To Goal Or Not To Goal? That Is The Question
We have all been programed to think in terms of Goals. Getting at least 7 hours of sleep is a goal, cleaning the garage this weekend is a goal, walking 2 miles on the treadmill every day is a goal. Who among us hasn’t had a New Year’s resolution to lose 10 lbs.? All great goals! Whether it be personal or business, if it has meaning, it should have a goal! Or should it? In our professional life, there is nothing more important to us...
More Than Just The “Girls Up Front”
A well trained insurance administrator and treatment coordinator are very valuable members of the dental team. They can usually assist the Dr. with increasing monthly production by several hundred to several thousand dollars. Just think of what that would do for your practice! Only the Dr. can diagnose and treatment plan. However, once the treatment plan is complete, the Insurance Administrator can add valuable insight in respect...
“Why Do I Have To Pay When The Doctor Didn’t Do Anything?”
It is Friday afternoon. One of the chairside assistants called in sick this morning, so the remainder of the clinical team works together to pick up the slack. The Dentist is stuck in an operatory surgically removing the root tips of what was expected to be a simple extraction. Your crown prep that has already been waiting for a while, just announces to you that they have to leave to pick up a child in an hour. The handpiece...
Let’s Talk About Crown & Bridge
When a patient needs a crown, inlay, etc., it is critical to have diagnostic pre-op x-rays, photos and narratives. This is where your intraoral camera is worth its weight in gold. It is pretty easy for a plan to determine a benefit when the x-ray shows a tooth that is almost all filling and very little tooth structure. It is more difficult (and usually a reason for denial or delay) when the x-ray shows only a small occlusal or...