With 2017 coming to a close, here are three goals you may want to accomplish before the end of the year. 1. Maximize your bottom line Would you like to see more patients next year? Make sure your ADA Find-a-Dentist profile is updated with a photo. Members are already reporting seeing patients who found them through the tool!… Read More »
Dr. Mai-Ly Duong’s six-day work weeks don’t offer her all the time she’d like to study and evaluate the latest scientific research. But being up-to-date on science and applying it to patient care is important to her, she said, which is why she uses the ADA Center for Evidence-Based Dentistry as a resource. “I truly think it is… Read More »
Dental school may be over but learning about the best ways to treat your patients and improve your practice never takes a break. With every dentist required to log a minimum amount of continuing education credits each year, juggling courses along with seeing patients can be challenging. The ADA provides members with online and in-person CE opportunities to… Read More »
Dentists sometimes have patients concerned about financing treatment plans, even though many practices have policies, programs or systems in place to help the patient. Having to manage patients’ payment plans can make dentists feel like the patient’s loan officer instead of their health care provider. The ADA Council on Dental Practice is sponsoring a one-hour program, GPS Managing… Read More »
In today’s market, potential patients don’t only want to know what services your practice has to offer, but the story behind your practice. Learn how to tell your story across your social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat), as well as effectively create campaigns to market your practice within your local community on each social platform. Register… Read More »
As a dentist, you know what looks normal – and what doesn’t – in your patients’ mouths. That’s why many cases of oral cancer are caught by dentists who noticed a suspicious lesion during an appointment. The American Cancer Society estimates that there will be 49,670 new cases of oral cancer this year, with 9,700 deaths from the… Read More »