The Texas Meeting
Annually during the first weekend of May, the Texas Dental Association holds its statewide conference in San Antonio. With Cinco de Mayo festivities in the air, many dental offices make...
Josh Killian Named Patterson Dental Vice President, Digital Technologies
Patterson Dental is happy to announce that Josh Killian, formerly Marketing Director for Equipment (since 2008), has been promoted to Vice President, Digital Technologies. In this newly created position, Josh...
Increase Efficiency and Patient Relations with Eaglesoft
Looking for ways to become more efficient with your daily tasks? Let Eaglesoft help you! Eaglesoft was designed to be personalized, giving you more power to run a smart and...
Facebook Posting Etiquette
How often are you posting on your dental practice Facebook page? Once a week, every day, multiple times per day? Ever since the first Edgerank study was released, people have...
CEREC Philanthropy
Over the years, the dental profession has proven itself to be highly philanthropic. Just open any trade journal or magazine that serves the industry and it is easy to find...
Sizzling Hot Deals for Spring!
Ask your Patterson representative about the spring “What’s Hot” flyer for scorching hot deals on top-selling products from 3M, Kerr, Dentsply, VOCO, Hu-Friedy, DentaPure® and Patterson Private Label. Offers are...
Spring Patterson Today
Patterson Today is an office design, equipment and technology magazine that provides our readers with inspiring stories from doctors around the country who have partnered with their local Patterson team...
Mobilizing with Dolphin Imaging & Management Solutions
Dolphin has been addressing the needs of orthodontists for more than 20 years, developing software solutions that accommodate constantly changing practice trends. The most dramatic shift in this arena is...
Starting with Patient Experience
I often hear from dentists that they are apprehensive about becoming active in the social media space because they are worried someone will start speaking badly of their dental practice....
Playing the Charity Card – Take the Gamble Out of Doing Philanthropic Work
Part I: I’ve found that all oral health professionals have the talent and desire to give back to their community. These teeth-loving heroes like to use their superpowers to change...
Get our Tradeshow Pocket Guide at the CDA
The CDA will be held May 3 - 5, 2012 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Look for great promotions featured in our Tradeshow Pocket Guide including GC...
AAO Annual Event & The Wave
Join us May 4 - 8, 2012 at the AAO in Hawaii! Stop by our booth 665 to see the latest in digital pan/cephs, cone beams and more! Watch for...
Explore Store at Six Months
Almost exactly six months ago (wow, does time fly), we launched Patterson Explore Store at the Greater New York Dental Meeting. The conclusion of the California Dental Association South Meeting...
Increasing Treatment Plan Acceptance with Automatic Follow-Ups
If you’re like most practices out there, you could walk in tomorrow morning, run some good reports in your practice management system and easily find $500,000 to $1,000,000 in diagnosed...
Introducing Micro-Mega
Micro-Mega (Besançon, France) has been designing, machining and manufacturing high-quality endodontic instruments for over 100 years and is one of the leading manufacturers of endodontic products both in Europe and...
ONtarget Savings!
Watch your mailbox for your upcoming May/June ONtarget flyer! It will feature special pricing and valuable FREE offers on select merchandise and equipment from a huge variety of vendors. This...
May Events
April has been a great month, and May is fast approaching. Here is a list of key dates for some great events where you can find and connect with us:...
Communication and Technology
If you’ll remember back to my post “Are You Really Listening?,” you’ll remember we talked about two self-imposed barriers to listening and effective communication. While these barriers are critical to...
Add the power of CAESY Cloud to your website!
When CAESY Cloud was launched last summer, I knew that it was going to have a positive effect on dental practices. All those great patient education videos were now easier...
Pete Frechette in FI Dental Distribution Hall of Fame
Pete Frechette’s leadership as Patterson’s CEO (1982-2005) helped the Company shine. Now it’s his turn in the spotlight. Pete is among a handful of industry giants recognized by First Impressions...
Stay True to You
Last Wednesday my Branch Manager, Joe Pennisi, and I represented Patterson Dental at San Jose State University’s Spring Job Fair. We aimed to attract charismatic, motivated applicants, and found it...
Get in the Driver’s Seat: Understanding Treatment Opportunities
Our thoughts create our reality and may hold us back. In some dental practices, we project the story that the patient can or cannot afford a particular treatment plan, or...
More Efficiency > Fewer Clicks!
Efficiency, as defined by Merriam-Webster is “the ratio of the useful energy delivered by a dynamic system to the energy supplied to it.” For Patterson, that dynamic system is Eaglesoft!...
Beware of Black Hat Facebook Marketing
Have you heard of black hat SEO (unscrupulous search engine optimization), which will supposedly help get your website to the top of Google? While getting your website to the top...
Patterson Companies Makes Forbes Most Trustworthy List
Good news for Patterson customers and shareholders…Patterson Companies, Inc. is making headlines with its selection to the Forbes listing of America’s 100 Most Trustworthy Companies. An independent financial analytics company...
Documentation in Clinical Records
Having some knowledge of the importance of the clinical record and how that record can protect and defend the doctor and the practice, I’m asked to conduct independent audits of...
Enterprise Compliance for Dental Practices
Now is the time to kick your corporate compliance program into high gear! You may be wondering exactly what corporate compliance is in dentistry. Compliance refers to your legal duty...
Compliance in the Technology Age
The Information Age began in earnest over twenty years ago and there’s no doubt about it – the world continues to change at breakneck speed. Dentistry has changed too, and...
Social Sharing
Over the last several months, I have been elated to see more and more dental practices starting to participate in social media. Many of their websites have even started to...
Social Media Policy for Your Practice
Are you wondering if a social media policy is necessary for your practice? And what if you aren’t marketing with social media – do you still need a policy? Certified...