Dental Practice Management

A well-designed schedule is vital to avoid a rushed, hectic practice, a principle top dental consultants emphasize. The purpose of block scheduling, as recommended by dental consultants, is to reduce stress, maintain consistent production, and potentially increase output. Follow these implementation steps with expert guidelines.

Time Study

Over two to three weeks, gather accurate procedure times, a practice top dental consultants suggest. Involve all staff to create an index card for each patient, noting: 1. Arrival time, 2. Seating time, 3. Procedure start time, 4. Procedure end time. At the end, average the times, a method dental consultants endorse.

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Insurance is the patient’s responsibility. It is their insurance after all however, quickly and accurately verifying insurance is an opportunity to provide patients with excellent customer service.  Staying on top of insurance every day is crucial. It is vital that insurance does not backlog. Backlogs cost you time and money and reflect poorly on your practice.  When a patient receives a bill from the practice due to insurance denial it can cause an upset. Sometimes it is a front desk error, however the upset is often partially or fully due to the bill being unexpected because the patient had not been effectively educated on how...

Your hygiene department can make or break your practice, yet most hygiene departments underproduce. Here is a list of the top five concerns I've heard and questions I've been asked over the years. 1. What percentage of production should come from hygiene? The "industry standard" is 30% to 35%; however, the percentage of a practice's production that comes from hygiene will vary, as dentists have different treatment protocols, and their definition of "ideal dentistry" and "ideal hygiene care" will vary. As an example, I have one client who produces $5,000 a day and whose hygienist produces $1,200 a day. Another client...