Small Town Dentist Success Story

By: Debbie Seidel-Bittke, RDH, BS

I want to tell you about a dental professional who I can now say is a friend and colleague of mine.

She was able to build her small town dental practice into something very successful. Not too many people want to live along the rugged Oregon Coastline. Please understand that rugged is a perfect adjective to describe this coastline. Full Article

Relationship Marketing: Creating a Bridge for a Better Future

By: Dr. Allan Gross, DDS

This month we are so excited to have as our special guest on December 17th Dr. Allan Gross. Dr. Gross is the Senior Account Executive for Doctor Relations. Dr. Gross is passionate about building relationships for your dental patients through various community efforts. Dr. Gross will be our special guest for the December 17th Teleconference / Web Workshop. We hope you enjoy his article about Relationship Marketing and join us on December 17th for more great insight as well.

As a team we met every morning to go over our day, we met once a week for 1 hour to make sure our practice systems were functioning well, and we had a several hour monthly meeting to discuss in detail a variety of subjects. We all shared good and bad things that may have happened.
Full Article

Working As A Team Improves Oral Hygiene.

By: Debbie Seidel-Bittke, RDH, BS

Successful dental teams don’t just work ON them but IN them!

Make no mistake, practices who are not only maintaining their previous levels of production in the current economy but have even seen growth - sometimes substantial growth - are those who believe in and are following this philosophy. Full Article

Web Workshop Downloads

Thursday December 03, 09
@ 5:30pm (PST)

Streaming Recording Link

Next Month’s Articles:

What to look forward to next month:
In Our January ezine (eNewsletter)

“Where have all our patients gone? Long Time Passing.”
Stay tuned for January where we will talk about your active patient base and why it should be higher if you are seeing so many new patients each month. We will discuss why after 10 years in practice you have 30 new patients each month but the active patient list shows only 3,000 Active Patients.

"One Simple Area of Your Practice Really is a Valuable Profit Center"
Did you know that you may have over $100,00.00 sitting in your hygiene profit center? Did you know there are other profit centers within your dental hygiene profit center and that can mean another $30,000.00- $50,000.00 in addition for 2010? Stay tuned for this information in our January newsletter(s).

Welcome!

What is your 2010 Game Plan?

By: Debbie Seidel-Bittke, RDH, BS

How can 10 years have passed so quickly? I can’t believe we are planning for 2010. It is almost here! Exactly how is your practice doing? Hard to believe the year is almost over and by now you need to be planning for 2010.

How is your practice doing? Is everything "adding up" as it should? Where does your dental hygiene program stand at this point in the game? Where are collections? What about acceptance of treatment? Is this number close to 100%?
Full Article

Upcoming Events:

December Teleconference/Web Workshop

Thursday December 17, 09 @ 5:30pm (PST)
Call-in toll number (US/Canada): 1-408-792-6300 Access code: 578 508 466
Send email to: info@dentalpracticesolutions.com to receive link to view live.

"Creating a Bridge for Your Future"
Special Guest: Dr. Allan Gross, DDS Senior Account Executive, Doctor Relations

• Build enduring relationships with your patients
• Build strong relationships with your community
• Combine the synergy of social media and community socialness.

Stay tuned for our January Teleconferences/Web Workshop's:

January 7, 2010 @ 5:30pm (PST)
How Does an Extra $130k from Your Hygiene Department in 2010 Sound?
Presenter: Debra Seidel-Bittke, RDH, BS
Special Host: Chris Mrozek-Brooke, RDH

January 21, 2010 @ 5:30pm (PST)
"Crush your Overhead for a More Profitable 2010!" Special Guest: Dan Marut, DMD Founder of NewDocs.com (www.newdocs.com)
Founder: www.CompleteDentalPlan.com
The Nations™ Premier In-House Patient Membership Plan. Tips and Tools for the Practice

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
We wish all of you good health and a Prosperous 2010!

Debbie Seidel-Bittke, RDH, BS and the team at Dental Practice Solutions

Fun Facts

Here's a small vocabulary list from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens:

Ironmongery – (-muŋ′gər) noun a dealer in hardware.

Simile – (sim′ə lē′) noun  figure of speech in which one thing is likened to another, dissimilar thing by the use of like, as, etc. (Ex.: a heart as big as a whale, her tears flowed like wine)
Unhallowed - (-hal′ōd) adjective
1. not hallowed or consecrated, unholy
2. wed; profane; impious, residuary

tri·fle (trī′fəl) noun
something of little value or importance; trivial thing, idea, etc.; paltry matter
a small amount of money
a small amount or degree; bit
esp. in England, a dessert consisting of spongecake soaked in wine, spread with jam, and covered with custard, whipped cream, etc. a kind of pewter of medium hardness utensils made of this.