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January 16, 2013

Many practices that do follow statistics go only as far as comparing their numbers with last year, expert range norms or what they heard their colleagues have accomplished. This is managing by hindsight only and leads to reactive decisions that do not ensure continued growth and progress. If a dentist and team are going to monitor progress through statistical analysis, a key ingredient must be SMART goal setting. This is the only way pro-active foresight can be applied to future success.

May 31, 2012

If you’re not communicating with your lab technician, you’re losing money.

March 21, 2012

CHARLOTTE, NC –- The Doctors TV Show, which airs on the CBS network, recently featured a segment on the CEREC AC system from Sirona Dental Systems. CEREC AC, a groundbreaking technological advance in chairside CAD/CAM, gives dentists the ability to capture digital impressions and create precise dental restorations in a single appointment.

March 21, 2012

General dentists see volumes of patients each year. However, only 1 in 4 adults has straight teeth and a healthy stable bite. General dentists can add Invisalign® to their practices knowing there are many patients who can benefit from treatment.  An excellent way to market Invisalign is to educate patients about its benefits.

March 21, 2012

January 2010 | dentalproductsreport.com Exclusive Survey You should have a plan In good times and in bad, practitioners need to know how best to shop for products and technologies and how to get the most out of their purchases. by Stan Goff, Executive Editor Photo: Fusion/Getty Images

March 21, 2012

April 2010 | Dental Products Report web exclusive

March 21, 2012

January 2010 | dlpmagazine.com Forward Trends Dentistry without borders How emerging technologies and new business models can connect you to a global market. by Richard Palmer Photo: Comstock/Getty Images It is a small world after all.

March 21, 2012

The quest for a direct dental restorative material that combines the ease-of-use and durability of amalgam with the biocompatibility and esthetics of composites has lead a team of scientists at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in San Antonio to develop a material concept on a nanometer (10-9 meters) scale.

March 21, 2012

Fred Joyal is CEO of 1?800-DENTIST and author of Everything is Marketing: The Ultimate Strategy for Dental Practice Growth. He can be reached at goaskfred.com.

March 21, 2012

VENICE, Fla., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Zimmer Dental and XCPT Communication Technologies, LLC have signed a three year agreement to collaborate by incorporating XCPT's innovative software applications into Zimmer Dental's Digital Dentistry initiatives.  

March 21, 2012

You can’t talk strategic planning without talking statistical interpretation of success, and you can’t talk statistics all by yourself. In the small business of dentistry, it is essential to keep the staff educated and engaged in your vision, values and strategies. That requires forwarding the concept of open book management as a key practice management tool. An open book? Open book management is when businesses share key financial and strategic details with employees. 

March 21, 2012

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March 21, 2012

MINNEAPOLIS /PRNewswire/ -- Minnesota dentists will provide free dental care to less fortunate children on Friday, February 5 and Saturday, February 6 at nearly 200 locations statewide. The Minnesota Dental Association is sponsoring this unique outreach effort, called Give Kids a Smile, for the 8th consecutive year. Appointments are being scheduled now.

March 21, 2012

January 2010 | dentalproductsreport.com Think like a CEO Should you open that door? The pros and cons of open book management. by Amy Morgan, CEO of the Pride Institute   Amy Morgan is CEO of the Pride Institute. With Pride since 1993, she is a sought-after educator who still consults one-on-one with practices.

March 21, 2012

For more than 20 years, DENTSPLY Tulsa Dental Specialties has helped clinicians achieve beautiful, precise and 3D fills.The Calamus Dual 3D® Obturation System offers the best of both worlds in downpack and backfill obturation techniques by positioning the handpieces on one convenient, space-saving console.

March 21, 2012

April 2010 | Dental Products Report web exclusive

March 21, 2012

January 2010 | dlpmagazine.com Forward Trends Dentistry without borders How emerging technologies and new business models can connect you to a global market. by Richard Palmer Photo: Comstock/Getty Images It is a small world after all.

