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Hello Cheryl, Please look to the right of the screen at the QUICK LINKS menu and select the last item Message Board Terms of Use for rules and Regulations when posting on DT's message boards...its a short read. your post is considered Self Promoting and has been edited. Hi there, I just saw...
September 07, 2017
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Hi townies! I hope you are all healthy and happy! I wanted to ask: Who is monitoring your fire sprinkler system and how much do you pay permonth? The local guys here want 50-70 a month for cellular communication. Then another 50 for burglary system.. That adds up! TIA I paid 39 dollars
May 09, 2020
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healthy adult hygiene check out in op. (looks like you're already doing assisted hygiene so it's not that much of a stretch) The room yield is pretty good so kudos for that. Let's see what others say. I like the idea of splitting the cart storage. I hear you about the sinks. I was trying to keep
November 08, 2018
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are sweating. I dont think so... Specialists dont deal with maintenance of healthy teeth.... They also get mainly referrals... Its a completely different animal.... Hes simply TRANSFERRING his patients to another location and trying to encourage OS to join him. Smart. FWIW I almost talked an endodontist
March 20, 2021
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. I can only imagine a tooth falling on the floor after an exo, a bloody gauze, a blood matrix, loose a broken cusp with a piece of gums attached to it etc.... That's the only reason why I cant see myself placing carpet on the floor of my ops. I used to think that too... Michael Unthank changed my
June 10, 2014
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people pause. Figure out where you want to live and settle and then go from there. Start with the end in mind. I have at 6 other dentists within 100 yds of my place. Were all making it. Enjoy your work. Stay healthy. Dont make stupid mistakes or do stupid things for a few extra bucks. CA is awesome
January 03, 2022
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had space, in the lower level, available (they own the building) and wanted to promote healthy life style and fitness regiment to their 400+ staff members and decided to Build a 1,500 sf Fitness Center and hire a Sport Health and Fitness Director to run the facility and guide the participants through
August 06, 2018
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a strong hygiene program. Depending on your hygiene recall % (a # almost no one tracks) you will fill up your hygiene schedule with healthy prophys in a fair amount of time. We like to use round #'s of 100 NP's a month, 20% transients = 80 Effective New Patients * your hygiene recall % (let's say 50
November 12, 2018
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to understand something personal about them, presenting concerns, ability to pay and other potential areas of business (i.e. bleeding gums-perio, presence of wisdom teeth-surgery). OPG: more diagnosis, increasing productivity. Even for free or at rebate. Tell the patient you like to be comprehensive. Really
May 21, 2015
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equipment running healthy and for a long time. Furthermore, audio receivers and other equipment need a home, and it is a nice asset when they can all be located in one spot. Where is it being planned for in the space? Sometimes its location is what puts people off to the idea, rather than
June 03, 2014
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you or the staff for the news coverage?.....Excellent work! Not sure what youre asking :)Ive been on this channel as dental expert before for lanap and gum disease. They did a 3 minute segment on me. So when this happened, I contacted them with pictures, links to YouTube showing other exploded
November 21, 2022
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office help also . . . Even though I've been retired for 14+ years, I still get the urge to jam a needle into someone's gums. There's a guy in town who's retiring at 89. I'm seriously thinking of taking over the lease, buy the equipment and work one or two days a week. My questions: 1)should I keep
February 01, 2024
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but after a while a film builds up and then it starts gumming up and the black spots start everywhere. This is hard to deal with. Once I had to use some solvent and basically strip the floors to get it all off in all the rooms. I have had a few issues like above when someone got a steam mop
August 24, 2020
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you've maxed out your hygienist's schedule with healthy recall patients that you already did the dentistry on 5 years ago? What happens to your production then? If you ever plan on having 2 doctors on the floor at the same time you'll need 10 ops minimum. (4 columns, 4 hygiene, 2 overflow) You don't
October 29, 2018
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at once. Seriously, hope your day gets better. Oh i figure. Kids are healthy, other stuff is just property and office is back and smells good after hours of fans and air fresheners.Got 3-4 hours of sleep, ate some pizza for breakfast and now its time for a Breckenridge porter beer. Dont care
November 16, 2022
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periodically checking the screws retaining Every Single Thing that may be around patients. I have also had a failure of an overhead Pelton Crain light mounting post. Again, I would suggest periodically checking any retaining screw. There is only Off Torque in nature. Pelton Crane paid a very healthy
January 01, 2024
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a healthy weight is important. Old Mrs. McGillicudy is not going to die from going back in the chair. Your back, your neck, and your shoulders are dying a slow and very painful death by accommodating her every request for comfort Here is one that really helps, a lot. CHANGE UP YOUR DAY. Choose one
August 21, 2018
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details leave a lot for interpretation and letdowns in finished expectations This gives way to low bid price and an open door for change orders to make a healthy profit! Ditto. The most common source of problems is plans that lack infinite detail. Leaving out ANY details opens the door
August 12, 2017
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for the current office and practice purchase (approx 550k; about 88k is the remainder for the building). I don't have student loans and my wife works and makes enough money to support us. Am I crazy to take this on? I know that I have another 30 years to work as long as I stay healthy. People tell
June 20, 2016
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during the summer months (4PM ) I go down to my boat three miles away and my friends and I finish the day fishing for Chinook Salmon half an hour later. I am blessed that I can do this from mid May until late fall. . Most days we bring home the bounty (fat and healthy wild Chinook Salmon) and watch
March 23, 2014
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that were cribbed from the Dental-ez J chair. I kinda wrote the book here on DT about buying chairs over the years. We don't test drive from the passenger seat. I do have an ulterior motive. Not a lot of dentists in the world, keeping the ones we have healthy and productive benefits me in the long
December 29, 2021
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. Toothbrushes, toothpaste, gum, pencils, rulers, baby teeth, and tons of pennies. My Mom brought home 6 beautiful gold fish (the kind you see in Asian's water color art works), spray raid to get rid of a few mosquitoes and the next morning we have 6 floaters. House hold cleaning chemicals can do
December 27, 2020
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healthy NP flow. I'm in the process of looking for land to build a new office. Similar in size to yours hopefully. I'll have to create a pimp my office Part 2 thread.Hey Brian, how was Mt Brushmore this year?
