Articles

Practice management in software

Dr Michael Sernik, June 2006 - Dental Practice Management software tends to have features that are under-utilised. Most Practice Management (PM) software companies tell us that 85% of their features...

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Changes in UK dental regulations... our saviour?

Simon Palmer, May 2006 - While all of us in Australia and New Zealand are looking to the local regulatory bodies for some solution to the dentist shortage that awaits and escalates on the horizon,...

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Tips for developing Emotional Intelligence

Campbell Macbean, March 2006 - In my last article we looked at the crucial role trust plays in all your dealings with patients. Usually dentists spend much more time developing and honing their...

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The Corporates are coming. The Corporates are coming

Dr Phillip Palmer, January 2006 - We live in interesting times.If someone would have told me 2-3 years ago that there’d be half a dozen different companies buying up dental practices by the end of...

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The Hygienist Anomaly

Dr Michael Sernik, November 2005 - In 1819, an American dentist, Dr. Levi Spear Parmly, emphasized the importance of preventive dentistry. For the next 96 years a growing number of American dentists...

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Why get a Hygienist?

Dr Phillip Palmer, September 2005 - “How do you calculate the contribution a Hygienist can make to your practice?”

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Valuing your practice

Dr Phillip Palmer, September 2005 -

**NOTE: We have updated this article to reflect more accurate measurements since. Click here.

In my 34 years as a dentist, I would regularly calculate in my mind...

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Are the Hardest Skills Soft Skills?

Dr Michael Sernik, September 2005 - Do you feel that your clinical skills are underutilized?

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Practice Management in China

Dr Phillip Palmer, July 2005 - In January this year, I received a letter inviting me to speak in Beijing, China about Dental Practice Management. Having always wanted to visit China (and having...

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Monitoring your practice’s vital signs

Dr Michael Sernik, July 2005 - “I just want to do dentistry. I’m not interested in management or leadership or the business of dentistry.”

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