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A Profit Center within Your Dental Business: 10 Facts of the Matter
Debbie Seidel-Bittke, RDH, BS

CoinsWhen you see the words "the business of dental hygiene" what do you imagine? Perhaps you see a treadmill where high volume and financial reward are the main focus of the dental hygiene department? Or do you see a hygiene department where quality patient care and profitability are congruent, operating with systems and protocols that would not allow one to compromise the other?

A Paradigm Shift

During the past ten+ years the goal of helping our patients has now progressed from treating infection and disease into good overall health. One thing that hasn’t changed is the cost of doing the business of dental hygiene. It is important that the team understand the cost of running a business and a hygiene department. It is when the team understands these financial aspects of the business that the members of the dental team will be committed to excellence. It is important to have team meetings that educate every team member of the cost associated with the daily operations of running the business of dentistry and dental hygiene.

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My office began working with Dental Practice Solutions about 5 yrs ago. My dental office was very successful but we were not moving forward with the latest patient protocols. I am very busy with being a dentist and didn’t have time to implement various tools and know all there is to be a successful business owner. Ms. Seidel-Bittke was very thorough with her initial assessment and by the time she came and then left our office after her initial visit our production was more than twice what it cost to initially hire Dental Practice Solutions. Our team relies on Dental Practice Solutions to be our resource and guide to keep us all on the leading edge. I think that anyone who hires Dental Practice Solutions will find their productivity increase very quickly and the patient experience will be invaluable with the knowledge you learn.

     J. Patterson, DDS
     Los Angeles, CA

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Future Web Workshops

March 4, 10 @ 5:30pm (PST)
Practice Profitability Challenge: Tool #2 Procedures to Increase $$
Presented by: Debra Seidel-Bittke, RDH, BS
Special Host: Chris Mrozek-Brooke, RDH

  • 2 Specific Tools to add profitability
  • Non-surgical periodontal treatment
    • LAA’s
    • Laser Therapy
    • Billing codes
  • CAMBRA
    • New Standard of care
    • Procedures included
    • Billing codes

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Or Call-in (US/Canada): 1-408-792-6300
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March 16, 10 @ 5:00pm (PST)
CAMBRA: Putting the Paradigm Shift into Action
Presenter: Ms. Debbie Seidel-Bittke, RDH, BS
Sponsored by: 3M

  • Treating the bacterial infection
  • Products to utilize and prevent
  • Getting paid for these services

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Welcome Back!

Letter From The Founder of Dental Practice Solutions

Dear Colleagues,

"Welcome!" to all the new readers who joined our community this past week! You will love and enjoy all the resources we have for everyone and it is FREE! Our website has a free membership center with a lot of information to use in your practice now.

We consider all of you very important and we are here for you. Many of you have been asking a lot of questions about CAMBRA and I am so excited to see how these new prevention protocols are taking place all over the world. Our membership center has the forms to download and use in your daily practice and if you read my article in RDH Magazine January 15, 10 "Caries Risk Assessment" I have more information there as well.

On Thursday March 4, 2010 my colleague and team member Chris Mrozek-Brooke RDH and I will present to you the 2nd and 3rd set to increase your numbers in the hygiene department.

We are going to show you numbers based on periodontal treatment and caries risk assessment protocols of just 350 patients this year. You will be amazed at how treating these patients with the appropriate preventive measures will not only create improved health for you patients, add value to their dental experience but it will increase your profits over 1 million dollars in the next three years. I know that sounds hard to believe but if you follow these steps and use these preventive tools appropriately you will not miss out.

Speaking about missing out please join us this Thursday night. We have the call in number provided in the newsletter today and just send me an email to view the web workshop live. (debrabittke@comcast.net)

If you would like to learn more about CAMBRA you can go to here and view the archived course I gave introducing CAMBRA on February 16, 10. On Tuesday March 16, 10, I will continue the course and give you billing information so you can get paid for these preventive services. We will also discuss how to utilize the products properly.

Please be sure to join us for the Profitability Challenge. You can go to the website to sign up. It is never too late to begin improving what you already do well! We have so many valuable prizes to give away. You never know you could be rewarding yourself with a special trip to paradise. The grand prize winners receive reward points for one year through loyalteamrewards.com. Thank you to Gary Serota of Loyal Team Rewards for donating this fantastic grand prize. We have several prizes to give away from Newpatientsinc.com. If you participated in our web workshop you met Mark Dilatush and he has so generously donated volumes 1-3 of The Unique Patient Experience along with a 50% discount to their Summit meetings held all over the nation.

Please check out website frequently and pass on our eNewsletter to your friends and colleagues. We want to be your resource for dental information.

Thank you and much success to all!

Debbie Seidel-Bittke, RDH, BS

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