Dental Consultant Advice: Staff CE & Pay
I am often asked if you need to pay your dental office staff for CE, meetings, seminars, etc. In general the answer is YES. Based on US Department of…
Dental Consultant Advice: Hygiene 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…
Dental Consultant Advice: Paid Time Off
Vacations (full time employees only): One week of paid vacation during second and third years. Two weeks of paid vacation for the fourth and subsequent years. Note: If you set…
Dental Consultant Advice: Hire for Attitude
When hiring a new dental employee the main quality to look for is ATTITUDE and COMMUNICATION ability. Attitude includes emjoying and takonng pride inwork,. a good work ethic and smarts.…
Dental Front Desk Basic Organization
There are four dental front office/front desk positions/functions. Call them what you want but they basically break down as follows: Receptionist Scheduling Secretary Accounts Manager Treatment Coordinator In a very…
Dental Consultant Advice: Your Smaller Numbers
The real secret of stat management in your dental practice is to concentrate on actions that are easier to control by the individual employees as opposed to the “bigger” numbers that…
Dental Case Acceptance Percentage
Is 75 % a good case acceptance percentage? That depends on what the 75% represents. If the doctor routinely presents abbreviated treatment plans, then of course the percent will be…
Dental Marketing 101
Much of marketing involves testing which is a fancy word for trial and error. My dad was considered Madison Avenue’s top copywriter back in the day. One of the original…
Dental Consultant Hiring Interview Tips
The trick is to be able recognize fairly quickly you made an error and cut your losses if you do get fooled. Don’t feel bad if it happens as it…
Dental Consultant Tip: Employment ads
Dental Hygienist – Part Time. Very complete Soft Tissue management program with close follow up and education of patients. If you like a friendly/productive office and can contribute to our practice,…