Lorne Lavine, DMD, founder and president of The Digital Dentist, has more than 30 years invested in the dental and dental technology fields. A graduate of USC, he earned his DMD from Boston University and completed his residency at the Eastman Dental Center in Rochester, N.Y. He received his specialty training at the University of Washington and went into private practice in Vermont until moving to California in 2002 to establish TDD, a company that focuses on the specialized technological and HIPAA needs of the dental community. He can be reached at drlavine@thedigitaldentists.com or 866-204-3398.

Articles

A tech solution for ordering your practice’s supplies and automating your workflows can simplify your life.

Automating the Dental Supply Chain to Reduce Waste

Kristin Hohman has served as Associate Editor of Dental Products report since 2019. She has a background in journalism and digital content. Kristin can be reached at khohman@mjhlifesciences.com.

A look at the benefits this office manager experienced after switching to Dentrix Ascend software.

Up Next–Dentrix Ascend

Randy Modos is the President and Co-Founder of PayJunction, a payment processor of choice for practice-based industries for over 20 years. PayJunction provides a modern end-to-end payment technology that is backed by a customer first approach to service and transparent pricing. The company processes $7 Billion in transaction volume annually and works with nearly 2,000 medical practices across the United States.

How digital invoices and receipts save trees, reduce costs, boost productivity, and improve the patient experience.


The Environmental and Health Impacts of Paper Receipts and Invoices

Podcasts

Products from Crest, Dentsply Sirona, and Align Technology are all featured in this week's episode! Plus we have some exciting news to share about our programming!

ProductBites Episode 11

Benco Dental and Overjet will partner to bring artificial intelligence-powered diagnostic tools to dental practices across the U.S.. 


Benco Dental Announces Partnership with Overjet

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.

Tools like Indeed.com are a great resource when hiring for the dental practice. Here are a few tips to get the best out of these posting websites. 

Using Job Websites to Efficiently Staff the Dental Practice

Kellie Nock is the assistant editor for Dental Products Report. She graduated from Kent State University in 2018 with a Bachelor's in Journalism. Kellie enjoys multimedia content creation with a focus on audio and video storytelling. 

More support from bosses, better products, and flexible scheduling also top list in HuFriedyGroup survey of dental professionals. 

Dental Hygienists Want More Pay and Updated Technology, Survey Results Show

As a diamond sponsor, Midmark will offer design consultations and 3D renderings for practice design solutions. 

Midmark to be Diamond Sponsor for Henry Schein Dental’s THRIVELIVE 2022 Event

As a Fortune Management Coach, Adrienne MacKenzie brings almost 15 years of dental experience to the team. She worked in administrative, marketing and leadership roles and learned first-hand what it takes to run a successful practice. She looks forward to assisting teams develop growth strategies, achievable long term goals and supporting dental practices' visions, missions and core values. Adrienne loves helping dental practices of all sizes recharge, realize their potential and maximize each team member's strengths. As a certified DiSC trainer, she helps teams understand the power of behavioral styles to maximize efficiency, “people read” their patients and ultimately increase case acceptance.

Adrienne is proud to be a Pennsylvania State University graduate and has over 2 decades of experience in business development, marketing and public relations. Her unique background has provided her with greater insight to "people power." Companies do not thrive because of 1 person; they thrive because the right people are in place, feeling empowered and working towards the vision and mission of the company, living the core values each day.

Meet your team members where they are to really help them grow and transform. Life, after all, is really about connections, making a difference, being present, and supporting one another in our own unique journeys of transformation

Metamorphosis—Helping Our Dental Team Members Grow Their Wings 

These custom forms will make communicating important information to patients easier and more efficient. 