December 10, 2015
Last week I went undercover as a patient to a corporate dental office. I posed as a “non-dental professional” at a “corporate” or “big box” dental office. Maybe you read last week’s blog and already know about this. Here is what I didn’t tell you last week. My experience was quite “eye opening”. This location provided Read More
December 3, 2015
Recently, I had what I thought was a fracture on the side of an onlay. The last time I had major dentistry completed was about 25 yrs. ago. My previous employer about 25 yrs. ago removed childhood amalgam fillings and replaced them with beautiful gold onlays. I thought that these would last forever! Unfortunately, my Read More
Recently, I had what I thought was a fracture on the side of an onlay. The last time I had major dentistry completed was about 25 yrs. ago. My previous employer about 25 yrs. ago removed childhood amalgam fillings and replaced them with beautiful gold onlays. I thought that these would last forever! Unfortunately, my Read More
November 25, 2015
All of us here in the US are preparing to celebrate Thanksgiving. I wanted to send you a note of “Thank you” because we would not be where we are today if it were not for your support! I have a special Thanksgiving video message for you because during this time of “Giving Thanks” I Read More
All of us here in the US are preparing to celebrate Thanksgiving. I wanted to send you a note of “Thank you” because we would not be where we are today if it were not for your support! I have a special Thanksgiving video message for you because during this time of “Giving Thanks” I Read More
November 18, 2015
Are you a hygienist who wonders what to tell your routine prophy patient (who you have been seeing every 6 months for the past 4 years) that at today’s appointment, they now have periodontal disease? Are you concerned about telling your patients they have disease? If you are concerned, I want you to know that you are Read More
Are you a hygienist who wonders what to tell your routine prophy patient (who you have been seeing every 6 months for the past 4 years) that at today’s appointment, they now have periodontal disease? Are you concerned about telling your patients they have disease? If you are concerned, I want you to know that you are Read More
November 11, 2015
Tuesday November 10, 2015, Dental Practice Solutions hosted a webinar called “5 Steps to Creating a More Productive and Profitable Hygiene Department” (and without working harder or more days) This subject of this webinar was Hygiene Department Empowerment. There were hundreds of dental professionals in attendance. We were at maximum capacity and if you want Read More
[video_player type=”embed” width=”560″ height=”315″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″][/video_player] Tuesday November 10, 2015, Dental Practice Solutions hosted a webinar called “5 Steps to Creating a More Productive and Profitable Hygiene Department” (and without working harder or more days) This subject of this webinar was Hygiene Department Empowerment. There were hundreds of dental professionals in attendance. We were Read More
November 5, 2015
I get this question at least every month so I want to address this publicly. The question is ” Can we alternate our Perio Maintenance appointments with a Prophy Appointment?” The answer to this question is going to be “No.”[video_player type=”embed” width=”560″ height=”315″ align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”20″][/video_player] You may ask “WHY?” Here is Why: Periodontal disease Read More