March 21, 2012

Chlorine dioxide disinfectant, ClO2, well known as a biofilm remover in commerce and industry, is now available in DIOXIBRITE™ Toothpaste. This ingredient, combined in an oral product, removes stubborn films on teeth and gums harboring bacteria and odorous compounds. Additionally, chlorine dioxide, as a small non ionic molecule and a gas, easily penetrates between the teeth.

March 21, 2012

January 2010 | Dental Products Report 10 questions: Rich Hirschland Q +A: Rich Hirschland President, Dental Systems Group for Carestream Health Inc.   Photo: President Dental Systems Group for Carestream Health Inc. 01 What sets PracticeWorks, a division of Carestream Health, apart from the rest of the industry?

March 21, 2012

  Photo: EvoraPlus Probiotics have been around for some time, but a relatively new product is designed to use them to tackle a number of oral health issues.

March 21, 2012

January 2010 | dlpmagazine.com Tech corner: Applying new technologies Dynamic Duo The DuoTron’s Super Coil speeds zirconia sintering with minimal energy. Information provided by B&D Dental Technologies.

March 21, 2012

2009 was a year filled with opportunity and challenge (more of the latter than some may have preferred).  As the pace of change continues to accelerate, we should expect no shortage of challenge and opportunity in 2010. Much of this opportunity for growth will continue to be found online, specifically, in the area of reputation management. The challenge will lay largely in trying to keep up without being distracted from what you find fulfilling and profitable.

March 21, 2012

Finding a product that purports to deliver a brighter, whiter smile is not in any way difficult. With whitening products on sale via late night television ads, Web sites and shopping mall kiosks, a dentist’s office or a pharmacy might be the last place consumers looking for whiter teeth begin their search.

March 21, 2012

January 2010 | dlpmagazine.com Tech corner: Applying new technologies Dynamic Duo The DuoTron’s Super Coil speeds zirconia sintering with minimal energy. Information provided by B&D Dental Technologies.

March 21, 2012

Many practices that do follow statistics go only as far as comparing their numbers with last year, expert range norms or what they heard their colleagues have accomplished. This is managing by hindsight only and leads to reactive decisions that do not ensure continued growth and progress. If a dentist and team are going to monitor progress through statistical analysis, a key ingredient must be SMART goal setting. This is the only way pro-active foresight can be applied to future success.

March 21, 2012

OAK BROOK, Ill., /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congress is very close to improving oral health for those children without dental coverage today, but without a few small, significant changes, final health care reform legislation could actually disrupt dental coverage for millions of children who already have it now. That's the assessment of Delta Dental Plans Association President Kim Volk, who is urging members of Congress to consider key oral health provisions as the House and Senate reconcile their differing health care reform bills.

March 21, 2012

Kool Smiles, a network of local dentists in the U.S., was an early adopter of SIP trunking.  SIP trunks have become a simple, cost-effective way for businesses to transition from traditional telephony to Voice-over-IP (or VoIP), which essentially shifts all phone calls to the Internet.

March 21, 2012

The subject Nine months into a rough year, Dr. Everyman walks into his morning huddle, already feeling far from successful. He has been watching a lot of TV and has heard all the news about job layoffs, bankruptcies and other economic issues. On a personal note, last month he was unable to draw his normal salary and he has never been able to put away as much money in savings as he would like. At huddle, the team seems distracted and unresponsive to his concerns.

March 21, 2012

January 2010 | Dental Products Report Products in practice Talk should be cheap Online communication is an economical way to reach out to your patients and bring extra money into your practice. by Renee Knight Photo: Asia Images Group/Getty Images

March 21, 2012

January 2010 | Dental Products Report 10 questions: Rich Hirschland Q +A: Rich Hirschland President, Dental Systems Group for Carestream Health Inc.   Photo: President Dental Systems Group for Carestream Health Inc. 01 What sets PracticeWorks, a division of Carestream Health, apart from the rest of the industry?