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Does Your Dental Team Have a Touchstone to Rally Around?

Does Your Dental Team Have a Touchstone to Rally Around?

This is a picture of the words that all of our team members at Spear see as they enter their workspace area. When we expanded our operations to take over...

| 9 years ago
Are You Delivering an Exceptional Experience?
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Are You Delivering an Exceptional Experience?

What makes a person choose one dentist instead of another? What makes them loyal to a practice once they're in it? These are the kinds of questions that...

| 9 years ago
Scheduling 'Bump' Days in Hygiene
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Scheduling 'Bump' Days in Hygiene

I'm betting that not all of the patients in your practice who have dental needs have made arrangements to have that dentistry completed.  That would most...

| 9 years ago
Ramping Up When Things Slow Down in Your Dental Practice
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Ramping Up When Things Slow Down in Your Dental Practice

When you're a dental practice owner, how do you react when outside economic forces are working against you? For instance, the U.S. economy is showing encouraging...

| 9 years ago
Your Dental Practice: Make Change a Part of the Routine

Your Dental Practice: Make Change a Part of the Routine

In an industry where high staff turnover is not uncommon, it is a point of pride for any dental practice owner to have a team that has been together a...

| 9 years ago
Selling a Practice
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Selling a Practice

I guess one could say that as soon as you start a practice you should consider on how you are going to transition out by selling a practice. That being...

| 9 years ago
Dental Patients: Another Identity Crisis?!
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Dental Patients: Another Identity Crisis?!

Is your livelihood based on your income from doing dentistry for your work?  In other words, are you dependent on money that you make from restoring teeth...

| 9 years ago
Can Your Dental Team Pass “The Knowledge” Test?

Can Your Dental Team Pass “The Knowledge” Test?

It has been called the hardest test in the world.  It is actually a series of written and oral exams and conquering it is a process that takes an average...

| 9 years ago
Why You Should Celebrate Thanksgiving Twice
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Why You Should Celebrate Thanksgiving Twice

I have often remarked that Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. There are a couple of reasons for this. First of all, the spirit at the core of Thanksgiving...

| 9 years ago
The Three Types of Employees
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The Three Types of Employees

My wife has been a dental assistant for nearly 20 years. It has always been interesting as an HR professional to watch her interactions in the...

| 10 years ago
Dentistry in the Age of the Consumer
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Dentistry in the Age of the Consumer

Dr. Imtiaz Manji discusses the consumer mindset and how dentists can use it to their advantage by creating value for their patients.

| 10 years ago
Office Manager Boot Camp Staff Training Course Now Available

Office Manager Boot Camp Staff Training Course Now Available

The topic of managing other employees in the practice is huge topic that most office managers spend perfecting throughout the course of their entire career....

| 10 years ago