At any given time one or more of your staff are likely doing something that you would not be too happy about if discovered.
Your practice will be rushed, hectic and stressed without a schedule that is well designed. The purpose of blocking scheduling is to decrease stress, keep production on an even keel from one day to the next while maintaining or increasing production. These are the steps for implementing with guidelines: Time Study Over two to three weeks get accurate times of every procedure. All staff can help. Create an index card for each patient that comes in. Note the following on the card: The time the patient arrivedThe time the patient is seatedThe time the procedure beginsThe time the procedure ends At the end of...
A survey of several dental professionals offered the following suggestions for dealing with back pain: Dental loupes are the magnifying glasses that dentists wear to enlarge everything that they see in the mouth. ... Secondly, loupes are worn to allow dentists to have a more “physiologic” posture while working, and thereby minimize the slouching which dentists are historically known to develop. Working out your core means working out the entire middle section of your body which includes your stomach muscles, your hips, your butt, your lower back as well your side obliques and adductors. ... Core exercises also strengthen your hips,...
Do you ever ask your patients, "Any questions?" If you do so often enough, you'll lose a lot of income. Let me explain.
