The Perkin Elmer’s Standard of Business Conduct is a great resource for dentists with independent or franchise practices – as well as anyone who interviews and hires employees. It delves into the importance of integrity in the workplace. Check out the pdf here.

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Continuing education, the Internet, and self-learning have combined to make postgraduate education easier than ever. For instance, The Dawson Center offers a great selection of videos and books, as well as other resources for your entire team, available for purchase online. Educational materials from Pankey and LVI are right at your fingertips these days. You [...]

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What makes your practice different? What makes patients want to come back? It’s a hot term in the industry, The Wow Effect or The Wow Factor. What is it? Dr. Joe Blaes, editor for Dental Economics and a renowned dental speaker and educator, wrote about Wow-ing patients in “Focus On: Equipment” in the May 2008 [...]

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CareCredit is endorsed by 46 state dental associations. The company has been around for two decades, and CareCredit financing has helped more than seven million patients on this continent. Why is it the leader in patient financing? Convenience, most likely. CareCredit makes application easy for patients and the dental team. Having a simple financing option [...]

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You have your CareCredit, your CapitalOne HCF, your Wells Fargo, Springstone, and others. Basically, you have options when it comes to patient financing through a third party. Chase has officially thrown its hat in the ring with ChaseHealthAdvance. And if you’re wondering why Unicorn didn’t make the list of financing companies, Chase bought them out. [...]

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In DentalTown this month, Dr. Howard Farran wrote about saving time and increasing productivity in his column, “Howard Speaks.” The facts he related are quite interesting. For instance, did you know that America’s productivity has shown a 2.2 to 3.6 increase every single year for the past century? That’s amazing in and of itself, [...]

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I don’t think there’s any question that in the minds of most Americans, the economy is in a slowdown, though whether it’s media driven or real economic decline could be argued. Most dentists and labs I talk to see a slowdown. At times like these, dentists tend to stop presenting treatment plans as normal, and [...]

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With exciting dental tools, like CEREC, iTero, and diode lasers, as well as the popularity that Extreme Makeover brought to cosmetic dentistry, being a dentist in 2008 seems like a pretty good career choice. The industry is moving forward, expanding; there are new revenue-generating opportunities…but the US economy is stormy right now, and no one [...]

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In Dental Economics this month, Susan Holler relates how you can initiate a cosmetic focus from a patient’s first dental visit. From phone call to office tour, the first contact(s) with the office are critical in establishing a good impression. They also provide a casual opportunity for information gathering in regards to the patient’s concerns, [...]

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How efficient is your office? Is it time to prune some of the tasks that sap time and energy so that you can save time and money? Here are five high-tech tips to make your office systems more productive:

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