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March 21, 2012

TA Associates, a leading growth private equity firm, has signed a definitive agreement to invest in dental specialist Amann Girrbach AG, a developer, manufacturer and marketer of equipment and consumables for dental reconstruction. Alpine Equity, formerly Hypo Equity, will sell its stake in Amann Girrbach in this transaction.

March 21, 2012

The concept of market segmentation has been a part of the marketing scene since long before the phrase was coined. Any time someone with something to sell (or say, for that matter), identified and spoke directly to “…a sub-set of a market made up of people or organizations with one or more characteristics that cause them to demand similar product and/or services based on qualities of those products such as price or function“* they employed a market segmentation strategy.

March 21, 2012

As the country's economic recovery remains stagnated, at best, and with recent news that the poverty level in the US has increased yet again, it is easy to see that Americans continue to find themselves less able to afford dental insurance or pay for fee for service dentistry.  As children of the poor are quite often the victims of recession and unemployment, Medicaid was designed to provide the needed dental care for such children and qualified, disabled adults. It is not surprising now to see that Medicaid in dentistry is on the rise.

March 21, 2012

It won’t be long before children will creep out of their beds at night hoping to see a glimpse of jolly, red-suited Santa sliding down the chimney with a bag full of wrapped presents. Christmas, Kwanzaa and Hanukkah are approaching and one dental practice, My Family Dental Centers, wants to make the holiday season merry for everyone – including the youngest members of their communities. Office staffers began making preparations in October to ensure that all children have presents to unwrap.

March 21, 2012

One of the many things we learned in our annual Technology Census is that the readers of Dental Products Report really do like technology, but that the large majority is not just going to jump at the newest gadgets without a little investigating.

March 21, 2012

The Set-Up: “Optimal patient care is best accomplished with a team approach. When each practitioner works within their own unique areas of expertise, the patient benefits and the doctors benefit as well. In this article, Dr. Huot draws on his experience as a restorative dentist to address the all-important periodontist/general practitioner relationship,” Dr. Peter Cabrera, Team Lead

March 21, 2012

The first dental school to open in 40 years in Illinois recently welcomed its first class and is part of a trend toward opening new schools that is being seen nationwide. One hundred and thirty one students are in the inaugural class of the new College of Dental Medicine-Illinois in Downers Grove. According to a report by the American Dental Association, it is one eight institutions that have opened dental schools since 1997, and two others have announced their intentions to start schools.

March 21, 2012

Doctors Allen and Kelly Smudde of Valencia, CA-based Smudde Dental decided to go paperless in 2007. The improvement in efficiency for the 6,000-patient practice has been noticeable. The same patient exam that used to take between one and a half hours to two hours now takes 45 minutes.

March 21, 2012

Dental practice management software has become ubiquitous. Most practices today are computerized at some level, whether they are using computers simply as an internet portal or facilitating the completely paperless office. Dental practice management software is useful on a daily basis in addition to becoming increasingly critical in the evaluation of a purchase opportunity. Here’s how.