Debbie Seidel-Bittke

Dentists really are more than technicians. Possibly you have devoted most of your life to dentistry or maybe you are a new dentist but when you truly understand your unique qualities and why you do what you do, the energy of success is most likely to follow. There are 3 qualities that exist in most successful business owners and these are Energy, Enthusiasm and Passion. Understand the reason for why you do what you do. Surround yourself with people who also enjoy what you have to offer. (Your patients, the team in your office, family and friends as well!) Your passion will create profits! It IS magical.

Every dental practice has a great opportunity to be very profitable when they follow these simple guidelines to stop last minute cancellations and appointment failures. This can cost the dental practice undue financial stress when there is just one opening each day on hygiene schedule. Read on for more strategies and methodologies to keep your patients on track with their dental hygiene appointments and scheduling their appropriate treatment.

Many dental practices today are challenged by these current economic times. Offices have a decline in not only New Patient numbers but also an increase in cancellations and a decrease in patient case acceptance. This article has 3 tips to increase your patient case acceptance.

For decades and in many dental offices today, the dental hygiene department is a loss leader and under utilized. The catalyst for this article comes from a recent survey of dentists who have asked to have profits increased in their dental hygiene department. The dental hygienist should be in a collaborative partnership with the dentist and is also a valuable professional to the practice and the patients. The dental hygienist is a key player who can educate patients about the importance for oral health and it's relationship to total health. Effective communication about oral and systemic health will make patients sit up, listen and take action to complete their treatment. This is a "win-win" situation for all!

Dentistry is a demanding profession. Time is of the essence. Do you ever feel like you are spending your day running on a treadmill? This article has 5 tips to provide a solution to get off the treadmill and create a dream day at the office!

Do you make New Year Resolutions? Do you create a strategic plan for your business as well as resolutions for your personal life? Without creating a PLAN for success you have definitely planned to fail! Dentists surveyed by the ADA (American Dental Association) in 2011 have reported that profits are down. What can you do today to create an increase in profits for 2012? Here is a 10 step process you may want to consider.

This article discusses new trends in dentistry and how to stay "in-touch." After you read this you will foster a preventive patient-centered dental practice, that offers patients more options for maintaining their oral health. It also creates another income stream for your dental practice. The holidays are here and when reading this, you will feel inspired to offer holiday gifts for patients to purchase and give their friends and family. What a great way to share the good word about your dental practice and give the gift of optimal oral health!

We live in a fast paced world. We want to be a profitable dental business owner. We want to create systems that add to our revnue. This article outlines one area to increase your revenue. It provides a strategy to "WOW" your patients and keep them coming back for more!

How do you currently communicate the importance of optimal oral health to your patients? When you understand how to communicate to your patients so they understand you will have happy and healthy patients. This means job security to the employees and increased revenue for the business owner. Preventive care and periodontal maintenance appointment scheduling need to be an important source of success for your dental practice. This article provides you with the number one way to keep your appointment schedule booked. You will learn other ways to keep your preventive care and periodontal maintenance patients returning for regular dental hygiene appointments. The article provides examples to use when you communicate with patients about returning for their future dental appointments. These are examples which you can customize and use what will work best for your dental practice. After you complete reading this article you will find valuable ways to "seal the deal" so you don't have patients who are stragglers nor will you be spending valuable time chasing down all those overdue patients who need to schedule an appointment and get back on track for optimal oral health! The end result when you utilize these tools means a win for all!

For many years the dental hygiene department has been known as a loss leader. We live in a new era of dentistry. If you have specific systems in place you will add value to your patient services, increase case acceptance and increase your dental business profits.This article has a six step process to streamline this process and increase your profits.