I am sure there has never been a recent graduate who just received their diploma from Dental School who was joyously jumping up and down with the vision of becoming “average”. If you want to take a glimpse into the future, you need only look at your history or past. I thought it would be fun to make a short list of the Dental School myths we ...
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This is a continuation of last week’s article on the nine things that hold doctors back from taking their practices to the next level. We begin here with number five. 5. Poor location: It is actually possible to become invisible to the normal patient you want to attract. Three decades ago, most dentists thought that being in a high-rise ...
Read More1. Holding a Limiting Belief 2. Lack of Consumerism 3. Thinking your job is doing dentistry 4. The wrong practice strategy 5. Poor location 6. Poor demographics 7. Doctor and staff fail to embrace change and apply the information 8. Financial captivity 9. Poor clinical results/skill Wouldn’t it be great to avoid the pitfalls of ...
Read MoreI guess most of us have experienced bullying. It comes in many forms: Intimidation, cheating, physical abuse, financial extortion, etc. The list is long and there is always another layer that pops up when you least expect it. Last week I was blind-sided when I arrived at the Arizona Dental Association’s Western Regional Dental Convention. Max ...
Read More(Note: Sharalyn Fichtl is a dental office compliance guru and we are pleased to have her expertise and to make her services available to more dentists in our BEST for Dentistry alliance. —- MG) Three years as a dental board investigator was an education I’ll never forget. So have the last ten years as a private dental compliance coach and ...
Read MoreI was fortunate to have been a dental lab tech prior to and during dental school. In fact most of my dental school professors had me do their crown and bridge. Because I continued to be trained as a master ceramist and had a full service lab in my office for over 30 years, I had the opportunity to improve our shade taking systems to a pretty fine ...
Read MoreOne of the most surprising results of speaking, writing a blog, or writing books, is that you get a lot of feedback. When it comes to The Super General Dental Practice, many mature practices see the benchmarks I have set as difficult at best, but for many impossible. I don’t agree, but I would like to put this in perspective. While we have many ...
Read MoreIn life, we need to understand that really successful people ask the right questions. They don’t procrastinate or ruminate, place blame, or play the victim. If you ask the right questions, you begin to fill in the blanks and get better answers. The question to you is: Why don’t you ___________? (Fill in the blank) I am reminded of a story ...
Read MoreOver and over, I am asked why a particular office or doctor is struggling to compete in todays ever-changing environment. I know you have probably read articles where I have taken the time to go over Demographics, but let’s take just a moment and flesh this out a little more. Before you read on, go to www.aftco.net, click on Resource Center, and ...
Read MoreMost of us remember the blessed event when we had our first child. Every one of us remembers the aftermath of sleep deprivation and the feeling that “I’m never going to have any free time again.” If you are like me and really, really, enjoy learning new stuff, you figured out that through trial and error, you can learn just about anything. I ...
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