Monthly Archives: June 2018

How do you choose color? Color is a powerful design tool that has an impact on influencing emotion, mood, and even physiological reactions. The color you choose for your operatory can affect your patients. Whatever you choose, let your color inspire both your practice and your patients!

You might be the most precise, well-liked, and well-educated dentist, but if your patients do not feel comfortable they’re not likely to return, or worse, they’ll reconsider seeking dental care altogether. For some, fear has become a routine part of the dental experience. Although this fear is unique to each patient, similarities can be seen from case to case.

The digital workflow—from the intraoral scanning, through the CAD design of the facially generated diagnostic digital wax-up, to the CAD-designed and 3D printed silicone index with the diagnostic mock-up—provides a new approach that avoids the conventional manufacturing of casts. Read More...

If you ask a dentist what is the greatest challenge their practice faces today, you are likely to hear new patient flow.

Dental professionals work in a complex environment that requires consideration of ergonomics. This encompasses physical, psychosocial and organizational factors. Fourhanded dentistry results in organized and collaborative performance of work, effectiveness, increased productivity and efficiency and helps to reduce the risk of musculoskeletal injuries when performed properly. The dental operatory design, operatory furniture and instruments require particular consideration and can help provide ergonomic solutions in dentistry.

Digital scanning technology paired with chairside milling has made same-day restorations more affordable than ever.

Today’s CAD/CAM workflow and materials have elevated restorative work to lab quality and expanded the possibilities for its use. With the option to utilize same-day in-house milling or to work with a lab, CAD/CAM meets the growing desire of patients to receive same-day dentistry while delivering exceptional grade quality and aesthetics.

In this dental practice management article, Dr. Charles Blair discusses the advantages of offering an in-house discount plan to keep the chairs in your dental practice filled.

Dr. Simon Kold, from Herning Implant Center, has worked with the 3Shape TRIOS scanner since 2011, and for him, there can be no going back to traditional impression taking. Read how digital impressioning can help make you a better dentist.

With such a complex tax code in the United States, it’s no wonder many dentists are missing deductions that would save them money. Learn the five most common deductions missed and why it’s vital to work with a knowledgeable accountant to find those that apply to your business.