Dental providers must remain compliant with labor laws, privacy laws, and health and safety laws. Noncompliance can cause a number of headaches for practices and they are easily preventable when there are sound systems in place. Here, we will go through some of the best compliances practices you should consider adopting if...

A dental practice is, after all, a business. As such, there are critical business decisions that will need to be made, many of which will need to be made at the practice’s formation. From inception, there will be choices you will need to make that will have powerful implications for how the...

To help set your dental practice up for success, having a business plan can be critical. You may be starting your dental practice from scratch or you may be buying an existing practice. While considerations for these scenarios may vary slightly, the fact remains that you should have solid dental practice...

Standard operating procedures are critical to help ensure your dental practice runs smoothly, safely, and efficiently. These are documents that should provide explicit, detailed directions on how certain tasks should be completed every time. Not only can strong standard operating procedures help foster healthy communication in your dental practice, but they can...

Patients may sometimes choose to file a complaint with the dental board should they believe that their dentist failed to adhere to standards of the profession. Regardless of whether there is merit to the complaint, dental board complaints can be both costly and time consuming. When a dental board launches an investigation,...

Are you looking to bring another associate into your dental practice? It can be an exciting time as you look to grow your practice and bring in fresh talent. Hiring a dental practice associate can also be, however, a particularly arduous task. The long slog through resume piles and the narrowing down...