A practice manager or owner at some point will have to terminate an employee’s contract; and this has to be a difficult decision that needs to be done with considering the dignity of the employee. It is best to hire high-quality staff and to provide all necessary training to maintain the practice success. The decision …

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Dental ache is a headache for uninsured patients or those who need expensive supplemental policy that covers limited dental procedures. A root canal treatment might cost hundreds of dollars. Nearly 27% of U.S. adults do live along with untreated dental diseases, according to Kaiser Family Foundation; and they (around 2.6 millions) only receive emergency dental …

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Telehealth technologies have the potential to enhance oral health-care standards. Teledentistry can empower the communication between patients and dental professionals located in separate geographic regions. With this innovative technology, dental care can be provided to distant patients by real-time interaction using website monitoring, mobile apps and wearable devices. Dentists need to convert the traditional paper …

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, around 45 million Americans are not dentally insured. This population is unlikely to seek for regular dental checkups and even skip basic preventive care. This decreases the index of oral health unless affordable dental care plans are proposed by dental professionals. Dental schools and community dental …

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Growing a dental practice, while providing a wide range of services in different dental specialties, is the aim of every single dentist in the world; but how about business management and marketing? The concept of dental service organizations (DSOs) has evolved recently to answer the above query. As dentists may struggle with managing their own …

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