In dentistry, many practices continue to schedule patients in a way that ensures that staff are always busy…but not necessarily productive. In this recorded webinar, you will learn how to take a strategic approach to appointment scheduling so that productivity is maximized and each provider is contributing to the overall goals of the practice. […]
Five Reasons Your Dental Practice Should Consider Using Geofencing
Dentistry is one of the most important health care relationships that people have and although they know they should be having regular checkups, they also lead busy lives and booking their next appointment is not always top of mind. As a practice owner or Office Manager at a dental office, you need to be proactive, […]
How To Avoid Common Mistakes When Preparing To Sell Your Dental Practice
Learn how to avoid the most common mistakes dentists make when preparing to sell their practice by discovering how to create and implement proven strategies to guide you through the sales and transition process. Whether selling a practice in six months or six years, avoiding costly mistakes now can protect a practice’s value from eroding […]
How to Safely Don/Doff Dental PPE
Wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) has been an essential step to protecting staff and patients of dental practices for over a year now. However, the protective benefit of wearing PPE is significantly reduced, if not entirely eliminated, if that dental PPE is not put on (donned) or removed (doffed) properly. To aid dental healthcare workers […]
Is It Worth It? Making SMART Purchasing Decisions In Your Practice
As long as there has been a dental industry, there have been people trying to sell products and services to those of us within the dental industry. The frequency at which salespeople have come knocking on our door has only increased since the industry began ramping up earlier this summer. As a practice, CVOS has […]
Cash Flow Will RULE Your Post-Covid Ramp-Up
The covid-19 pandemic hit our communities hard and fast. Within the dental industry, most practices only had a couple of days to close their doors in compliance with RCDSO recommendations. While I praise our governments for taking action to support our practices, our employees, and our patients, the effects of this shutdown will be felt […]
Oral Surgery and Herbal Medicines: What You Need To Know
What should you be telling patients when they ask if it is ok to continue taking their herbal medicines before and after their oral surgery? 71% of Canadians have used natural health products (which includes herbal medicine) according to the Natural and Non-prescription Health Products Directorate (NNHPD). The NNHPD is the body within the Health […]
Does Cannabis Use Affect Sedation Requirements?
The legalization of cannabis use in Canada has reached its 1-year anniversary. Over the past year, the healthcare industry – including oral healthcare – has had to take this into account as we update and adjust our practices to accommodate this new reality. However, unlike other societal changes that have impacted how we practice, cannabis […]
Managing Fractures of Teeth and Alveolar Bone
According to the International Association of Dental Traumatology (IADT), a third of all adults will experience some type of trauma to their permanent teeth in their lifetime, the most common of which will be to the crown of a tooth. Knowing what to do when visited by a patient who has experienced a traumatic dental injury (TDI) […]