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Are you getting paid for your incredible care?
Excellent patient care often requires doctors to do things not paid for by insurance.  As a dentist, here's how to approach this situation.    Read More
11 “Key Performance Indicators” for a Dental Practice
Key Performance Indicators (or “KPIs”) are a hot topic right now, and for a good reason! In a nutshell, KPIs would be the more important statistics you would keep to gauge the success and expansion potential for your dental practice. Tracking these gives you a complete picture of your practice...  Read More
What is Your Hygiene Department’s Maximum Potential?
Did you know that your Hygiene Department alone should cover your entire practice’s overhead? Yup! It’s not only possible – it’s not hard to achieve. And a large part of this is getting your overdue and inactive patients to come back. In my previous two articles,  I went over how to look at your...  Read More
1302 Silver Fluoride Techniques with Dr. Graham Craig : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Dr. Graham Craig AM, MDS, PhD, FRACDS is currently scientific advisor to Dental Outlook. He was formerly Associate Professor in the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sydney and subsequently, Director of the Dental Health Foundation at the University of Sydney. His clinical interests have involved...  Read More
The Importance of the Human Connection in today’s Digital Dental Industry with Dr. Brian Toorani, DDS
Our guest this week Dr. Brian Toorani, DDS sits down with our host Brandon Fetters and shares some tips on how he worked on his depression and anxiety by creating daily tasks that helped him mentally, spiritually and physically.  He shares how you can create a positive workplace culture for both...  Read More
2019 Dental Mission Trip to La Misión, Ica, Perú
Hello members of DentalTown.  My name is William Silverthorn, and together with my wife Lily, we founded a mission in south Peru area of Ica.  Due to a devastating earthquake in this area in 2007, when we retired a few years later, we decided that this was an area we wanted to serve.   We have...  Read More
Are You Losing Patients? Why Your Dental Practice Isn't Growing!
Is your dental practice not growing as quickly as you think it should? If so, there’s a good chance this lack of growth has more to do with patient attrition and failures in your hygiene department than it does with your new patient marketing. As I mentioned in , I’ve lectured to and met with...  Read More
IODINE use in periodontal therapy. IOTECH INTERNATIONAL
LEARN about IODINE in periodontal therapy here are instructions to join an upcoming GO TO MEETING to learn more about IOTECH international. Here are the call/log in instructions for Tuesday evening's call:   New Meeting Tue, Nov 19, 2019 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST Please join my meeting from your...  Read More
1287 Leo Pranitis Talks New Molecular Dry Mouth Treatment : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Leo Pranitis has over 30 years of professional experience in various commercial roles, primarily within the dental industry. He has built and led sales, marketing and R&D teams that have produced award-winning, market-leading products, several of which continue to hold premier market share...  Read More
Categories: Endodontics, Hygiene
7 Ways to Fill Openings in the Doctor’s Schedule
Last minute cancellations are never any fun, regardless of whether you get them on the hygiene or doctor’s schedule. That said, I always found last minute cancellations on the doctor’s schedule to be more problematic – especially with relation to making my production goal. Why? Well, as we know,...  Read More
End of Year Dental Hygiene Patient Reactivation
It goes without saying that we are now counting down the days until our year (2019) comes to an end. How many of your patients need a dental hygiene appointment? How many patients have unscheduled dental treatment? Do you know these numbers? Have you looked at your numbers? Some choose to not look...  Read More
1272 Dr. Porter Jones on Xerostomia and Salivary Flow : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Dr. Porter Jones founded and was CEO of Dr. Porto, a chain of medical and dental clinics in Sao Paulo focused on providing high value patient care to the medically underserved.  Prior, Dr. Jones spent 4 years at Hospital Albert Einstein where he managed the oncology department as well as the...  Read More
Categories: Hygiene
Beyond the Medical History: Questions You Must Ask.
