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R P Levin

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PubMed1998

Marketing on a tight budget.

Marketing is necessary to build a dental practice. A consistent, repeating, and ongoing set of marketing strategies is necessary to put a practice on the map and get people excited about becoming patients. Often, however, a dentist doesn't realize the necessity of marketing until such efforts and least affordable. This paper discusses a variety of low-cost ways of marketing a dental practice.

Budgets↗
PubMed1998

Providing patient-friendly financial options.

Having flexible payment options ensures that patients will have all of the motivation and information that they need to accept care in your office. An HCCC simply offers you the chance to make more expensive treatment available to those who need or want it. The small cost of using a HCCC program more than pays for itself--in fact, it costs less than one-third of what you would spend if you were to bill these patients instead. Having consistent financial policies and flexible payment options can dramatically increase your office's productivity and profitability, while expressing your commitment to customer service and high-quality dentistry.

Patient Credit and Collection↗
PubMed1998

Five steps to selling cosmetic dentistry.

The 5-S selling system works extremely well when used properly. Because each 5-S selling system step relates closely to a treatment planning step, skipping portions or rearranging the process only negates its results. The dentist should also consider having a meeting with all staff and training them on the benefits and verbal skills necessary for presenting cosmetic dentistry. Case acceptance occurs when patients feel comfortable and perceive value. By facilitating both, the 5-S selling system provides the dentist with an opportunity to enjoy higher productivity with a smaller group of patients.

Dental Restoration, Permanent↗
PubMed1997

Are you operating at OPC?

You don't need an M.B.A. to know that to thrive in today's competitive market, you need to run your practice like a business. It's a matter of keeping productivity high, while holding the line on costs and stress.

Child↗
PubMed1997

Efficient scheduling.

Schedule doctor and assistant time separately. The dentist should be clearly scheduled in the proper operatory for that part of the procedure only he can do, not double-scheduled. At any given time, an assistant should be with the other patient, providing services and customer service. This relieves a tremendous amount of stress, increases productivity and allows the practice to run far more efficiently.

Appointments and Schedules↗
PubMed1997

Cutting costs in the dental practice.

Any business today that is not watching its costs--and is only spending dollars to advance the business--certainly will find itself in trouble. Dentistry is no different; but, we can move faster to keep this from happening.

Cost Control↗
PubMed1997

Motivating patients.

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Dentist-Patient Relations↗
PubMed1997

Smaller practices can be profitable.

New technologies, new services and new patients all increase practice productivity and profitability. Larger-volume practices often ignore advanced technology because it requires time to present to patients. Smaller practices can use these technologies to increase case acceptance and usually have an average production per patient of two or three times that of the high-volume practice. Your ultimate goal is to enjoy practicing dentistry. True leaders create positive environments. Slow down the pace, increase the rewards, decrease the stress and get back to the thrill of dentistry.

Dentists↗
PubMed1997

Who are they and where do they live?

Marketing today is becoming an essential component of the management of any practice. As dentistry becomes more and more competitive, it is essential that people know who you are and what you stand for. This can only occur first if you know who they are and where they live.

Demography↗
PubMed1997

Identifying overhead expenses.

Overhead could be dentistry's No. 1 enemy. As practices become more like corporate businesses, they will find that they need to streamline and slim down. This does not mean you should not invest in opportunity and growth, but that you should always analyze every dollar spent. If your overhead is not 10 percent below the national average, you may want to hire a professional consultant to keep you from losing as much as $40,000 to $50,000 per year in net income. Over 10 years, that is a significant amount of money when it is invested at a reasonable rate of return.

Costs and Cost Analysis↗
PubMed1997

Practice success.

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Documentation↗
PubMed1997

Marketing the cosmetic dental practice.

Marketing a cosmetic dental practice is a necessary element of patient education today. A professional relations coordinator is essential for developing integrated strategies that help patients understand the options available to them in cosmetic dentistry. Cosmetic dentistry is an evolving field that can be difficult for patients to fully understand. Only through patient education and marketing will dentists be able to expand their practices to include cosmetic dentistry.

Dental Staff↗