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Manage Your Practice Well

Finally, there’s a commonsense practice management book that gives dentists practical information on managing their practices efficiently and profitably!   Dianne’s expertise comes from her business education and many years of experience in the dental field.  The book is easy and delightful to read and is guaranteed to provide solutions for many of dentistry’s hot button issues.  Chapter titles include:

  • Staffing and Employee Management
  • Staff Meetings and YOU
  • Employee Termination
  • The New Patient – the Most Fragile Relationship
  • Financial Management – Overhead Control and Salaries
  • Financial Policy and Office Systems
  • Hygiene Department
  • Prevention vs. Prosecution – Mitigating Liability
  • Crisis, Transition, Leadership, and Avoiding Burnout

Price - $24.95 (includes shipping)

 

        Testimonials –

“This book should be required reading before dental students are allowed to graduate -- it may be the most important one they read in order to be both happy and prosperous from the start of their careers. Dianne Glasscoe Watterson is the “Ann Landers of Dentistry” with her monthly advice column in RDH and Dental Economics magazines for the past 13 years. With the same high content, and her tell-it-like-it-should-be-told Southern charm of a prolific writer, Dianne’s book, Manage Your Practice Well, is a MUST for every practicing dentist and team member.” Linda Miles, CSP, CMC

Dianne brings to the table a wealth of insight from both clinical and business aspects of practice.  I could not put this book down because the information is fresh and to the point.  Dianne covers the subjects that are important to all of us.  She covers the common Human Resources problems in her chapter on Staffing and Employee Management.  Have you ever wondered why your staff meetings are a waste of time?  There are great solutions here.  My worst day in the practice was always the day I had to find an employee a new home.  Dianne shows you how to stop the procrastination and get the job done.  I have always felt that the most important time spent in my practice was building and maintaining the relationships with my patients.  It took me a long time to learn to delegate this to the team.  This book gives some great information on the Most Fragile Relationships.  Dianne covers the Financial Management of the practice by showing the importance of overhead control, salaries, financial policies and the often forgotten Office Systems.  The key to a productive practice is the often overlooked Hygiene Department.  Often this department operates at a loss.  Find out how to correct this.  Dianne includes a chapter on Mitigating Liability which is excellent – this is worth the price of the book.  The book ends with a fascinating chapter on Crisis, Transition, Leadership, and Avoiding Burnout.  The book is easy and delightful to read and is guaranteed to provide solutions for many of dentistry’s hot button issues.  Every practicing dentist and every dental student will benefit from this book.  This will be the best $24.95 you spend this year, so order your copy today! ”  Joe Blaes, DDS, editor Dental Economics 

“This unique book delivers the rare combination of highly useful information based on actual experience and down-to-earth warmth that makes reading it a pleasure. Moreover, it provides tools and encouragement for dental professionals to become their best both personally and professionally.”  Ted Anibal, editor

 

 


"Care Considerations and the Periodontal Patient"

2 DVD set

Course Description – Excellence in patient care should be the goal of the consummate dental hygienist/dentist when treating the periodontal patient non-surgically. This course examines the latest information related to patient care protocol, including(but not limited to) systemic factors related to periodontal disease, patient classification, blood pressure guidelines, pain control modalities, and treatment sequence and protocol.

Course Objectives – Upon completion of this course, the attendee should be able to:

  • Understand many of the links between the oral and systemic disease.
  • Classify the periodontal patient through expanded classification guidelines.
  • Implement effective sequencing protocol for the periodontal patient.
  • Understand the role of inflammation.
  • Use proper pain control techniques.
  • Understand the new pre-medication guidelines.
  • Discuss the usage of intrapocket therapies.
  • Implement enhanced verbal skills with patients.
  • Ascertain when referral to a specialist is needed.

Course Benefits - In order to provide the patient with optimum care, staying current regarding technology and treatment modalities is very important for the dental professional. This course will provide the clinician with up-to-date, evidence-based information related to comprehensive care for the hygiene patient.

Course Topics:

  • Basic considerations of the periodontal patient
    • Homecar
    • Susceptibility
    • Systemic disease
    • Fear
    • Lifestyle factors
    • Local oral factors
  • Classification systems
    • Suggestions for the gingivitis patient
    • Non-surgical and maintenance coding
  • New pre-medication guidelines
    • Implications for clinicians and patients
  • Components of intraoral/extraoral exam
  • Pain control measures
  • Step-by-step debridement process
    • Use of power scalers
    • Use of fluoride varnish
    • Scaling considerations
    • The role of calculus
  • The inflammatory response
    • Use of low-dose doxycycline
    • Use of amoxicillin/metronidazole
  • Recommended armamentarium
    • Power scalers
    • Magnification
    • Instruments
    • Patients aids to treatment
  • Communication tips
    • Appropriate analogies
    • Dealing with difficult situations

Includes handout and post-test.  Successful completion of the post-test awards the participant 6CEUs.

Purchase Price while supplies last - $99

"The Better Way to Sharpen Dental Instruments" CD-ROM

Sharpening dental hygiene instruments has always been an unpredictable, unsatisfying chore.  However, now Dianne

is introducing a new way to sharpen that is (1) fast, (2) easy, (3) cheap, and (4) effective.  By focusing on removing only

the dull portion of the blade, instrument life is increased and instruments remain sharp for longer periods of time.

The technique involves using a high speed handpiece and a tiny friction grip stone.  Included with the video are two sharpening stones.  Order today for the price of $25, which includes shipping and handling.

 

"Systemic Influences on Oral Health/Liability Issues in Dentistry"  3 DVD set

This 3 DVD set includes 2 topics in the same set.

“Good oral health is not just the product of good oral hygiene.  A growing body of evidence points to a wide array of systemic influences that affect oral health.  This course examines various systemic diseases and medications that have a direct impact on oral health as well as the periodontal/systemic disease link.”

 

Course Objectives:

  • To increase knowledge about many systemic diseases that have oral implications
  • To learn the latest information about the periodontal disease/systemic disease link
  • To increase awareness of the importance of a thorough intraoral/extraoral examination
  • To study various medications and their effects on oral tissues

Course Topics:

 

  • Focal infection theory
  • Pathogenicity of plaque
  • Role of the host
  • Bacteremias
  • Infective endocarditis and premedication issues
  • Cardiovascular disease and atherosclerosis
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Respiratory diseases
  • Pregnancy factors
  • Chemotherapy and radiation patients
  • Crohn’s disease
  • Lifestyle factors
  • AIDS
  • BRONJ
  • Other diseases

The practice of dentistry and dental hygiene involves adhering to strict standards of care.  This course examines

the best methods for producing desirable results to avoid injury.  Clinical standards are reflected in various case

histories. 

Course Objectives:

  • To increase knowledge about occurrences in the dental office that can result in injury to patients
  • To learn the latest information about the top ten causes of liability
  • To increase awareness of the importance of a thorough charting protocol
  • To study the role of the patient in decision-making
  • To implement informed consent protocol in treatment planning

Course Topics:

  • Clinical competence for doctors and hygienists
  • The top ten patient care issues for doctors and hygienists
  • Tips on chart notes
  • Various case histories of actual liability cases against doctors and hygienists
  • The importance of open communication between clinician and patient

Upon completion of the post test, 6 continuing education credits will be awarded.

  Purchase now for $79 while supplies last!


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