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...
Dental Practice Administrative Complaints
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,...
Why You Need a Written Lease
Get it in writing. You have likely heard this phrase at some point in time and it should resonate with you in many aspects of running your dental practice. For instance, if you are leasing a space for your practice, you should seriously consider getting a written lease. While verbal, handshake agreements...
What Questions Should You Be Asking Prospective Dental Practice Associates?
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...
