey of dentists we did on the topic of dental consultants.Dentists are split on the issue, with 41% of dentists reporting that their practices ... Read more..Dental Marketing: When a Shingle Isn’t Enough
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 Posted in Dental Products | No Comments »
Melinda Spitek, a regular contributor to The Wealthy Dentist, has just published a book entitled Dental Marketing: When a Shingle Isn't Enough. Her book covers how to set yourself apart ... Read more..Dentistry’s Dismal Financial Future…?
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 Posted in Dental Editorials | 3 Comments »
3M: Health Care Optimism, Cosmetic Dentistry PessimismI've been telling you recently how competitive the health care marketplace has gotten. It's so rough out there that some dentists are putting braces ... Read more..Dental Marketing with Email Patient Reminders & Newsletters
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 Posted in Dental Editorials | No Comments »
As promised, this week we'll tell you how to attract more insurance patients to your office. It is often as simple as reminding patients of their dental benefits. Remember, most ... Read more..Most Dentists Have Had Trouble with Dental Associates (Video)
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 Posted in Dental Videos | No Comments »
Dental associates can make dental practice management a lot easier... unless, of course, they betray you in some way. Unfortunately, that's happened to a lot of doctors. Read more..Dental Practice Investment Is Critical in Today’s Economy
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 Posted in Dental Editorials | 1 Comment »
What Is the Best Investment You Can Make Today?The answer to the above is... your dental practice. Your practice is one of the few things you personally have control ... Read more..What Does the Economy Mean for Your Dental Practice?
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 Posted in Dental Editorials, Practice Management | 2 Comments »
Is Dentistry Going Down The Tubes? Our latest survey tells us that at least 40% of the profession is seeing a major downturn in new patients and case acceptance. We ... Read more..Most Dentists Forget the Risk Costs When Leasing Office Space
Sunday, September 28th, 2008 Posted in Dental Editorials, Dental Practices | No Comments »
Rent May Not Be the Biggest Part of Your Dental Practice Lease Special Lease Feature by Lewis GelmonHave you ever sat through one of my lectures at the Greater New York ... Read more..How Much Does Bad Dental Management Cost? Evidently, $130 Million
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 Posted in Dental News, Legal, Practice Management | No Comments »
A Good Dental Management Consultant Can Cost a Lot, But a Bad One Can Cost Much More Over 100 Minneapolis-area dentists were just awarded $130 million by a jury in a ... Read more..