Accelerate My Practice Blog

How much do you know about embezzlement? How could it be impacting your dental practice? What are things to look for if you think someone is stealing from you? We sat down with David Harris from Prosperident, and discussed the opportunity he had to interview someone who had been caught embezzling, what to look for in embezzlers, and what to do about it!

Everybody thinks the first impressions are made when we walk up face to face and actually take a look and see each other and that's not always the case. It depends on how they found you maybe on your website or did they find you on Google? That brand creates an impression, it creates the impression of who you are, how you present dental practice and what you are selling. When you look at your website does it sell health? Does it match what you represent? Are your dental patients aware of your services?

Are you aware of the Golden Temple that is Hygiene in your Dental Practice? When was the last time you and your Dental Team looked at your Hygiene program from an opportunity perspective? Let us break this down for you.

An outstanding dental hygienist that is passionate about oral health, periodontal therapy and the relationship it has with systemic health has the ability to add extraordinary value to your practice and the overall well being of your patients. Your dental practice can maximize performance with a healthy combination of prophylaxis, periodontal maintenance, debridement and SRP appointments. Here is what a hygienist that is consistent in their treatment planning and therapy can bring to your practice.

Nurturing relationships with your dental patients is an essential part of building your practice. In our day and age letting your patients know they are valued and cared for has never been more important. In the age of social media patient’s have the ability within moments to share their experience with hundreds of people. An unhappy patient can share their negative experience with the masses via social media that could have a negative affect on your practice. It is more important than ever to create an excellent experience for your patients.  It takes a minimum of 12 positive experiences (I have been told it’s more like 100)  to make up for 1 negative experience. 

Darren Kaberna interviews Dr Gary Schwarz D.D.S., M.D. S. an Oral Surgeon from McAllen TX, during the Dentists Who Cares Conference held in South Padre Island TX. Dr Schwarz is an Oral surgeon who loves his practice, loves his patients and loves the outdoors. He is a spiritual man who says his religious faith is the foundation to his success. 

In this interview Dr Schwarz discusses his love for dentistry and his passion for implant dentistry. At the time when he had been in practice for more than thirty years he felt his practice had leveled off.  At the recommendation of his Bio Noble representative Dr Schwarz became a member of the Seattle Study Club, he believes in the importance of investing in your practice and always improving your skill. It was then that he feels he began practicing at a higher level.

What are you emotionally committed to? Your dental team, your dental practice, your family, your kids your marriage?

"If serving is beneath you, leadership is beyond you!" There's a lot to be said about those that perform consistantly, day in and day out. There's a captivating element and passion to what those people do to stay consistant. When you sit back and look at your dental team and your dental practice, like really look at it. Are you providing your team with passion? Are you serving your dental patients and dental team to your highest potential?

Today, we are pleased to welcome our guest speaker, Brett Wilson, President of Digital Doc who has over 25 years selling digital cameras to dentists in his family business. Have you been thinking about the purchase of an intra oral camera but just don't completely understand the benefits it may have to your dental practice and team? Brett and Darren are here to talk ato us about the Power of the Intra Oral Camera and it's impact on case acceptance and patient relationships! 

Believe it or not, woman are raving in the dental industry. Renata Jabuka, joins us today to speak about Leadership and Performance Coaching, she is an expert in behavior change. She says the average human being has a 9 second attention span! When there is a breakdown of communication between the doctor and the team, this leads to a lack of performance and trust. Where is the biggest break down of communication? It is in misaligned expectations and over reaching assumptions. These 2 items together create a disconnect that is destructive to team work and any business' success.

Chances are when you see people scrolling on their smart phones, they are looking at Facebook, the social media giant! Do you ever wonder if they ever stumble upon your facebook? Better yet, have you even started to thinka bout how you can your dental practice Facebook page a business success?

Personality tests have been around for ages, all over the internet and in books you'll find endless information about personality traits. Whether you're into horoscopes and astrology or you're into all of those personality tests you find online, like DISC. Either way, we all have a general curiosity about our individualism. One thing to keep in mind when discovering your personality traits is to not take it so seriously and keep an open mind because believe it or not some of these are DEAD ON.

Every business owner struggles with creating cohesiveness among the entire organization making sure that everyone is going in the same direction. How can we help the team in your Dental Practice all go in the same direction? How can we grow and thrive.

One of the hottest topics in the dental industry is "How to Build a Successful Hygiene Program". Vice President Barbara Maddy talks directly to the hygiene department about the growth the doctor hopes for from their hygiene department.

Hygiene can grow a practice in two ways:

1. Treating Periodontal disease
2. Offering Restorative treatment

Why do people make changes? How can we utilize this when it comes to our dental patients, our partners, our team members, etc.

"People don't buy products, they buy better versions of themselves." (http://bit.ly/1udyiSF)

There's so much to be said here. The challenge we see is that when we talk to patients about dentistry, we tend to focus on the feature and the benefit. Before we go any further we need to identify the difference between feature and the benefit.

It is our pleasure to announce that Patrick O'Donnell has joined AMPs Business Development Team. Patrick has over 15 years of experience in the dental industry. 

Eleven of those years, Patrick directed dental supply and dental service operations up to 35 million dollars and up to 52 team members as a general manager. His branches were chosen as National Branch-of-the-year three separate times.

Influencing those around us, be it, dental patients, our dental team, sales reps or your dental coach can be a very interesting game! We can do this with Leveraged Activities or with State Management. Controlling your state can dramatically influence your day whether at your dental office or personally in all you do.

How you do anything is how you do everything. Think about it.

As a doctor are you presenting treatment at the best of your ability or are you seldomly going through it?! Lucky for you concept of fullfillment, time, energy and effort will come through time. Ever think about how you can increase those case acceptance number, but simply changing the way you do the simpliest things in your day? We need to LEAD BY EXAMPLE! 

My significant other is upset with me. My kid wont stay out of trouble. My boss is always harping on me... I go home and it's like I'm just going through the motion. The question is to what degree are we going to let this stress rob of us of the joy in life?