Accelerate My Practice Blog

March Madness, do you miss it yet? What can we learn from last months MADNESS?!

It's clear that College Basketball is extremely exciting, it's full of passion, hard work, drive and the overall desire to lead and finish. There's nothing like watching it, mens or women's college NCAA tournament was a lot of basketball to keep up with. 

Take a second and think about all the preperation that these teams and coaches do? Are you developing a system in your dental practice, that results in such high performance?

In life and in your dental practice, do you want people to tell you what is right or do you desire to hear what makes you feel good?

Does your dental office struggle with holding patients accountable for last minute cancellations or no show appointments?

When was the last time you asked your patients about their experience at your dental practice? Understanding the real patient experience is crucial to the case accpetance process. Today we're joined by a patient from a local dental office, that we over heard telling an interesting experience she had at her last dental appointment.

How are the economy, technology and insurance companies driving our patient's decisions to accept the treatment plan you are delivering? Not only are they deciding WHEN they will do that crown but even IF they will ever decide! Perhaps knowing how to overcome this challenge is to know more about how the other "elective spending" products are influencing patient behavior. Did we just say, "dentistry is elective spending"? It's not what we want to believe but when our patients are more interested in buying the latest iPhone than investing in the health of their mouth and body, we need to understand WHY.