By Kandis Garland, RDH MS | Day to day operations in a dental practice run by certain routines or systems. There are particular processes that must happen for a practice to run smoothly. This article will provide clinicians with helpful suggestions for an efficient and consistent process, or flow, with the instrument processing cycle. Sometimes the clinical day is not as smooth as it could be. Breakdowns can slow down or impeded the process. Several things can impede the instrument processing flow such as clutter. Instrument processing space & treatment room Cluttered spaces require more time for cleaning and disinfection, ...
By Michelle Strange, MSDH, RDH | Having many patients visit your office means business is doing well. While this is great for cash flow, you are likely experiencing work overload with insufficient time to properly wash, disinfect and sterilize all your instruments. Without adequate equipment and instruments in place, heavy traffic can result in an increased risk of infection and safety issues such as overloading the autoclave, in addition to office frustration and backlog of patients. Typically, dental clinics do not have enough instruments to get through an entire day of seeing patients. Which means on busy days, the clinical ...
Writing great review responses has the potential to help both your reputation and your Google ranking. Here’s how: Reputation: Consider every review a conversation starter from your customer. Responding in a friendly, concise way ends your interaction on a high note and reflects your gratitude towards customers. When a new prospect discovers your business online, your positive interactions will give them the confidence to do business with you. Rankings: Your search engine optimization (SEO) gets a boost when you make it a habit to respond to reviews. Google says that since replying to reviews shows consideration for customer feedback, it can help bump up your ...
While many Americans know how essential dental care is to their overall health, nearly 40 million avoid the dentist. One way dentists and dental practices can help their patients overcome their fears and concerns is by providing high quality patient care. Quality patient care is about two things: ensuring patients receive the service they want and the treatment they need. That means having all of the tools and resources you need at your disposal, including ePrescribing software. What is ePrescribing Software? Gone are the days of messy handwriting, lost or damaged prescriptions, pharmacy callbacks to clarify prescription issues, or other handwritten prescription errors. ...
