January 30, 2020
The American Academy of Periodontology has not updated their guidelines for categorizing periodontitis since 1999. This should be a big deal; right?! Most clinicians: dentists, dental hygienists and even periodontists tell me they are confused with the new staging and grading for categorizing periodontitis. What is a dental hygienist to do with the new AAP Read More
December 30, 2019
I want to talk about the elephant in the room. Let’s take for example Ronda who is a twenty-year patient of Dr. Curry. Susan is her hygienist of ten years, but Ronda is out sick today. On this particular day the dental hygienists’ patient is schedule for a Prophy but Ronda, the patient, is NOT Read More
December 24, 2019
As a dental practice owner, it’s almost certain you work with dental temp agencies when one of your employees is absent due to illness, vacation or personal reasons. Maybe you use a dental temp agency because it’s what you’ve always done. Or maybe you use one because you don’t think there’s a better way to Read More
December 19, 2019
That’s the question you want to answer for yourself when you embark on year-end planning. It always starts in November. Most dental practice owners work hard in Q4 to finish the year strong, while planning for the coming months. And, of course, the analysis starts. Here we are, the end of December and you may Read More
November 29, 2019
Debbie and Art Wiederman sit down to hash-out how to turn losses into profits. This is a fun light-hearted hour AND you will take back a lot of new information to use in your dental practice tomorrow. Hear two great friends converse about upgrading your dental practice. I believe you will get a few laughs and gain Read More
November 21, 2019
During this podcast Debbie sits down with Ronda Smith at Dental Assistants Rock and shares how to not only stop running on the treadmill but what you will hear will not only keep your employees for the life of your practice but this one ingredient will keep patients returning to your office. You will learn Read More
October 17, 2019
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 because Read More
September 17, 2019
What is the true definition gingivitis? How do we treat a patient with gingivitis? This blog will share insight for dental professionals who are treating the gingivitis patient. The ADA now provides dental professionals with not only a clearly defined description of gingivitis, but we have a CDT code for billing purposes. Soon we will Read More
September 10, 2019
As you read the title of this weeks blog you may wonder, “Debbie, what I mean by secrets?” What I over hear in a dental office happens too often For most of my dental career about 35 yrs now, I STILL hear comments like, “He (“He” is referring to a patient) just got kicked Read More
September 3, 2019
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 system and today’s Read More