During this month of September, I want to dedicate my blogs to my mother Pauline Seidel. In 2002, my mother came in for her hygiene appointment after having her mitral valve replaced. During my periodontal evaluation I discovered a perio/endo abscess and she later had the tooth extracted and a...  Read More
Categories: Hygiene, Orthodontics
How Your Office Voicemail Will Reduce Last Minute Cancellations
It seems to be pandemic. It’s not just your dental office but dental offices around the world are experience hemorrhaging in their appointment schedule. Years ago, during the economic decline, when our phone rang off the hook with dentists in a panic about the holes in their schedule I created a...  Read More
Categories: Hygiene, Periodontics
PERIODONTAL MODELS MANIKIN SIMULATORS FOR TRAINING PRACTICE TEACHING IN DENTAL SCHOOLS
Periodontal manikin simulators with 32 Teeth Periodontal Involved Model - Typodont. The Gum opens and close to normal position. Soft Pink Silicone Material Gingivae is sectioned interproximally and through the buccal at the mid line. Gingivae can opens, allowing easy Patient Demonstration...  Read More
Categories: Hygiene, Periodontics
Dental hygienist downtime checklist
This checklist was developed based on the work habits of a hygienist with an “old school”  work ethic who gives her employer an honest day’s work and then some. She doesn’t need to be told what to do when there is downtime. She just does it.  Hygiene downtime happens, (consider  and you have the...  Read More
Categories: Hygiene
506 Public Health, Leadership, and Dentistry with Jack Dillenberg : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Watch Video here                                        VIDEO - DUwHF #506 - Jack Dillenberg                            Stream Audio here                                        AUDIO - DUwHF #506 - Jack Dillenberg                            Dr. Dillenberg is the inaugural Dean...  Read More
504 Hygiene Dept. Profitability with Dianne Watterson : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Watch Video here                                        VIDEO - DUwHF #504 - Dianne Watterson                            Stream Audio here                                        AUDIO - DUwHF #504 - Dianne Watterson                            Dianne Glasscoe Watterson, RDH, BS,...  Read More
495 CE Zoom with Sarah Thiel : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Watch Video here                                        VIDEO - DUwHF #495 - Sarah Thiel                            Stream Audio here                                        AUDIO - DUwHF #495 - Sarah Thiel                            Sarah is a dental hygienist who has multiple...  Read More
Categories: Hygiene
493 Key Metrics to Practice Success with Lisa Philp : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Watch Video here                                        VIDEO - DUwHF #493 - Lisa Philp                            Stream Audio here                                        AUDIO - DUwHF #493 - Lisa Philp                            Lisa Philp, RDH is the Chief Visionary Officer...  Read More
491 Dental Entrepreneur with Anne Duffy : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Watch Video here                                        VIDEO - DUwHF #491 - Anne Duffy                            Stream Audio here                                        AUDIO - DUwHF #491 - Anne Duffy                            A graduate of The Ohio State University's...  Read More
484 Home Oral Care with James Ratcliff : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Watch Video here                                        VIDEO - DUwHF #484 - James Ratcliff                            Stream Audio here                                        AUDIO - DUwHF #484 - James Ratcliff                            Jim Ratcliff is Chairman and CEO of...  Read More
Categories: Hygiene
474 What a Dentist Can Do Besides Fix Teeth with David Stephenson : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Watch Video here                                                                                                    VIDEO - DUwHF #474 - David Stephenson                                       Stream Audio here                                                            ...  Read More
473 Connect Coaching with Flora Couper : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Watch Video here                                        VIDEO - DUwHF #473 - Flora Couper                            Stream Audio here                                        AUDIO - DUwHF #473 - Flora Couper                            Flo is both an enthusiastic and energetic...  Read More
460 Smiles at Sea with Elijah Desmond : Dentistry Uncensored with Howard Farran
Watch Video here                                        VIDEO - DUwHF #460 - Elijah Desmond                            Stream Audio here                                        AUDIO - DUwHF #460 - Elijah Desmond                            Elijah is a dental guygienist whom...  Read More
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