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Thanks to Dr. Tom Hedge for providing video coverage of select vendor booths at the Chicago Midwinter Dental Conference!

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COSTA MESA, CALIF., FEBRUARY, 2010 – The Academy of Dental CPA’s (www.ADCPA.org) recently validated and approved an analysis verifying patients who use CareCredit to pay for dentistry accept 44% more care over the five-year period following their initial transaction than patients without CareCredit as a financial resource.
The 2009 study analyzed more than 1 million households [...]

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MEDIA RELEASE February 17, 2010

New Digital Music Service Designed Just For Dental Practices
Boulder, CO – Dental offices now have a better alternative for their in-office music. Custom Channels, a company that creates custom on-line and on-premise radio stations for nationally known brands, has launched Smile Radio – a music service specifically designed for dental practices.
Smile [...]

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One Simple Step to Success for 2010
Do you have a strategic plan for your dental business in 2010? Most businesses that don’t have a plan fail to become successful. Don’t enter into a new decade blindly…make sure you have a plan.
Have you ever heard the saying “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail”? [...]

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In this month’s dentaltown.com print edition, DentalBlogs contributor and “great mind” Dr. Rhonda Savage shares her insight into what makes dentists’ financial policies successful. Her practical advice and tips can help you develop a great financial policy that will “keep your patients coming back.”
Dr. Savage recommends that the doctor get and stay involved in the [...]

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Protecting patient data is a critical part of the modern dental practice – especially in light of HIPAA requirements. How does this translate into daily operations at your practice? Tom Terronez of Medix Dental has put together some tips to make sure you are doing all you can to protect your patient’s data…
1. Are you emailing [...]

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There is a drive on for all healthcare workers to receive both seasonal influenza and H1N1 vaccinations.
New York is the first state to require all healthcare workers, who have direct patient contact at hospitals, hospices, health centers or even home care, to get flu shots – both the seasonal flu and the H1N1 when it [...]

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TWO SIDES OF THE MANAGEMENT COIN: DENTAL BENEFIT PLANS
STAFF’S VIEWPOINT: BY: Linda Miles, CMC
DOCTOR’S VIEPOINT: BY: Rhonda Savage, DDS

Dental insurance can be a frustrating topic for dentists and dental team members. In this article, we’ll review common concerns from both sides, then present an end-of-the-year insurance benefits template that you can use for your insurance [...]

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The Chicago Dental Society ran a Facebook poll back in June/July: Is cell phone texting by patients in the dental chair a problem for the dental care team? Four out of five responding dentists said that their patients do text in the chair, and nearly half of those dentists gave a hearty “yes!” in regards [...]

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Annapolis, MD: August 27, 2009 – The Organization for Safety & Asepsis Procedures (OSAP) has announced a call for abstracts for their 2010 Annual Symposium, which will be held June 10-13, 2010 in Tampa, Florida. The Symposium will feature leading experts on infection control and occupational health and safety sharing information of critical concern [...]

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