Where does my staff fit into complete dentistry? Well, they fit in every step of the process. A strong and supportive team is the key to a sustainable practice.
I'd like to spend a few minutes with you discussing case acceptance and how do we increase case acceptance, working around the limitations of insurance.
Perhaps it’s best to think about this by asking, “What’s the impact on your practice when patients don’t trust you?”
Let me give you this quick tip so that you can gain some time outside the office without having any effect on what goes inside the office.
We all have patients whose dental problem has outstripped their insurance benefits. And that's all right. And I always tell my patients, "You think of your insurance as if you put on a pair of pants and found a $20 bill in the pocket. It's a bonus."
Using an articulator. It is time to take it out of the closet. It's not just a doorstop that they made you buy in dental school.
Let's talk for a minute about a financial issue, diagnosing the pocket book or maybe another way of looking at it is X-raying the wallet. I think we all have a little bit of preconceived ideas when we meet other human beings. We kind of size them up by the way they look, the way they dress, the way they manicure themselves.
Have you ever wondered how you can get the specialist to refer more patients to your practice? Well, here are a few tips that I think can help you. First of all, I want you to call the specialist that you want to work with. Call them up, and set up an appointment to meet with them.
There's a way to practice dentistry that's predictable, profitable, and provides an extremely high level of personal and professional satisfaction. There's no magic to it.
Even in a world that pushes us or tries to push us towards doing usual and customary dentistry, if you take the time to dedicate yourself to learning the aspects of complete dentistry and applying the principles, you can have the kind of practice you dreamed of.
Dr. Andrew Cobb and Mr. Jeff Stubblefield, CDT share their answers:
It is an easy one for me. It's the Wizard. The Wizard has simplified this entire process of complete dentistry. It ensures that I do not miss a step.
It is everything we teach in the core curriculum, all in one place from the complete examination, figuring out what that tells us. It auto-populates to that summary page. What is our joint health? All of this, we can find out from the examination. When we have the patients that they want us to solve their problems, it takes the photographs, auto-populates them into the 2D and the 3D treatment planning. I use it for every patient every time whether they are a specialty patient or not.
