Strengthen Your Business Skills to Protect You and Your Practice

business skills

You probably aren’t looking to return to school anytime soon, but as dental professionals across the world know all too well, attending continuing education courses is essential to your growth as both a practitioner and business owner. 38.1 per cent of Canadian dentists* are interested in attending a CE course on running a small business. … Read more

DentiMax 18

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DentiMax, Inc. released a major makeover of its Canadian practice management software. Available in both cloud and server versions, DentiMax 18 is more graphical, powerful and easier to use than any of its predecessors. With its new graphical charting screen, larger fonts and easily identifiable icons, DentiMax 18 navigates smoothly between the back and front … Read more

Individual Pension Plans – Back in the Spotlight

Individual Pension Plans

This past July, the federal government introduced proposals to overhaul the tax rules affecting active private corporations (including dentistry professional corporations and technical services corporations). Since the summer announcement, the government has faced increasing opposition from farmers, professionals and small business owners across the country. As a result, they have backed away from some of … Read more

Britannia Village Dental Centre

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After 20 years in her former location, Dr. Gillian Espie felt her practice had outgrown her space.  She looked forward to moving to a bright new site, and creating an office where she and her team would enjoy working every day, and where her patients would feel comfortable and well cared for. Dr. Espie’s vision … Read more

The 8 Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus

It’s not easy being Santa Claus. You may not know this, but Santa has two roles that people rarely associate with him; Santa the Manager and Santa the Leader. After all, he is running a business and he is the boss. There are workers to lead, letters to read, processes to manage, stuff to buy, … Read more

Tips on How to Interact with Patients Who Have Mental Health, Intellectual, Learning Disabilities or Language/Speech Impairments

The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act ( AODA) is a law in Ontario that allows the government to develop specific standards of accessibility and to enforce them. Recognizing the history of discrimination against persons with disabilities in Ontario, the purpose of this act is to benefit all Ontarians by: 1. Developing, implementing and enforcing … Read more

Who Are the Five Victims of Dental Insurance Fraud?

Studies show that 3 out of 5 dentists will face fraudulent activity in their offices at some time during their career. The alarming statistic leads one to wonder how many dental offices are experiencing this at some level and either don’t know what is happening or may be aware that something is wrong but don’t … Read more

Dental Practice Management: How to Reduce Broken Appointments by 25-50%

PR Newswire is hot today!!! Complimentary Webinar on Friday, May 20, 2011 at 10 a.m. Eastern, Hosted by Visionary Management MORRISVILLE, Pa., May 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Downtime caused by patient no-shows and cancellations is the biggest source of lost revenue for many general dentists. “A dentist’s treatment schedule translates to revenues and production only if patients … Read more