Practice Management

As senior brand marketing manager at ProSites, Kelli Bock is passionate about diving into the challenges facing the dental industry and how marketing, technology, and communication tools can help build patient trust and improve patient care in practices of all shapes and sizes.

Articles

A good search engine optimization strategy can bring in new patients, new business, and new profitability for the dental practice. 

Master the Secret Weapon of SEO to Attract New Patients

This new whitepaper from Miele details on dental instrument reprocessing best practices for the dental lab and practice. 

Miele Adds to Professional Whitepaper Series with Dental Instrument Processing Deep Dive

Robert Elsenpeter is a freelance writer and frequent contributor to Dental Products Report and Dental Lab Products. He is also the author of 18 technology books, including the award-winning Green IT: Reduce Your Information System's Environmental Impact While Adding to the Bottom Line. As such, he’s particularly interested in the technological side of dentistry.

The dental practice has a flow and function that can be optimized to better serve both the dental staff and the patients. 

New Trends in Dental Practice Design and Flow

Lisa Newburger, a master's level social worker supervisor, helps audiences find humor in talking about tough topics. Her "in-your-face" style of presentations and writing will make you smile or just shock you into taking some action. Either way, she is very effective at empowering others to reach their goals and feel better about themselves. Her entertaining workshops are available for national and international audiences. Writing for the dental industry since 2010, she uses an alterego (Diana Directive) to illustrate her points in a sarcastic but effective way. Presentations can be scheduled by contacting Lisa at www.discussdirectives.com/dental.html.

We share the perspectives of 4 different roles on the hiring and staffing crisis in the dental practice.  

4 Perspectives on The Hiring Nightmare in Dentistry

Digital workflows change many aspects about your practice, including the staff roles. What should each member of the team should know and be able to do when adding digital services to your practice?

Digital Workflow: Staff Roles in a Digital Practice

Stan Goff is a Managing Editor with MJH Life Sciences, which includes Dental Products Report, Dental Practice Management, Dental Lab Products, Modern Hygienist, and Dentist's Money Digest. He has covered the dental industry since 1999 and can be reached at sgoff@mjhlifesciences.com.  

Sunbit’s Smile Now, Pay Over Time program is enabling 2 Nevada practices to assist more clients by offering them the flexibility to pay for dental services over a period of 6, 12, 18, 24, and even up to 72 months.

Closer Look: A Financial Solution Helps Patients Help Themselves

Children often follow their parents into the profession, the leadership of privately held dental companies is passed down from one generation to the next, and dental products are grouped under the same brand name. However you look at it, dentistry is often a family business. Let’s see why that is the case.

All in the Family: From Family-Owned Practices and Brands to Product Families, Dentistry is a Family Affair

Software app designed to automatically refill canceled dentist appointments.

Kancld Software Looks to Resolve Problem of Patient Cancellations

Amira Ogunleye, DDS, is an award-winning cosmetic dentist and co-owner of the dental powerhouse, Beautiful Smiles, in South Florida. Her passion and commitment to excellence creates the best smiles and brightest days for all her clients. She was the youngest student in the history of Howard University College of Dentistry, Washington, DC, to complete a doctoral degree. Dr Ogunleye never forgets where she comes from and is committed to lifting others as she climbs. She is also a proud wife and mother of 2 children.

How my past inspired my passion to break down barriers in dentistry.

From Immigrant to Dental Care Advocate

This new software platform from Complete Specialty Solutions will help bring in-house specialty capabilities to dental service organizations and specialists across North America. 