| Nowadays the majority of my business comes from referrals or people finding me through Internet searches but reflecting on my dental patient marketing experiences over the years I thought I would share those ideas that have been most successful for me. Here’s tip #1! |
Tags: Practice Marketing
| Are you a long-time user of BiteFX? Apart from the number of years do you relate to this comment from Dr. Hal Stewart, DDS from Flower Mound, Texas? |
Tags: Practice Effectiveness
Here’s an interesting article written for Dentistry Today last year (2010). It presents the three golden rules of occlusion – rules that are accepted by all parties whatever their particular occlusal slant may be. This is a great article for anyone wanting to cut through the confusion and establish a basic understanding of occlusion; an understanding that they can start putting into practice almost immediately.
Tags: Occlusion Science
We were exhibiting at the International Academy of Gnathology meeting last week so I had the opportunity to sit in on some of the very interesting presentations they had on their program. One of the presentations in particular has set me thinking so I thought I’d share its challenge on our blog. It was given by Dr. Tom Basta, one of the directors of the Foundation for Advanced Continuing Education and titled “Occlusion – Myths & Realities”.
Tags: Occlusion Science
| In this article Stu Harman, BiteFX expert, explains why BiteFX users see such an impact on their dental patient education and gives another tip on how to enhance your use of BiteFX. |
Ever have someone make a comment that starts your mind whirring? Gayle Fletcher, DDS, had that effect on me in one of our early conversations when he said, "If a picture is worth 1000 words, BiteFX is worth 1 million!" I loved the statement as it confirmed to me that this
Tags: Practice Effectiveness
| This is an article written by Dr. Reid and published a few years back in Dentistry Today. It is still relevant today - though we'd probably say "maximum intercuspation" (MIP) rather than "centric occlusion" (CO). |
Tags: Treatment Acceptance
| Stu Harman has talked to hundreds of BiteFX users and prospective users over the last year and has gained great insights into what it takes to communicate occlusal-based treatments to your patients. In this blog, using his learned dental patient education expertise, he shares a feature that saves you time and helps you focus your attention fully on your patient. |
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Do you regularly bring up the issue of occlusal disease (“bite problems”) with your patients? If not, here’s my approach which I hope will help you make it a standard part of your patient consultations.
Tags: Treatment Acceptance
| Simply put, it’s the concept of “complete dentistry”, but what does that mean? Consider this case. |
Tags: Treatment Planning
The article "Seeing is Believing" is one that Glidewell published a few years back shortly after we released BiteFX and which we use with their permission.
It presents a study of a case handled by Don (Dr. Reid, my partner in creating BiteFX) in which he describes how he identified occlusal disease in a patient, explained the problem to the patient and went on to restore the patient's mouth taking you through the treatment plan, implant placement, use of temporaries and final restoration.
Tags: Treatment Planning