We’ve talked before about how to quickly hire new candidates for your practice when you’re in a pinch. We’ve discussed dental recruitment in general, and compared the third-party recruitment services available to you as a practice owner. This week, it’s time to take a look at the core of what constitutes a great long-term hiring… Read more »
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Thinking Of Starting a Dental Practice? Read This First!
Are you ready to start your own practice? The thought is probably both scary and exciting. Maybe you’re a competent dentist with a few years of clinical work under your belt, and you feel like you’re ready to step up and run the show. Or perhaps you’re a savvy business person who recognises that dental practices… Read more »
Taking Care Of Your Dental Recruitment in 2013
One of the best ways to ensure that you get the right staff for your dental practice is to make use of a third-party company to connect you with skilled and vetted dental professionals. Let’s face it, you simply don’t have time or inclination to manually advertise for and sift through candidates. You want to… Read more »
Modernising Your Dental Practice
Dentistry used to be pretty stable on the technology front for many decades. Mirror, pick, pliers…manual drill. Designs slowly evolved, but through the course of a dentist’s career, he or she (usually a “he” back then!) would basically make use of the same tools and procedures with very little variation. However, the confluence of electronic… Read more »
Dental Practice Design For Comfort And Success
Interior design is a crucial factor in the ambience of an inside space. You’ve no doubt stepped foot in one or more poorly designed small businesses yourself – perhaps somewhere crampt, badly lit or uncomfortable. You likely have first-hand knowledge of how much design affects customer’s perceptions. As dental practitioners, we know that the atmosphere… Read more »
Making The Leap: Should You Expand Your Dental Practice?
When business is booming for prolonged periods, the satisfaction is immense – it feels like you’ve finally got everything right in your practice, and you’ll naturally be proud of your achievements. Maybe you yourself thinking “Hey, we’ve made it work here… why not somewhere else?” It’s a tempting thought, and it’s worth seriously considering. But… Read more »
Four Ways to Keep Employees Happy In Your Dental Practice
As a dental practice owner or manager, you’re in the business of making people smile – literally of course, but also hopefully as a response to their experience in your care. A thriving dental practice is built on excellent service and an experience of safety, comfort, friendliness and care for its patients. Employee morale needs… Read more »
Dental Practice Profitability: Three Keys To Staying Afloat in 2013
Profitability. It’s the deciding factor in the success or failure of any business, and it should be the foremost figure in the minds of practice owners and managers. Profitability of dental practices in the UK varies wildly – some stay afloat with a profitability of a few percent of their revenue, some rake it in… Read more »
Dental Practice ‘Best Practice’ Part Two: Your Team
In the first part of our Best Practice series, we covered the essence of effective communication between your practice and your patients. In this installment, we’ll be taking a look at another huge pillar of dental practice success – your team, and how to get the best out of them. Here are our tips for… Read more »
Dental Practice ‘Best Practice’ Part One: Communication
Running a dental practice is difficult. Dentists are often not natural business people, and the move from clinician to successful practice owner is rarely straightforward. There are several key factors that contribute to a thriving dental practice, and every dentist or practice manager has their blind spots – it’s only natural. Check out the first… Read more »