A good wait experience happens when the people, process, and place involved all work together. Green or sustainable design can be used intentionally to affect these elements.
Getting Green with Water and Energy
In the last blog entry, “All Systems Go … Green!” we took a high-level look at a couple of the sustainable design rating systems. Dental practices and equipment can be...
Understanding your Dental Lease: Relocation Clause
Over the past four weeks, we’ve been talking about important lease clauses for dental practices to understand, and so far they’ve all had one thing in common – they’ve all...
All Systems Go … Green!
As you are thinking about your green dental office, you may be wondering, “How will I know if we are doing the project right to achieve our green design goals?”...
Understanding your Dental Lease: Expansion Clause
Practice growth – isn’t that what every dentist wants for their practice? With practice growth, though, comes a need for your practice space to grow. This is where an expansion...
Getting Ready for Green
There is no cookie cutter design formula for a green dental office. Successful green design is accomplished through a collaborative process between you, the dental practice owner, and your design...
Understanding your Dental Lease: Termination/Restoration
For part three of our five-part series about the most important lease clauses for dentists to understand, we’re going to talk about termination/restoration clauses. This is particularly important for any...
Dentists seeking bright green future
A bright green future is possible for your practice. Here are four reasons to ‘go green’ at your dental practice.
Understanding your Dental Lease: Assignments and Assumptions
Last week we kicked off our series about the most important lease clauses to understand. We talked about lease exclusivity clauses and how they can be greatly beneficial to your...
Interview with Dr. Morris – Being an Endodontist
Being an endodontist is no easy task, especially when you consider that one of the big challenges is breaking down the perception that a lot of patients have of what...
Understanding your Dental Lease: Exclusivity Clause
The dental office lease is an important part of your dental practice. Over the course of your career it can be one of the most costly business expenses you have....
Building Your Vision: Finding the Right Home for Your Practice
When it comes to building your first practice, moving locations or renovating your existing practice, there are a number of decisions that need to be made throughout the process. It’s...
When it Comes to a Lasting Career, Ergonomics Matters
Every morning when you get to your dental office, ergonomics is probably not the first thing that concerns you. It’s also probably not the second, third, or fourth thing, either....
Updated office design and equipment eliminate headaches, and backaches
When Erin Roberts, DDS, purchased a dental office from a retiring dentist to open Healthy Smiles in Enid, Okla. in 2003, she had no idea what kind of challenges she...
The Do’s and Dont’s of Real Estate: Selecting the Right Space For You
Most tenants, when searching for a home for their business, have a certain set of criteria in mind. Usually the criteria are a mixed bag of the following: location, access,...
Develop Your Blueprint for Success
If you’re building a new office or updating your existing space – or even just considering making a change – you don’t want to miss our Blueprint for Success event....
Find fresh ideas for your office in the latest issue of Patterson Today
Spring is a time of new beginnings, opportunities and growth. It’s also a great time to evaluate your practice and consider changes that could help you enhance the patient experience...
Designing the ideal sterilization center
In a recent post, we talked about advancements in sterilization and the importance of following modern sterilization standards for the health of patients, and for the success of your practice....
2013 Dental Office Design Competition Winners
At the recent ADA Annual Session in New Orleans, Louisiana, I had the unique opportunity to sit on the committee of judges that decided the winners of the 2013 Dental...
New Office Designs Leave Less to the Imagination
Conventional wisdom says to leave a little something to the imagination. Our new remodel and office designs show that leaving less to the imagination isn’t always a bad thing. As...
Introducing: Mike Stark
At Patterson Dental, we are committed to helping you enhance the patient experience and practice lifestyle in your office. One of the many ways we do that is through our...
Introducing: Devin Firl
Last year, we added a multitalented new team member to our Equipment Marketing Department. That’s not his formal title, of course. Devin Firl is our newest marketing specialist, equipment. In...
“Everything I Do, I Do It for You…”
Remember the song that those lyrics come from? Bryan Adams sang it … It was the theme song for the movie “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” starring Kevin Costner …...
Should Specialists Market with Social Media?
Is Facebook marketing beneficial for specialists as well? Absolutely. Specialty practices will often ask what they should post about ... the answer is a blend of dental and social posts....
Are You Thinking of Starting or Expanding Your Dental Office?
Starting or expanding your dental office begins with a vision focusing on the patient experience. Creating a healthy practice occurs when you have a team of qualified and experienced professionals...
Old Trade, New Tricks
At 60 years old and having practiced in his previous office for more than 20 years, Dr. Joel Fischer looked to us to help him build a new practice. We...
Patterson Today – Fall ’12
Three times a year, we get to announce the release of a new edition of Patterson Today. Our office design, equipment and technology magazine, Patterson Today lets us tell the...
Pinterest Announcement
As many of you are aware, we are very active in the social media space and truly enjoy the interaction and conversations that take place there with dental professionals, vendors,...
8 Common Mistakes Managers Make (Part 1)
Initially, I was going to direct this blog series at “new” managers by capturing some of the mistakes they make and distilling them down to those that are most common....
Visual Communication
“A picture is worth a thousand words.” It’s an adage that has almost become a cliché. We say it, we hear it, but does it impact how we choose to...