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Trusting Your Gut on a Test a Good Strategy?
Trusting Your Gut on a Test a Good Strategy? You've heard the advice that trusting your gut on a multiple choice test is the absolute best way to go. Is this a good ? You are sitting in the radiology final exam at your dental hygiene program you will graduate in one year. For questions #13, you...  Read More
What Should You Eat the Day of the Exam?
What Should You Eat the Day of the Exam? One important question we all have (or had) when taking our . What should I eat so I am full, but not sleepy, and keep going for hours without feeling tired? Should I eat a granola bar? Should I eat a full meal? The dental hygiene national exam is especially...  Read More
50 Days Check, Make A New Goal + Plan!
50 Days Check, Make A New Goal + Plan! It’s been 50 days since the new year has started. That means, 1/6th of the entire year has passed, already! Are you following your new year’s resolution? Any progress? Any setbacks? If you have 2 minutes, here is a mini template that can help you reflect on...  Read More
1148 Cindy Kleiman CDA, RDH, BS, Oral Care Consultant with medically compromised patients : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Cindy has spent her entire career working with the medically compromised patient. She was faculty at Phoenix College for 20 years.  VIDEO - DUwHF #1148 - Cindy Kleiman AUDIO - DUwHF #1148 - Cindy Kleiman Cindy is a national speaker on medical emergencies as well as care of the disabled...  Read More
2018 townie mtg presentation – buying a dental practice-there more to it than price-part II- Buyins\Buyouts\Mergers & Special Situations – Part VII
Next up we’ll dive into practice mergers. This is a very exciting topic for me because the practice merger is probably one of the BEST investments an existing practice can make with likely the BEST ROI of all practice growth strategies. That’s my opinion anyway. Now, a “merger” is usually seen in...  Read More
2018 townie mtg presentation – Buying A Dental Practice-There’s More To It Than Price-Part VI- Buyins\Buyouts\Mergers & Special Situations
In the last blog we talked about the purchase of a “large” practice with multiple doctors and the related issues with those transactions. In this blog we’ll address the “buyin” transaction where the seller isn’t ready to sell 100%, rather they want a buyer who will partner with them by acquiring up...  Read More
Buying A Dental Practice: Buyins/Buyouts & Mergers
Next up I’ll talk about the “non-traditional” general dentistry practice and how you need to approach those situations. What do I mean by “a non-traditional general dentistry practice”? I’m referring to general dentistry practices that have developed somewhat of a specialty niche that they focus on...  Read More
Dental Consulting | 5 Simple Steps to Implementing a Successful Oral Cancer Screening Protocol
    Educate     your patients & community about oral cancer The stereotypical demographic has changed from years past.  While the traditional risk factors (smoking, drinking, family history, etc.) still apply, the fastest growing demographic of new oral cancer cases is younger patients without...  Read More
Elite Wealth Planning—What It Is and Why It Matters
Elite wealth planning often plays a key role in the lives of today’s highly successful individuals and families—as well as those who are on the path toward great financial success.  With that in mind, here’s a closer look at just what elite wealth planning is—how it works and how it can...  Read More
Accounts Receivable
Joe explains Accounts Receivable and whether you should consider purchasing AR when acquiring a practice.  Accounts Receivable   Read More
The Power of Giving Back with Dr. Travis Burkett, DDS
Our guest this week is Dr. Travis Burkett, DDS. We sat down with Dr. Burkett and talked about the importance of giving back and being involved in his community. How his involvement with The Special Olympics opened his outlook on life and in business.  Why it’s important to bring consultants or...  Read More
The Department of Labor Audit - Documentation Requirements
When the Department of Labor comes knocking on the door, a business only has a certain time frame within which to turn over the requested documentation. Be aware of the types of documentation that the Department of Labor may require so that your business does not scramble to find the requested...  Read More
Functional Appliances: Are They Functional?
There are a lot of functional appliances being taught to dentists. They rely on patient compliance - that’s the tough part. The question is, then, “can  they be REALLY functional for this patient?"  Ask the question as you treatment plan each patient. www.loveandorthodontics.com   Read More
"The Root Cause" Netflix Documentary & Psuedoscience: A Recipe for Confusion
A recent trending documentary on Netflix, titled "The Root Cause", has garnered the attention of patients and dentists alike.  The documentary tells the dramatic story of a man's search for the solution to his health problems only to discover that a root canal treated tooth was the cause....  Read More
1147 Thomas J. Schoen DDS on Bread & Butter Dentistry, Oral Surgery, Periosurgery, LANAP & LAPAP : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Dr. Tom Schoen is a small town dentist in a surprisingly crowded market with 5 general dentists practicing in his town of 2500 people. Dr Schoen has added Orthodontics, surgical and molar endodontics, periosurgery, LANAP, LAPAP and Pinhole surgeries and places and restores implants, often using 3D...  Read More
Online Marketing:  The Ground-Up Approach
I have spent the last 6 months looking for an Online Marketing Agency with whom to partner.  My goal is a simple one: just like every other dentist on planet earth, I would like more traffic to my website so that I can gain more new patients and grow my practice.  I have spent over a hundred hours...  Read More
Discovering and Finding Happiness in Your Dental Practice with Dr. Erin Mariscal
Discovering and Finding Happiness Dr. Gina Dorfman interviews Dr. Erin Mariscal, a successful practice owner in Arnold Missouri and a popular blog writer. The two chat about practice management, running a busy practice and setting realistic expectations.  Be sure to pay a visit to Dr. Mariscal's...  Read More
34 Qualities of the Best Websites for Dentists
Creating the  for your practice is easier said than done. You need to have an informative, yet engaging site that your patients and potential patients will love. It should cover a wide range of different things so that it meets the needs of your website visitors. Social media links, blog posts...  Read More
5 Reasons Why You’re Leaving Money on the Table if You Don’t Use a Dental Real Estate Broker
You’re a busy dental professional looking to rent or buy office space. Everything about it needs to be right.  The location.  The look and the feel of the space.  How things improve patient flow. Everything needs to work together like a well-tuned orchestra. How a space is configured even affects...  Read More
Tyson Downs, Founder of Titan Web Agency interviews CareDash CEO Ted Chan
In this blog post, Tyson Downs of Titan Web Agency interviews CareDash CEO, Ted Chan. CareDash is a healthcare website that helps connect patients with the best doctors in their area. Tell us about CareDash – why did you start it? What’s the inspiration for the site? The seed for  grew from a...  Read More
Dentists: 10 Amazingly Simple Ways To Increase Case Acceptance Rate
Whether you’ve just started a new practice or have been in the business for years, low patient acceptance rate is one of the most common issues a dentist faces. For the most part, the problem has nothing to do with you or your practice -- dental visits have been decreasing nationwide for years. In...  Read More
Forward Tongue Position: Typical, But Not Good
A forward tongue position is now typical in child and adolescent patients.  It used to not be that way. There are a whole host of dental and orthodontic problems that can result.       Read More
Are You Prioritizing the Patient in Front of You Over the Ringing Phone?
If you answered yes, it’s time to rethink your front office phone policy. You may be concerned that the caller will immediately launch into a lengthy description of their question or issue, once you pick up that call, but there are strategies to put in place to keep the incoming call brief, without...  Read More
1146 Frank King, The Mental Health Comedian, Speaker on Suicide Prevention as a Workplace Health and Safety Issue : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Frank King, Suicide Prevention and Postvention Public Speaker and Trainer, was a writer for The Tonight Show for 20 years, is a Corporate Comedian, syndicated humor columnist, and podcast personality, who was featured on CNN’s Business Unusual. Depression and suicide run his family. He’s thought...  Read More
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