Kevin Tighe[email protected]Dental PracticeGet smart with case acceptanceWhen you talk with your patients about treatment acceptance, how often do they say yes? You might think your failure rate is below 20%, but Kevin Tighe of Cambridge Dental Consultants suggests taking a look at your patient files to see. He has some ideas to help you improve your case acceptance rate.April 4, 2017Dental PracticeWhat no one tells you about talking to your patientsAfter describing necessary treatments, dentists often ask patients whether they have any questions. Kevin Tighe of Cambridge Dental Consultants suggests that this approach might be costing you income. His latest column offers some practical advice on helping patients understand their treatment options.February 21, 2017Dental PracticeYour new year: How to make a strong start with patient reactivationA full schedule is vital to the health of your practice; however, most practice owners vastly underestimate how much you have to work to keep the schedule full, writes Kevin Tighe of Cambridge Dental Consultants. He offers a comprehensive overview of how to enact a patient reactivation program.January 11, 2017Dental Practice5 hygiene production questions to considerYour hygiene department can make or break your practice, yet most hygiene departments underproduce. Kevin Tighe of Cambridge Dental Consultants is here to help. He offers a list of the top five questions he's been asked about hygiene production.December 12, 2016Dental PracticeGet smart with your staff: Part 2 -- 4 key management tipsIn the first part of this series, Kevin Tighe of Cambridge Practice Consultants discussed how to look at staff disagreements and noncompliance in terms of the bigger picture of practice productivity. In part two, he offers four key management tips to improve the efficiency, productivity, and profitability of your practice.September 5, 2016Dental PracticeGet smart with your staff: Part 1Many dental practices seem busy, but over the years Kevin Tighe of Cambridge Dental Consultants has found that these practices are underproducing by as much as 40% based on their production capacity. In the first of a two-part series, he writes that the keys to increasing performance are your staff and your skills in leading and managing them.August 28, 2016Page 1 of 1Top StoriesLegal IssuesDentist allegedly solicits employee for inappropriate favorA dentist faces criminal charges after allegedly attempting to pay a receptionist at the practice he jointly owns for a sexual favor.DenturesThese patients may be more likely to experience denture failureOral-Systemic LinkPatients with lupus, RA may want to wake up on oral healthSmile DesignClinical tip: A different way to get an accurate tooth marginLegal IssuesCyberattack hits DSO Chord Specialty Dental, affecting 170K