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 When a patient complains to you or a team member, you really need to listen. If you don’t, it may end up costing your practice thousands of dollars in lost revenue.

3 ways ignoring patient complaints is costing you money

Dr. Roger P. Levin is the CEO of Levin Group, a leading dental management consulting firm. Founded in 1985, Levin Group has worked with over 30,000 dental practices. Dr. Levin is one of the most sought-after speakers in dentistry and is a leading authority on dental practice success and sustainable growth. Through extensive research and cutting-edge innovation, Dr. Levin is a recognized expert on propelling practices into the top 10 percent. He has authored 65 books and over 4,000 articles on dental practice management and marketing. He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Time magazine and is the creator of the Levin Group Tip of the Day, which has over 30,000 subscribers. To contact Dr. Levin, visit www.levingroup.com or email rlevin@levingroup.com. 

6 strategies to grow your practice's production in cosmetic dentistry

Tim has spent his entire working life as a financial advisor but the only that that really matters is meeting his wife, Dana Yeoman D.D.S.   In the process of joining lives together Tim learned what the life of a dentist is like.  Seeing his wife's frustration with the complexity of running a dental practice he set out to make things simple.  Since meeting his wife Tim has advised hundreds of dentists on wealth management issues that dentists face.  Tim is CEO of LifeStone Wealth Management - An Dental Only Wealth Management Firm that works with a limited number of dentists for whom he can have a significant impact.  He has also been recognized as a “Best Financial Advisors for Dentists” by Dental Products Report in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.  He and Dana enjoy exploring California’s wine country,  a good single malt, and raising standard poodles.  Tim can be reached at tim@lifestonewm.com or 855-FIN-XRAY (855-346-9729)

The top 4 reasons to fire your financial advisor

Dayna Johnson has helped dental offices from around the country easily transition down the path to paperless using her years of experience as a dental office manager and Certified Dentrix Trainer. As one of the country's most trusted consultants, she gives a straightforward and complete assessment for each of her clients. No two dental offices are alike, and Dayna channels her passion for going chartless to help each of her clients fulfill their goals and increase their profitability. For more information, visit www.raedentalmanagement.com or her blog at thedentrixofficemanager.blogspot.com.

What Would Dayna Do ... about the proper coding and billing for an oral cancer screening in the dental practice?

Linda Miles loves to find a needed niche in business and life then fill it. At age 35, in 1978, she founded a successful INC 500 dental consulting business: Linda Miles and Associates (Now Miles Global). After 29 years she sold it to a dentist client. Simultaneously in 1997, Linda founded the Speaking Consulting Network to advise others how to build their own successful dental speaking, consulting and writing businesses. In 2010 after 14 years, she semi-retired and sold that business which had grown from 11 mentees to more than 150 attendees at the annual conferences. She continues to participate in the annual session and personal coaching of new members. She can be reached through www.AskLindaMiles.com.

Important lessons about dental staff compensation

Janice Janssen, RDH, CFE, combines her years of clinical expertise and well-rounded management experience to position herself to provide high-quality consulting services. She has earned the designation of “Certified Fraud Examiner,” which finds her investigating misappropriation of funds in dental office and, just as diligently, working to rebuild the practice. Janice is a co-founder of Global Team Solutions, a practice management consulting firm, a professional speaker, and published author. You may reach her at Janice@GTSgurus.com.

Rebuilding hope and trust after embezzlement in the dental practice

How dental team members should ask for a raise

Looking for the latest dental fee information for your state or region? Look no further than this exclusive report from Sikka Software and Dental Products Report.

Dental fees broken down by geographic region

Bruce Bryen is a certified public accountant with over 45 years of experience and is a part of Baratz & Associates CPAs. He specializes in deferred compensation, such as retirement planning design; income and estate tax planning; determination of the proper organizational business structure; asset protection and structuring loan packages for presentation to financial institutions. He is experienced in providing litigation support services to dentists with Valuation and Expert Witness testimony in matrimonial and partnership dispute cases. He is also a financial writer for several dental journals. You may contact him at 609-502-0691 or at 

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