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Many dental offices today are experiencing an epidemic of hygiene cancellations and no-shows. The world has changed. If you are still using your old recall system then you run the risk of being painfully out of touch today. Here are what thriving practices are doing today to reduce hygiene cancellations and no-shows.

Digital marketing is the future of dental marketing and that future is here today! People use their computers, smart phones. laptops and tablets to find goods and services today and you would be wise to make digital marketing a big part of your 2013 marketing plan. Here’s a partial list of components of a solid […]

On occasion, I invite a guest post on my blog. Today I am very happy to publish a great blog post by my good friend Any Traub. You may recognize Andy as the Co-Host of my Thriving Dentist Show podcast. Andy is spot on in this wonderful post. I happen to be an early riser. […]

Technology allows us to connect in so many ways today yet there is still something very special about like minded people meeting face-to-face. Here is a conference that I’d like you to consider as a MUST attend event. It’s the 1st Eco-Dentistry Conference being held at the Sundance Resort in Utah, May 3-4, 2013. There […]

Dr. Omer Reed has been a wonderful friend and mentor for almost 30 years now. For many Dentists, Omer needs no introduction. Over the past 50 years, he has spoken at nearly every major dental meeting in the world. For those of you who are not familiar with Omer, I’m thrilled to introduce him to […]

This blog post will challenge you to think and stretch outside your current comfort zone. If you would prefer not to grow, stop reading now. Otherwise please read on. I am an avid reader of the work of Seth Godin. He writes a blog he publishes daily (http://sethgodin.typepad.com/) and has written many books. His latest […]

This blog post is about how to set goals for 2013. Research shows that the date when most New Year’s resolutions are broken is January 7. As life continues to accelerate, it appears that our attention span is shortening. Time to re-visit goals. There is a big difference between a goal and a wish. A […]

Best I can tell, there is one significant difference between Dentists who are massively successful and those who are not. The successful ones do stuff! Most Dentists take a considerable amount of CE. Way more than is required by your state licensing agency. The successful Dentists take what they learn in these courses and actually […]

If you are regular reader of this blog you know that I am passionate about dentistry and that I have a optimistic perspective on the future of our profession. We just completed our best year in history in my dental practice and plan on making 2013 better yet! Why am I so bullish on dentistry? […]

This quote by Charles Darwin seems very appropriate for the Dental Profession today. Dental practices today are polarizing into those that are thriving and those that are struggling. The world is changing at a rapid pace and the dental offices that are changing and adapting to the new reality are thriving. Those that are not […]