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Sometimes we get so caught up in trying to do things differently in our efforts to grow and thrive that we might actually neglect the fundamentals. So today I want us to get back to the basics and make sure your dental practice is following the dental marketing fundamentals that every thriving dentist uses. Marketing […]

Let me tell you a secret: your patients probably aren’t interested in dentistry. Nobody really wants a root canal or a dental crown or filling. But do you know what your patients do want? They want an attractive, functional, pain-free smile. It’s your job as their dentist to help them see how dentistry can help […]

In these unprecedented times, I’ve been thinking a lot about history. You know, I got my B.A. in history, so I like to look at what we can learn from history. One of the things I’ve learned is that tough times like these are nothing new. Looking back nearly 100 years in U.S. history, the […]

Today I will be listing out 4 Dental KPIs that must be measured for dentists. Keep in mind that none of these Dental KPIs are available through your dental practice management software. Typically practice management software tells you “what happened” as opposed to “what’s happening”. My friend Weston Lunsford, the CEO of Dental Intel also […]

In my Life Smiles practice, we use aligners as well as Six-Month-Smiles, and it has made a nice impact on our practice and fits our practice very well. We also have a wonderful orthodontist who we refer to for kids for complicated cases. Historically all of orthodontics, both for adults and kids, have been done […]

How necessary is a dental office manager to your practice? A quote that I really believe is that “We can do anything, but we can’t do everything.” While it’s not impossible to do anything, if we simply try to do everything by ourselves, we won’t get anything done right. Lorie Streeter, the senior Vice President […]

Buying or selling a dental practice is one of those once or twice in a lifetime events, and it’s crucial to get this right. Today I’ll be writing about some important things to consider before you buy or sell a dental practice. My friend Matt Porter has been a long-time partner at a firm called […]

Have you ever had a moment in your life where you were trying to make a connection with somebody, but it just doesn’t happen? Are there also times when you feel like it’s so easy to connect with certain people than others? This might be because of varying traits, such as your age, gender, interests, […]

No one needs an introduction to what happened in March 2020. Because of the global pandemic dental practices, all cross Canada as well as the U.S were closed for about 2 to 3 months. Usually, in a dental practice, when a patient comes in, we tend to book them in for their next appointment 6 […]

Today we’re going to get very detailed, or as they like to say ‘in the weeds’ of our dental marketing plan here at my practice Life Smiles. We have a digital marketing plan with Ekwa Marketing, which consistently attracts 65 plus new patients to our practice every month. We’re a two-doctor dental practice, so if […]