Three phone tips that will bring in new patients - DentistryIQ
... Losing patients one at a time may not matter to you, but one a week is 50 per year. This can be the difference between funding your retirement or not. ...

Tips for success: Interview with Patterson's Steve Carlin ...
... Carlin: Whether dentists are just starting out, seeking an associate or preparing for retirement, I think one of the important things we can share with our ...

Inside Hygiene Feb. 12, 2010 - DentistryIQ
... for hygienists will become available, through the aging population and nursing home hygiene care, school-based hygiene care, and retirement funded dental care. ...

Fraud? It can't happen to me! - DentistryIQ
... area personally — you will be very sorry financially if you don’t. Repercussions include less patient care, financial problems, and possibly NO retirement! ...

Seven strategies to reduce your risk - Dental Economics
For more on this topic, go to www.dentaleconomics.com and search using the following key words: investment strategies, stock market, retirement planning, risk. ...

Cash, bonds, stocks, real estate, or gold - Dental Economics
... this topic, go to www.dentaleconomics.com and search using the following key words: Naught Decade, investment performance, Resampled Efficiency, Brian Hufford. ...

Community service - RDH
... A personal story. Linda Meeuwenberg, RDH, MA, MA, FADIA, was forced into an early retirement due to the chronic pain of degenerative disc disease. ...

Emergency medicine in the dental practice - Dental Economics
... by Dianne Glasscoe–Watterson, how large a dental treatment room should be by Dr. Jeff and Pat Carter, and great financial columns by Brian Hufford and John ...

Have you converted yet? - Dental Economics
For more on this topic, go to www.dentaleconomics.com and search using th efollowing key words: Roth IRAs, retirement planning, tax planning, John K. McGill. ...

Follow the guide - Dental Economics
... key words: Financial Balance Guide?, wealth creation, savings, wants, needs, Brian Hufford. ... should save 10% of income to achieve a successful retirement. ...

To own or not to own - Dental Economics
... I would question basing your retirement goals on the ability to sell a mature dental practice in a lease space when a young practitioner may have the option to ...

A tax attorney's advice to dentists - Dental Economics
... 7 If you are planning to stay in the practice for a period of time after the sale, you may consider using a retirement plan to shelter part of the sale. ...

Protecting your most valuable asset — your practice! ...
... Each of these has a specific purpose and, therefore, provides coverage for specific issues. Is this enough to protect your retirement? ...

2009 year-end tax planning - DentistryIQ
... faced with now. Changes in your employment status, family, investments, or retirement plans raise new tax issues. For example: • Self ...

Harps and Hygiene - DentistryIQ
... After 15 years in hygiene, this is the happiest I’ve ever been in a dental office.” At age 55, Maryjean is far from thinking about retirement in either of ...

Eight ways to get serious about making sales in today's ...
... For example, astute life insurance producers saw an opportunity when many people lost a considerable portion of their retirement funds in the stock market ...

Make the rest of your life the best of your life: develop a hobby ...
By Rudy Dunnigan, DMD © Dreamstime I suppose that there are many of us in the profession who are contemplating retirement, but not looking forward to “doing ...

Life’s seasons: mania and other emotional states ...
... life?s seasons, mania, emotional states, stock market, midlife crisis, Brian Hufford. ... less interest in bull market topics such as taxes, retirement saving, and ...

2010 Tax Calendar to Keep You Organized - Dental Economics
... File appropriate Form 5550 with the IRS if your practice sponsored a retirement plan or flexible–spending account (cafeteria) plan in 2009 that operated on a ...

How Much Is My Dental Practice Worth? Does It Really Matter? ...
... In fact, as a result of the country’s recent recession, many dentists are postponing retirement. Many dentists who do retire feel ...

Build your practice with paid-for dentistry: solving the mystery ...
... A well-trained dental team is an essential part of the process in patients understanding the fees and financial guidelines of the dental office. ...

Touring Dr. Anthony Altieri's practice in Arundel, Maine ...
... class, average people who don’t want to think their fees are going toward a fancy office. Our goal was to mesh the feeling of home with a dental office in a ...

The business of mini implants - DentistryIQ
... While fees can vary widely between practices, in my experience most practitioners ... patients Any benefit that mini implants bring to the dental office would, of ...

Overhead Q&A - DentistryIQ
... One dentist with two front office staff, two dental assistants, and two dental hygienists produces ... Ken Runkle, America’s Profitability Expert™, is the ...

Minimizing injection pain and stress - DentistryIQ
... people have with pain in the dental office is the ... for his expertise in the dental materials and ... on "How to Increase Productivity and Profitability." Dr. Blaes ...

A comprehensive approach to case presentation - Dental Economics
... a critical aspect of the practice's success in increasing ... Dental Economics® readers are entitled to receive a ... Potential Analysis?, an in–office analysis and ...

Six tips for increasing case acceptance with your Web site ...
... can stand in for you when a patient gets home and ... Tip #4: Detail financial and payment policies and credit ... sources, such as the American Dental Association Web ...

Build your practice with paid-for dentistry: solving the mystery ...
... your practice with paid-for dentistry: solving the mystery of patient financing. ... important to outline acceptable options for the patient and dental practice ...

Best Practices for Dental Patient Records - DentistryIQ
... Mixing financial records with dental records may give the impression that a patient’s ability to pay created bias in the diagnosis and evaluation ...

Protect what you produce - Dental Economics
... A business manager we'll call Wanda for a group dental practice was in ... trusted Wanda so much that she convinced them she could handle the practice's finances. ...

2009 dental office design competition winners announced - Dental ...
EMERYVILLE, California--Matsco, a provider of dental practice financing, Dental Economics®, ADA Business Resources and the American Dental Association have ...

PPC LOAN selects Sikka Software optimization products for loan ...
... Software Corporation said, "By using Sikka Software, dental practice owners ... of recent times." PPC LOAN specializes in providing practice financing for dentists ...