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Dental Economics Magazine, March 2007 ARTICLES

Volume: 97

Issue: 3

March 2007

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Ask Dr. Christensen

In this monthly feature, Dr. Gordon Christensen addresses the most frequently asked questions from Dental Economics readers.

Dental Reimbursement

The job is not finished until the paperwork is done!

Too many dental offices have discovered the hard way that they don’t have and/or maintain valid documentation regarding financial authorizations.

Enhancing Technology

Paper Doll

One of the areas of the office paper trail is the patient registration, HIPAA, and medical history forms.

Flourishing in Changing Times

It’s about time

Another year has passed. It’s time to question yourself on reaching your desired goals and to make sure you’re driving in the right direction.

Pearls for your Practice

Pick, click, and stick with ease!

GUM® Soft-Picks® from Sunstar - Here is a great new way for your patients to clean interproximally, especially patients who do not like to use string floss.

Practice Success

Six ways to grow your cosmetic services

COSMETIC DENTISTRY represents an area where dentists can substantially increase their profitability.

Practice Transitions

Associate dentist or employee - What’s the difference?

I am unaware of any studies that are chiseled in stone regarding the percentages of success and failure rates when bringing additional dentists into a practice.

The New Dentist

Two paths to wealth for the new dentist

Welcome to the New Dentist! This new section will appear in Dental Economics® every month with information that is aimed at the dentist who graduated from dental school less than 10 years ago.

An interview with Dr. Scott Leune

Dr. Scott Leune recently graduated with honors from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

10 steps to efficient endo in the general practice

Making endodontics less frightening for patients and dentists...

Endodontic education: How best to increase your knowledge

Endodontic education begins first and foremost in dental schools. However, undergraduate endodontic education has changed significantly in the past 10 years.

The Multimillion Dollar Mindset

How to get from here to there from someone who’s been there.

Turn your payroll into a profit center

Highly successful dentists have stopped viewing the salaries they pay their team members as an expense.

To get the most out of an annual meeting, open your mind to the possibilities

Dental meetings provide doctors and their teams a good opportunity to learn new things, discover new technology and quite possibly, reinvent their practice...

From Dreams to Reality

You dreamed of a successful practice all through dental school. Once out, with raw nerve endings and sweaty palms, you opened your office to pursue your dream.

8 ways to increase efficiency and reduce stress

Early in my career, my boss, a pediatric dentist, taught me a profound truth.

Twice proves nice in Texas

Relocation shows that even a short distance between sites can result in a big impact for a practice

Aristotle, DDS

How would Aristotle, one of the greatest thinkers of all time, manage today’s dental practice?

Be good to your creature...and it will be good to you

The first thing we hear during airplane takeoff preparation is a directive to place the oxygen mask on ourselves before assisting others.

Raising the bar

What does it take to raise the bar? For the 1993 Green Bay Packers, a struggling, mediocre NFL team, it took Reggie White and his intention to win.

Editor's Note

Meetings and mentoring

I recently returned from the St. Regis Hotel and Resort at Monarch Beach in Southern California.

Viewpoint

You have a treatment plan for your patient, but how about for your office?

It is a scenario guaranteed to discourage even the most sanguine of dental practitioners -

The Endo File

Every house painting job looks good from a distance

One of my father’s favorite expressions is “If we step back far enough anything can look OK. But on closer examination, the truth emerges.”

The Exceptional Practice

Treatment success: It takes a village and technology

Delivering successful treatment is critical to the exceptional practice. This means we use our skills and all available technology to get the best outcome.

Focus on Human Resources

Leaves of absence: problems and pitfalls

It is not unusual for employees to ask for time off. The time off requested may be for a few days or several months, and the reasons given are many and varied.

High trust: High performance

Early detection

In one of my favorite audio programs “The Strangest Secret” by Earl Nightingale, the speaker recounts the following incident:

Lasers in Your Practice

Dental laser training vs. certification

This is the first in a series on laser dentistry. Throughout the series we will discuss considerations before purchasing a laser, common uses, practitioner and patient benefits...

Practice Integration

Increase production, reduce stress

Fact One: of the main responsibilities of any dental professional is to educate patients about the needs that exist in their mouths and about opportunities that are available in dentistry