How much external marketing you do will depend on your dental practice and the area in which you live. One of my experiences is that no matter how a potential patient hears about you, the first thing they do is go to the internet and look you up. Finding your website used to be a focus for this, but today I am finding that Google reviews have an incredible Read More
A Simple Practice Metric To Review Daily
Kelly Brady and I were together for the ADA Annual Meeting, and he asked me what one metric I looked at every day in my dental practice. My answer was: Reappointment Rate. This is a simple metric that you can easily calculate on a printout of the day's patients. In this video I discuss how I track it in my practice and why. I also mention a practice Read More
The Power of Patient Follow-Up
This week I had the opportunity to experience the power of following up with patients, or more directly, the power of relationship. The patient came in with muscle pain and we recommended and made a Quicksplint as both a therapeutic and diagnostic tool. Several days later I sent her a simple text and received a simple reply. After the fact she shared with me Read More
Ecosite Bulk Fill for Efficient Composite Placement
I have recently started to use DMG America's new Ecosite Bulk Fill in my practice. Using reliable, high quality composite materials is critical. On average I do over 1,000 posterior composites in my practice per year and I'm guessing you do many of these as well. In this video I will go through the process of placing a class one posterior composite from air Read More
Dental Team Values Clarification
Values are belief systems that guide us silently as we make choices and decisions. Working through a values clarification with your team can be extremely fun and enlightening. Values conflicts are often at the basis of conflict. In this video I will walk you through how to do a values clarification exercise at your next team meeting. Read More
Morning Team Meetings
One of the most common questions I get asked is whether we have morning meetings everyday. I have 3 goals for our morning meetings: Quickly review the day before and asked what worked well? Look at the day coming up and see what people need for the day to work well. Get centered energized to work with each other and serve our patients regardless Read More
Bad Review
Several of my core values got challenged this week and it was great learning. It came in the form of a less then stellar review for a recent program I had given at a dental meeting. Whether the review is in this format, or from a patient, the learning is in how it made me feel and how I managed it. The negative self talk, and the fact that it dominated my Read More
ABC Patient Classification
One of the most common questions I field when lecturing at dental meetings is "How do you deal with late cancellations, or patients who always cancel?" In my practice we have designed a system we call the ABC classification system. This allows us to keep patients in the practice, but also make the best use of our time and theirs. In this video I will share Read More
You vs. the Universe
As we start a new year I want to share a picture with you all from one of my greatest mentors that captures an incredible life lesson for me. Wrapping my head around the difference between my plan for how the year will go, and the Universe's plans for how the year will go has been an important one. Part of my learning was to embrace that I have everything I Read More
Market Timing
Market timing, which I addressed in my webinar on the "Five Hurdles to Wealth Accumulation" is the idea that we can get better information then other investors. This information is used to buy and sell, move in and out of the market with precise timing that maximizes our returns. Let's look at some science and see if that actually works, versus steady Read More