A Financial Control Series for Dental Practice Owners By: Dawn Patrick, COO and Dental Business Strategy Coach, IGNITEDDS Let me start by saying this plainly: If the money isn’t showing up in your practice, it’s not because you’re a bad dentist. It’s because most...
By: Michael Eid Read more guides on Endodontics by Michael Eid: Endo Made Simple Part 1 Endo Made Simple Part 2 Endo Made Simple Part 3 Endo diagnosis isn’t about memorizing tests. It’s about pattern recognition. Here’s how to get it right without overthinking...
By: Dr. Eric Recker Christmas is over. New Year’s is over. We have officially settled into the longest stretch we have without a scheduled break. It’s a long time until Memorial Day, and if you live in a place like Iowa—where it is ridiculously cold and often cloudy...
By: Dr. Sable Muntean January is often labeled as a “slow month” in dentistry. The holidays are over, patients are distracted by new deductibles, and schedules can feel lighter than usual. But for practice owners who understand the business side of dentistry, January...
By: Lee Ann Brady, DMDThis topic originally appeared on PankeyGram.org. Dr. Brady granted permission for igniteDDS to share with our readers. Dental hygiene appointments are the first opportunity to deliver your patients high-quality, personalized dental care. They...
By: Dr. David Rice Ask most doctors or office managers what their #1 goal is when the phone rings, and you’ll get what we rarely get in dentistry: total agreement — “To schedule the patient.” Now, I would agree, with a twist, “To schedule a lifelong patient who...
By: Dr. Sable Muntean January arrives, and with it comes the usual flood of resolutions: eat cleaner, work out more, drink less, reinvent your entire existence, etc. But as dentists, we know a universal truth: Most people make big resolutions… and their mouths stay...
By: Garrett Wilson Let’s face it. One of your core responsibilities as a leader is navigating people and business challenges at the same time. When the same problems show up month after month, the issue is no longer external. It is internal. This is not a workforce...
By: Kelley Brummett, DMD This Article Originally Appeared in PankeyGram.Org. Dr. Brummet granted permission for igniteDDS to share with our readers. As digital dentistry continues to revolutionize the way we practice dentistry, the functional capacity of the...