Author: Kathrin Thomson

How to make your hygiene department even more profitable

The notion that all that hygienists do is ‘take cleans off dentists’ couldn’t be further from the truth. In today’s era, practices that have the right systems in place within their hygiene departments are not only highly profitable, but also find there is a higher uptake of major restorative and aesthetic cases flowing into the books of the dentist.

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Online booking systems enhance the patient experience

As technology continues to grow as part of our day-to-day life, mobile devices are revolutionising the way customers organise healthcare, including browsing for dental practice information, choosing a provider, booking online and confirming appointments.

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Managing expectations on your path to success

When I bought my practice in 2003 I quickly learned that things were no longer straightforward. Whether I was organising finance for an equipment purchase, arranging a staff dinner or achieving a ‘well-planned for’ goal, the path always threw up ‘interesting’ barriers.

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Do you need to control your impulses?

Self-control is a vital skill to master when you are managing a group of people. I know from my early practice-ownership days that certain situations would challenge me. Such as staff calling in sick, not checking lab work had arrived for an imminent insert appointment and staff not following a process that had already been explained.

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