According to Salary.com, the median salary for dentists in the United States is $149,847 per year, with the lowest earning less than $120,000, and the top 10 percent making in excess of $210,000 annually. To most Americans, even the lowest salary would seem like a dream wage. Despite the six figure salary, people have to consider the expenses ...
Read MoreI probably spend 50% of my time answering emails and phone calls from students and doctors I may never meet. I consider their trust in contacting me very seriously and I want to make sure that they get the answers they need. I thought you might want to see a question and an answer. To set the stage, this young graduate is in his first job. This is ...
Read MoreEvery time I meet with any dentist of any age I always ask: How much is enough for you to feel financially independent, and how long do you want to practice? Evidently there are no dentists that have actually considered the how much is enough, because I continually get calls from doctors who are faced with absolutely no options to ever retire. I ...
Read MoreI was reading a weekly newsletter from Jon Gordon entitled: 5 Ways to Be Happier at Work. I guess from the title that a lot of people out there are not happy. Or, perhaps a lot of people expected that work or anything else physical was going to “make” them happy. Life doesn’t work that way. Another supposition I assume from the title is that ...
Read MoreOne of the best speakers in the world has to be Brian Tracy. His logic and skill in communication is unmatched. I was watching his seven part video series that was collectively called “The 7 Biggest Mistakes Business People Make”. They were great and universally applicable to any business, so I would like borrow his ideas and “dentisize” ...
Read MoreA title that sounds pretty self-serving don’t you think? It is and it isn’t. Over 34 years of practice I have spent a little over $100,000 per year to educate my staff and myself through consultants and classes. While some were great and others not so great, I would have to say that I got my money’s worth out of even the worst ...
Read MoreWe seem to get a lot of calls about paying staff. Let me take just a moment and set the stage for looking at what you should be paying. Always start with the end in mind. If you have ever read any articles from us about benchmarks, you know that you entire staff cost (including salary, taxes, continuing education, bonus, benefits, staff ...
Read More(We get lots of questions on this topic. This is a resource available to those who want to know about cross-coding. MG) Manual: Cross-Walking — A Guide Through The Crosswalk of Dental to Medical Coding $390.00 This manual is designed to train dental staff members in implementing a dental-medical cross coding system within ...
Read MoreNETMA: Nobody Ever Tells Me Anything Always Look For The WHY One of our consultants called me yesterday to get my take on what was happening in a practice on the west coast. The office has two young dentists who in just a couple of years have a huge thriving practice. They currently have four hygienists and are ...
Read MoreThe Priceless Ingredient In the city of Bagdad lived Hakeem, the Wise One, and many people went to him for counsel, which he gave freely to all asking nothing in return. There came Saim, a young man who had spent much but got little and said: “Tell me, Wise One, what shall I do to receive the most for that which I spend?” Hakeem ...
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