Evaluating new dental office phone systems can be daunting, thanks to advancements in technology. Here are some terms and features to look for when your practice is in the market for a new phone.
Want Dental Office Team Success? Understand These 6 Core Needs
Ever thought about what gets in your way? What keeps you or your dental office team from doing your best work or having extraordinary relationships? Do you avoid dealing with...
Managing Four Generations in the Workplace
We have four generations in the workplace today! Dentists have never before had to manage such a diverse set of beliefs, values and communication styles all at once. But if...
Is Your Dental Practice Healthy?
Dentistry is a business devoted to helping patients achieve better oral and systemic health. Yet many dental teams often do not consider the important business aspects of running a practice,...
Instagram Takeover at Dentsply Sirona World with Mona Patel, DDS
Dr. Patel spoke with Patterson Corporate Technology Advisor Mary Horvath at Dentsply Sirona World 2019. When we invited Mona Patel, DDS, to do a full takeover of our Instagram account...
Hire Right for Your Culture
Have you ever hired the wrong person? We’ve all been there. Bringing on a team member that is the wrong fit wastes time and energy, and impacts your bottom line....
7 Tips for Financing Your New Technology
Have you been thinking about bringing new technology and equipment into your practice? Most of the latest dental tech can help practices perform quality dentistry more efficiently. And it can...
Toothlife: A hygienist’s dream to build her own studio
As a pre-law student and tennis player, Irene Iancu never initially planned to go into dentistry. Getting hurt on the tennis court, combined with other life changes, led her to...
3 Ways to Prioritize Compliance in Your Modern Dental Practice
As practices embrace diverse administrative roles, compliance becomes increasingly important. Teams need to be aware of the importance of maintaining compliance, whether staying up to date on labor laws, OSHA...
Get to Know 5 Dental Equipment Specialists
Read on to learn what five Patterson Dental equipment specialists love about their work. For every equipment specialist at Patterson Dental, there’s an endless stream of work to do and...
3 Ways to Take Your Team Off Autopilot
How many times did you step on your breaks this morning on your way into work? Did you put laundry soap in the wash load? Close the garage door? When...
Meet The Wiz Guys!
Patterson Dental's "Wiz Guys" are a Father-Son Duo That Focuses on Trust, Expertise, and Fun. When people talk about Patterson Dental, they regularly talk about how we feel like family....
Want to Achieve 90% or Better Case Acceptance?
As dentistry moves towards the medical model of care, statistics and metrics from the practice management software are going to become more important (more on that at another time). Many practices feel that their case acceptance is around 85 – 90% but when the truth from the software is told, it can be 60% or less. Why? There could be many reasons for this, but often the patient is receiving mixed messages from the team.
6 Ways to Build In Eco-Friendly Practices Every Day
As a vibrant local business, your dental office has the distinct opportunity to be a leader amongst the other businesses on your street and in your city. There are numerous...
East Coast Comeback
After a fire destroyed much of his practice, Dr. Safwan Joseph Nano was up and running just two weeks later. On the night of December 30, 2018, most people across...
5 Ways to Become a More Professional, Professional Dental Assistant
I am blessed that through my profession, I am presented with lots of opportunities to speak to so many amazing dental assistants. But, many times, speaking with them makes me...
How Software Automation can Boost Productivity at Your Dental Office
You know the list. Those things within your dental office that take entirely too much of your valuable time. Determining what patients are eligible from an insurance standpoint, for example....
3+ Ways Continuous Practice Management Software Training Helps Your Dental Office
You just bought new practice management software for your dental office. You’re excited! This is going to help you in so many ways, you think. It’s going to transform the...
Are You Equipped to Succeed? Patient Preferences Infographic
How do your patients prefer to receive communication such as appointment confirmations and reminders from you? Chances are the answer is not one-size-fits all...nor should it be in 2018! More...
Helping Kids Have Healthy Smiles
Patterson is proud of our long-standing support of America’s ToothFairy. Over the past 10 years, Patterson has donated more than $1.1 million in financial support to help them with their...
Switching Software Systems can be Hard – 3 Ways to Make it as Painless as Possible
Switching software platforms. Just the idea of changing your dental practice management software system can give you the cold sweats. After all, changing anything in your practice is hard. But,...
Technology in Practice: an Interview with Dr. Tarun Agarwal
Dr. Tarun Agarwal knows a thing or two about dental technology. The son of an Indian immigrant dentist, he has built several cutting-edge, successful practices, leveraging everything from digital impressions,...
Lend an Ear to These 15 Dental Industry Podcasts
September 30th is International Podcast Day, and we're celebrating by sharing with you a list of 15 dental industry podcasts worth lending an ear to. Podcasts as a whole have...
Can You Guess These 10 Harry Potter Characters From Their Smiles?
Today is a joyous moment in pop culture history. For on this, the 31st day of July, we celebrate the birthday of the fictional boy wizard, Harry Potter. (Of course you already...
8 Ways to Infuse Your Practice With Summer Vibes
The days are long, the sun is hot, ice cream tastes extra delicious, and outdoor concert season is in full swing. There's no denying it: we're in the heart of...
Get to Know 6 CAD/CAM Specialists!
As technology continues to play a bigger and bigger role in modern dentistry, it's more important than ever to select a confident, capable partner that will fully support your practice...
Save the Dat(a)! 9 Ways to Keep Your Practice & Patient Data Safe.
In honor of "wedding season," we have a very important invitation for you...We formally invite you to save the dat(a), and keep your practice and patient data protected! Information security...
5 Do’s and Don’ts of Talking Tech with Patients
With the wave of new dental equipment and technology that has exploded into the market in recent years, it’s no surprise that clinicians have at times struggled to keep up...
10 Things You COULD be Doing With Your Time…
It's 2018 and technology is quite literally all around us. In fact, it seems you can automate just about anything these days, from adjusting your belt to accommodate post-meal bloating to...
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10 Ways to Celebrate Lips Appreciation Day [+Free Printable]
Lips: Whether they're thick, thin, pouty, or plump, we've all got 'em - and thank goodness we do! They help us speak, emote, eat, drink, and they have the all-important...