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Is Your Dental Practice Lucky?
Practice Management

Is Your Dental Practice Lucky?

Dentists have a pretty level playing field when it comes to opportunity. Once you earn your degree and begin your own dental practice, you are dealing...

| 9 years ago ›
What Does Your Practice Say About Your Dentistry?
Practice Management

What Does Your Practice Say About Your Dentistry?

One of the most important things to know as a dentist, and one of the things many dentists have a hard time accepting, is that the quality of your work...

| 9 years ago ›
A Success Template for Your New Associate
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Practice Management

A Success Template for Your New Associate

Bringing an associate into your practice will always involve something of a leap-of-faith. Even after all of the diligent work you do in the selection...

| 9 years ago ›
Using Scheduling to Fight Stagnant Growth
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Practice Management

Using Scheduling to Fight Stagnant Growth

It is one of the most common issues I hear about: a practice that is doing everything correctly but not getting ahead. New patients keep coming in every...

| 9 years ago ›
Creating a Culture that is its Own Reward
Practice Management

Creating a Culture that is its Own Reward

Team compensation can be a sensitive and complicated issue. When deciding team compensation, several factors impact your decisions such as quality of...

| 9 years ago ›
Creating the Ideal Team in One Hour a Week
Practice Management

Creating the Ideal Team in One Hour a Week

How do you get your team united behind, and aligned with, your vision and philosophy for the practice? This has been a leading concern among dentists...

| 9 years ago ›
Employees and Personal Smartphones – What Is the Smart Solution?
Techniques & Materials

Employees and Personal Smartphones – What Is the Smart Solution?

We all love our smartphones. Having access to a world of information in the palm of your hand is a truly astounding feature of modern life.

| 9 years ago ›
Advice for Dentists From a University Football Coach
Practice Management

Advice for Dentists From a University Football Coach

I was meeting with a group of dental practitioners a while ago, when one of them – a very successful periodontist—told a story about his college football...

| 9 years ago ›
Is Yours a “Best Practice” Practice? A 5-Question Quiz
Practice Management

Is Yours a “Best Practice” Practice? A 5-Question Quiz

Is your practice philosophically ready to be among the best in the business? Here is a simple diagnostic test to determine where your practice stands....

| 9 years ago ›
A New Way to Think About “The Domino Effect”
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Practice Management

A New Way to Think About “The Domino Effect”

I read a fantastic book this year, which I heartily recommend, called The One Thing. In it, the authors offer a great insight into the power of geometric...

| 9 years ago ›
3 Rules for Family Dental Practices
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Practice Management

3 Rules for Family Dental Practices

What could be better than doing what you love with the people you love most? Over the years I have seen a number of dental practice family 'dynasties'—sons...

| 9 years ago ›
Three Strategies for Moving Forward
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Practice Management

Three Strategies for Moving Forward

Every dentist has issues they have to deal with—whether they are team issues, patient issues, facility or business issues, time or economic issues. This is...

| 9 years ago ›