If you haven’t already done so, be sure to register now for the Toronto Academy of Dentistry’s 73rd Annual Winter Clinic Meeting! The meeting is taking place on Friday, November 12th at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building and registration is open online until midnight November 10th! After that, registration is still available on … Read more
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Just noodling on the Net – registered for Vimeo.com – review the welcome email below – content should suggest what it’s about…..in a world of mydentalhub.com and dentpix.com for patient education – suddenly, like Facebook, it’s gone viral…it’s YouTube on steroids, a community of tutorials about how to be mini-dental Spielbergs….it’s getting better and wilder … Read more
Ask anyone what the biggest hiccup in their day is and they’ll tell you it’s the inability to get accurate information about a patient’s condition or history or the inability to immediately connect with a referral to get clarification on the concerns or to clarify the treatment considerations. It’s pandemic from prescriptions to labs that … Read more
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Rather than exalting Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg in this missive……………..no wait, it deserves to be done…….iPAD, fastest selling electronic device in history, MZ – youngest billionaire ever……..let’s simply look at what is happening because of them to the Internet and by extension to dental practice…….visit www.thevisibledentist.com and GOOGLE “twitter for dentists” and then come on … Read more
Pick up a newspaper, read the news online, listen to the radio or watch TV and the fact that we’re all not slitting our wrists on a daily basis is simply a manifestation of the innate will to survive. The uncertainty of the economy, the fact that Donald Trump of the surreal combover is considering … Read more
Lisa Philp, RDH, CMC is the President of Transitions Group North America, a full service coaching company for dentistry. She graduated from East Tennessee State University as a Registered Dental Hygienist in 1987. Her career began with clinical hygiene in United States and Canada to the creation of a periodontal disease management program in which … Read more
With all the technologic advances and sophistication coming to the fore in the dental armamentarium, the advancement and sophistication necessary to ensure their delivery to a consumer base faced with a schizophrenic economy is lacking. Thanks to the invaluable and extraordinary contribution by Lisa Philp of Transitions Group North America, Mouthing Off presents a … Read more
From the TIPS BLOG by TNT Dental. Do you have a Twitter account? Do you use it? Correctly? Not that you’ll be abducted by birds if you don’t use Twitter to its full advantage (imagine thousands of blue cartoon birds carrying you away), but if you want to make the most of your time, here … Read more
By Dr. Gordon Christensen Source:DentistryIQEmbezzlement and fraud are rampant in dental practices. Here are two of the most common methods of dishonesty: 1. Patients on the day sheet should be the same as those on the appointment schedule. It is simple for an employee to drop a patient who paid cash off the day sheet, … Read more
by Peter Wylie Published June 10,2010 It’s time to debunk the big myths that are keeping business owners and marketers on the social media sidelines. As with any new technology, social media has spawned its share of misconceptions and myths that keep people from interacting. Myth #1: My Customers Aren’t on Social Media Wow, if I had … Read more
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Back in April, Google officially re-branded Google Local Search as Google Places. Why the rebrand? There are a couple of motivations as I see it: A,,) Google wants to dominate the local search wars, and B) Google is attempting to position their local search service to take advantage of ad revenue. Regardless of their motivations for … Read more
Ontario Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) – Dentists The Ontario government announced in its March 26, 2009 budget, that it will adopt a single sales tax system effective July 1, 2010. This new system will combine the 5% Federal Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the 8% Ontario Retail Sales Tax (PST) to create a 13% … Read more
A full schedule translates into revenues and production only if the patients come in. If a practice loses 1 to 2 appointments/day, either on the hygienist‘s schedule or on the dentist’s schedule, the lost production from this could be anywhere from $100 (minimally) to $900 per day, depending upon the procedure. These are dollar figures … Read more
In the course of looking for information on “green” office design, I identified several interesting websites and an article from Dental Economics worth reposting…… Image via Wikipedia http://www.practicedesigngroup.com http://www.unthank.comhttp://www.burkhartdental.com Each provided an interesting feature – floor plans, design, et al…..but in retrospect, I wondered if we know when we start our practice, our careers, what … Read more
http://pinerundental.com – one of the more unique dental websites – this blogger – has seen – virtual tour with a virtual tour guide…..does this provide a more personalized web experience for the visitor – your comments are welcome. Image by Chris Pirillo via Flickr How it works:Hollywood manages to transport moviegoers to different places be … Read more
The Customer’s Point of View ANALYSIS BY: Linda McIntosh Introduction How often do we contact customer support thinking that our problems/frustrations are going to be solved only to realize it has only just begun? We’ve all been there. When we call support we want to be heard, understood and we want our problems solved quickly … Read more