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Dental Marketing: Hard Times Increase Dentist Spending (Video)
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 Posted in Dental Videos | 1 Comment »
When it comes to dental marketing, more dentists increase spending during hard times than cut spending on dental practice marketing, this survey found. "It's a good idea to keep your name ... Read more..Dental Implant or Dental Bridge? Patients Feel Bite of Recession
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 Posted in Dental Surveys | 2 Comments »
More than half of dentists surveyed (55%) said they have noticed more patients opting for dentures and/or dental bridges over dental implants as a result of the recession. Here's what dentists ... Read more..Economic Changes at the Dental Practice
Thursday, December 17th, 2009 Posted in Dental Surveys, Practice Management | 2 Comments »
In this survey, three of four dentists (74%) said they have made changes as a result of the slow economy.Half (48%) said they're reducing office expenses, 30% are instituting layoffs ... Read more..Dental Emergencies Increase In Recession
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009 Posted in Dental Surveys | No Comments »
In a recession economy, patients are more likely to defer dental treatment due to economic reasons. In this survey, two out of three dentists reported an increase in emergency calls."I ... Read more..Stimulus Money Hasn’t Ended Up in Dentists’ Pockets
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 Posted in Dental Surveys | 1 Comment »
When dentists were asked if their practices had seen any changes as a result of the government's economic stimulus efforts, only 3% said they had seen an improvement in their ... Read more..Electric Toothbrushes & the “Lipstick Effect”
Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 Posted in Dental Products | 1 Comment »
A recent Oral-B survey found that sales of electric toothbrushes in the UK are up 30% over last year. So what's the relationship between between toothbrush sales and the worldwide ... Read more..Economy Keeps Patients Away from Dentist
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 Posted in Dental News | 2 Comments »
Dentists and dental practices are absolutely not immune to the economic woes affecting so many Americans these days.According to an ADA survey, half of dentist respondents reported that, during the ... Read more..Practice Marketing Through the Down Times
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 Posted in Dental Editorials | 1 Comment »
Special Marketing Feature by Chris Barnard The economy is bad, new patient flow has decreased, and elective treatment plans have dried up. This means we should all abandon our marketing ... Read more..Dental Retirement Plans Changing Due to Economy
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 Posted in Dental Surveys, Practice Management | 1 Comment »
Over 60% of dentists in this survey acknowledged that the present economy means they now plan to work longer than they'd expected.Said one dentist, "I wonder if I'll ever be ... Read more..Discounts in Health Care Change the Dental Economy
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 Posted in Dental Editorials | 1 Comment »
The health care market is changing. Here's an example of just how different things are these days... Kiplinger reports that orthodontic work is going on sale. In this tight economy, some ... Read more..Dental Patients Can’t Get Credit & Financing
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009 Posted in Dental Surveys | 7 Comments »
In this survey, two out of three dentists told us that it's gotten harder for patients to get credit. Since dental care costs money, lack of patient financing options can ... Read more..Economic Downturn? Renegotiate Your Dental Lease!
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 Posted in Dental Editorials, Practice Management | No Comments »
A One-time Gift from the Gods! Welcome to the New Year, but I digress... as I write this the Dow is at 9,034. The Santa Claus Rally I predicted for the ... Read more..Dental Financing Important in Tough Times
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 Posted in Dental Surveys | 1 Comment »
In this survey, the majority of dentists said they offer their patients outside financing options. Very few dental practices these days offer their own financing. "We've never offered inside financing," ... Read more..Two Ways to Make Money at Year’s End
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 Posted in Dental Editorials | No Comments »
The Santa Claus Rally & the Classic "Insurance Benefits" LetterIf you're looking to get out of the stock market at a relative high point, and you missed my election rally ... Read more..The Sad State of Dentists’ Stock Portfolios
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 Posted in Dental Surveys | 2 Comments »
Putting Your Money in (Chicken) StockIn this survey, the majority of dentists said that their portfolio these days is more chicken bouillon and less gold bullion. Dental practices and stock ... 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..Economy Hitting You Hard? Jim Du Molin Offers Advice
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 Posted in Dental Editorials | 3 Comments »
Three ways to make money in the current economic pit of despair. For over 20 years, we've worked with dentists, one-on-one, on both the practiceand the personal financial side. My ... 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..Dentistry Optional in a Tough Economy
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 Posted in Dental News | No Comments »
Whose Teeth Are More Important: Yours or Your Dog's?Across the globe, people are tightening their purse strings. An article in the Irish Times describes some penny-pinching measures people are taking, ... Read more..Dental Suppliers Face Stock Market Losses
Sunday, April 13th, 2008 Posted in Dental News, Dental Products | No Comments »
Dentistry Sometimes a Luxury in a Tough Economy You may have heard that there have some, shall we say, hiccups recently in the American economy. In addition, the stock market ... Read more..