Dear DrBicuspid Member,
You'll never completely eliminate broken appointments, but you can take certain steps to significantly reduce them in your practice, writes practice management consultant Sally McKenzie. But first you have to understand why broken appointments are a problem. She shares three reasons why your patients might not show up and offers practical steps you can take to make it more likely they will keep their appointments. Read more here.
After my dentist appointment yesterday, I was talking with my dentist and her hygienist husband about canceled appointments in their practice. To their credit, they have very few broken appointments because the practice is devoted to patient education and using text and email reminders. They noted that this takes effort from everyone in a practice but they consider it time well-spent.
Not sure how to improve your social media profile to grow your practice? Social media consultant Rita Zamora has some practical ideas. We're pleased to bring you an excerpt of her new book that aims to help practices grow through the effective use of social media. Learn more here.
Also this week on DrBicuspid.com, the effects of triclosan on human health should be urgently re-examined, according to the authors of a new preclinical study that found the chemical might increase the risk of colon cancer and other harmful consequences. The findings were published in Science Translational Medicine. Read more here.
Peri-implant tissue quality has typically been evaluated in a binary fashion -- either an implant is failing or it's not. But a method that focuses on peri-implant tissue stability and detects early signs of deterioration could be useful. Enter the peri-implant tissue score, a long-term monitoring tool designed for general dental practices. Learn more here.
