Choosing the right dental lab is one of the biggest decisions a dentist faces today. There’s a multitude of reasons why dentists change labs; high prices, poor communication, delayed cases, with the number one reason (66%) being inconsistent quality. Technical excellence and consistent quality are the biggest area of concern, as the average dentist spends over 8% of their annual sales on their labs. Are you doing everything that you can to control your costs? Finding the right lab partner can be a daunting process…. Is the lab US based? Do they have an actual location with lab technicians ...
When it comes to practice management, the administrative and bureaucratic needs are not where your team wants to get bogged down. Unfortunately, lawmakers don’t spend much time at the small medical and dental practices that struggle to keep up with evolving regulations and mandatory programs. Similarly, your dental practice doesn’t want to spend its time poring over legal changes, but keeping up with EPCS and ePrescribing mandates is essential, even more so for dental service organizations (DSOs). Thankfully, there are tools on the market designed to help you meet those mandates all while improving your practice’s productivity and efficiency and ...
By Chris Stark, VP Network Services, BEST for Dentistry | Making decisions that directly impact your business profitability can seem like a daunting task. With regular increased overhead costs and the worry of inflation, now is the time to plan for the coming year. To help you get started, ask these 5 questions to find PPO and revenue enhancement solutions: Question # 1: What are my major revenue problems? You agreed to discounted/poor PPO reimbursement levels when you signed up with PPOs Your PPO fee schedules rarely increase and more often stay the same or decrease Your patient volume is ...
By Kandis Garland, RDH MS | Day to day operations in a dental practice run by certain routines or systems. There are particular processes that must happen for a practice to run smoothly. This article will provide clinicians with helpful suggestions for an efficient and consistent process, or flow, with the instrument processing cycle. Sometimes the clinical day is not as smooth as it could be. Breakdowns can slow down or impeded the process. Several things can impede the instrument processing flow such as clutter. Instrument processing space & treatment room Cluttered spaces require more time for cleaning and disinfection, ...
