The Achilles' heel of many a dental practice owner is to avoid dealing with unpleasant staff situations. A good example is a recent new client of mine. 

Anyone who has had to deal with medical waste disposals knows it can be expensive. Seeing that costs are only going to grow in the near future based on population growth and increases in healthcare, many facilities are looking for ways to cut costs.

Many dental practices can appear very busy, but over the years, when I have drilled down into my client's numbers (pardon the pun), I have found many were underproducing by as much as 40% or more based on their production capacity.

1. Time is money

It is the small things that add up to consuming vast amounts of time, and as we all know: Time is money.