February 24, 2016
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style. What is the median income and age? Some practices can be very profitable with a fairly low volume, if you have an affluent older population and you do a lot of implant and reconstructive treatment. For younger healthier populations with lower income levels, you'd need a lot more patients
April 15, 2015
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healthy adults feel like they can't go to a damn dental appt by themselves. We don't overbook and run on time. No need to play the please stay in your car and text us when you arrive game. People walk in the door, get a temp check, sign the disclaimer and are seated in the operatory. Have practiced
August 31, 2020
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payment in the op for all adult healthy hygiene recall which is like 60% of the foot traffic to the front desk any who) Doug, Please relocate this post to classify, where it would be more appropriate. Thank you. Hey Doug you are all over the place this morning Take a breath That equipment will sell
June 15, 2019
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, easily achieved healthy environment. Agree with this completely. Can you give more details about what I should be asking for specifically from my HVAC subcontractor in a design build contract? You were trying to improve environmental comfort by increasing the number of air exchange/ hr
April 26, 2024
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. It's about reducing stress, staying healthy and happy and most of all, finding success! FYI, one thing that really helps get more out of less space is to figure out how to develop a design with a minimum of 'formal' hallways. Ten feet of hallway (10x4 plus walls) almost the same space as half
April 09, 2018
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was if you a healthy enough to climb the stairs you are healthy enough to withstand the dentistry. Don't have a problem with most things designed to help keep us safe or allow access until they go to the nth degree. Don't get me started on expiration dates! LOL PARKING! All too often, those with rose
December 12, 2024
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in unintended consequences damages. These deficiencies are often only discovered or determined after a healthy heavy rainfall and the high volume of water overflow the gutter instead of being capture and routed down via sufficient number of downspouts (better to have more then not enough)....witness
February 28, 2012
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experience with Summit chairs? Daytona. which model adecs? 300 vs 500 or other? Jim from Hager offered some very wise advice above. Keep your BUTT out of the chair when test driving The key to a long and healthy career is ergonomics. Make 100% certain that you are comfortable AT THE CHAIR
October 29, 2019
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at the instruments that just came out of their mouths and tell me that they are bloody and that I should be ashamed to have such gross instruments in the office. When explained to them that the instruments were clean prior to going in THEIR mouths and handing them a mirror to see THEIR bleeding gums you get
March 17, 2018
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the public (which by definition) includes patients, staff and all occupants in the building be Safe, remain Healthy and a Life. Thanks to all for stressing the point of always coloring inside the lines. I personally would be so screwed had I chosen to not be very careful when I purchased this home
October 26, 2022
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some healthy air delivery at 550 CFM. Have not done the math but sounds very OK for that room size. The flex vent used in buildings today is easily damaged and or crushed. Thus an outlet meant for 550 might really be 50 or less. I would confirm that the A/C vent and the return are both functioning
May 26, 2019
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. That was a day in which all I was doing was full clearances on medicaid at $9 per extraction so they could get some $90 dentures at the denture mill. You can do it. If you are motivated. If you are young. If you are healthy. If you are NUTS.....LOL....I was crazy. You don't know what you don't
June 13, 2016
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? Let's pretend it's $2k per new patient and 65% OH. That's $700/NP gross. $17k/mo divided by $700 gross and you need 24 new patients / month to float it. Considering a healthy practice can see between 10-15 NP's/op/month this practice should break 100 easily. You will have to adjust this up some more
February 28, 2018
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that are young, healthy, don't need him for an exam and the hygienist is on an island upstairs. The FD sends people up to her. He told me everyone likes it. They hygienist plays whatever music she likes and doesn't really interact with the rest of the office much and he doesn't have to climb stairs
July 21, 2018
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that has been here knows that our entire MO is to create phenomenal efficiency and great esthetics and healthy budgets-clients slide that scale around as THEY see fit. I'm going to try to lay off your blog unless specifically addressed. I really don't want to pour more rain on your parade than I
October 18, 2007
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treatment plans to keep them healthy and functional within their budget. Your contractors can do the same for you.I'm not talking about cutting corners, but you do have options.Love the pic Ryan.Thanks... It's really just for show anymore.. I think you can actually 'bookmark' threads and view them at your
February 26, 2010
Dental Office Design/ Construction
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