Bring Your Practice to the Next Level Without Getting Buried in Work
Spinning plates, wearing many hats, putting out fires. If you’re a dentist who owns a private practice, these old adages most likely ring true to you. As the lead...
5 Ways to Show Your Office Manager They’re A Rockstar
In honor of Office Manager Appreciation Month, we’ve gathered a list of ways to honor these everyday heroes like the rockstars they are. Plus, we’re giving away a $500 Spafinder Gift Card to one lucky office manager!
4 Ways to Increase Case Acceptance & Practice Efficiencies
Cost limitations can be a big barrier to patients' acceptance of dental care treatments. Imagine a single, comprehensive financing option that makes dental care more accessible for everyone and makes...
5 Common Business Mistakes in Dental Practices
Running the clinical side of a dental practice involves mastering new techniques and implementing new tools and technology to deliver top-notch patient care. The downside is that while you are...
Selling a Dental Practice for Maximum Value
High inflation and rising interest rates are two economic hardships that have dental practice owners feeling hesitant about initiating practice sales. Practice valuations are more heavily scrutinized by today’s buyers...
Dental Practice Overhead: Quick Tips for Boosting Profits
What is Dental Practice Overhead?
Dental practice overhead refers to the expenses a practice incurs to operate, besides the dentist's salary. This could be staff wages, rent, dental supplies, lab...
3 Ways CarePay+ Can Help Patients Get the Care They Need
The cost of dental care and loss of dental insurance are having a considerable impact on patients’ decisions about their oral care. This poses a significant financial barrier for patients...
5 Reasons Why Dentists Should Consider a Dental Savings Plan Before Dropping Insurance Plans
What is Dental Insurance? Dental insurance is a type of health insurance plan that covers some of the costs of a patient’s dental care. Patients pay a monthly premium to...
Dental Prosperity: What a Dental CPA Can Do for Your Practice
Hiring a dental CPA can be a powerful tax-saving decision, one that can help you elevate your practice and keep it financially healthy. Since there are specific costs for dentists,...
Expand with Intention: Best Practices for Multi-Location Ownership
For many dentists, practice ownership is a lifelong professional dream. If you are fortunate to own one or two locations that generate strong revenue and command a sizeable, loyal patient...
Resolve to Revitalize your Dental Practice Operations in 2024
Resolve to Revitalize Your Dental Practice Operations in 2024 Dear dental practice office managers, have we told you how amazing you are? You’re the ones greasing the wheels, remembering the...
Dentists: Prioritize Tax Planning on Your New Year’s Resolution List
The year is coming to a close, and with it, patient management, sales activities, supplier issues, insurance negotiations and staffing challenges. While rigorous, the daily work of running a dental...
Mastering Your Year-End Finances: 11 Must-Do Steps for Dentists
As the year draws to a close, it's not just your patients' oral health that deserves your attention – your financial well-being requires a checkup, too. Dentists have unique financial...
How to Maintain Profitability as a New Dental Practice
From building your patient roster to purchasing dental equipment, the first few years in business can be challenging for new dental practice owners. But perhaps one of the most telling indicators of future practice success is your ability to create and maintain profitability.
So, how do you do it?
7 Myths About Practice Financing Debunked
At some point in your journey as a dental practice owner, you will likely need to apply for a loan. You may need additional funds to support expansion plans or...
Young Dentist Duo Front-Load Their Lives with a Dream Practice
Two dentists share the story of building a new practice from the ground up, opening with zero patients, having two babies with a third on the way and mastering new technologies – all in under two years.
The Story of Building a Legacy
Dr. Lee doubles his practice size to make room for his daughters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sffcYTqngM&t=37s Sangyoung Lee, DDS, has a lot to be happy about. He’s been practicing in a profession he...
Putting the Emphasis on Care
What does it mean to put an emphasis on care? For Woodbury Dental Care, it meant moving their practice 3 miles away to give their patients the best care possible....
3 Steps to Consider When Selling A Multilocation Practice
By Justin Schafer If you’re a dentist who owns a practice operating several different locations, then you may have wondered how the sale process will shake out once you’re ready...
3 Ways A Complimentary Eaglesoft Wellness Check Can Help Advance Your Practice!
Are you getting the most out of your practice management software? Our team of Eaglesoft Technology Advisors can help take your practice to the next level with a complimentary software...
Single-Visit Dentistry: There’s No Time To Waste
Dental teams have faced many challenges over the past several years – in particular, how to care for patients and keep their office doors open amid a global pandemic. One...
The 3 E’s to dental patient retention and treatment acceptance
When patients leave your chair, do you wonder when – or if – they’ll be back? With estimates that most general dental practices have an average recall time of 11 months, a new patient retention rate of 40% and an average of $1 million in unscheduled treatment plans, you’re not alone.
Go with the flow: Adding an associate dentist for practice growth
Adding an associate might be the answer to boosting practice growth – if the circumstances are right. Here are a few questions to consider before hiring an associate and how to find the right fit.
Rebuilding a dental practice after tragedy
Following the death of George Floyd in May of 2020, Chicago Lake Family Dental was destroyed during the resulting civil unrest in Minneapolis. Practice owner, Ali Barbarawi, DDS, knew immediately that he would rebuild in the same location so he could continue serving his patients. His Patterson team and his employees were with him through the entire process.
Success story: In pursuit of ideal esthetics and excellent dental health
Viorela Bauer, DDS, went from a team of four in an old 700-square-foot space to a 10-member team in a 3,500-square-foot office in a brand-new three-story medical building. Following her dreams has led to growth of her business; her Patterson team has been supporting her throughout her 18-year journey.
Dental technology success story: From zero patients to full capacity in two years
Following the COVID-19 shutdown in early 2020, Dr. Mohamed M. Ali, DDS, decided to take a big leap forward with his Minneapolis practice, Lake Shore Dental. As Dr. Ali embraced Dentsply Sirona CAD/CAM technology to provide single-visit dentistry for his patients, his Patterson team was with him every step of the way.
Dental website ownership vs. control: Know this before you spend a dime on a new website
Dental website ownership is a tricky subject. There are parts of your website that you own and others that you do not own. Adrian Lefler of My Social Practice shares his best tips to avoid some of the biggest mistakes regarding website ownership; saving you time, stress and money.
4 Eaglesoft Insurance Suite features to save time and speed up your revenue cycle
The Eaglesoft Insurance Suite simplifies many cumbersome insurance-related tasks, including verifying eligibility and submitting electronic claims. The result? Time saved and faster payments.
Dental office design: An architect’s perspective
A Midwestern architecture firm is helping dentists design practices that reflect their visions and personalities while also addressing patient and team needs.
Pediatric dentistry: The importance of the summertime dental checkup
Learn the benefits of a summertime dental visit for children, why summer is the best time for a checkup and how to best communicate the importance of the summertime checkup with patients.