An unhelpful statistic
There is a common statistic that you should not track. It is unhelpful, even damaging to your success.
First visit hygiene. Deadly!
You are doing the patient (and your practice) a disservice by cleaning their their teeth on the first visit.
Magnification? If you don't use it you're missing out.
I'm surprised whenever I hear a dentist works without magnification. Boy, are they ever missing out!
Greeting patients in a covid-19 world
Covid-19 has changed everything with how your greet patients. The old rules no longer apply.
Sell treatment? No way!
Trying to sell treatment to patients is a sure way to put yourself under stress. What's the alternative?
If you can't explain it simply...
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." – Albert Einstein
Clear your mind – yes, really!
"No" is a lovely word. Far better than "maybe" or "I'd like to think about it".
"No" is a good place to be
"No" is a lovely word. Far better than "maybe" or "I'd like to think about it".
Stop minimising!
Patients want the truth. They want honesty and authenticity. They don't want minimising and sugar coating.
Making your own album
An album of your own before and after cases is the most powerful treatment explanation tool you can have.
Do you sugar coat things?
Do you sugar coat your diagnoses instead of giving patients the honest truth?
Post-op instructions, you're doing it wrong
Nothing could possibly go wrong with post-op instructions, could it?
Loupes aren't just to see better
Loupes create a perception you are precise with your treatment.
Fine differences
For years I've talked about how patients want simple, clear explanations, not long-winded, technical ones.
Trip to the Dermatologist
For years I've talked about how patients want simple, clear explanations, not long-winded, technical ones.