Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on linkedin Download the PDF version now! I have been trying to understand the different digital X-rays that are available today. Which one is best? I have compiled some notes for consideration. Both the scanned photo phosphorous plate method (Scan X type) and the direct digital sensor systems […]

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on linkedin Download the PDF version now! As I have stated before, I am not a big fan of partnerships but maybe that’s because I’m prejudiced by my experience with poor partnership agreements. Only recently I’ve had to deal with a couple of partnerships in trouble – mostly

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on linkedin Download the PDF version now! I recently attended a Strategic Planning meeting that a dentist organized for himself. He invited his wife, his accountant, his investment/retirement consultant, his insurance specialist and myself as a valuation/sales broker. The accountant brought to the table the dentist’s current financial

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on linkedin Download the PDF version now! I write this article at a time when three of our clients are currently in different stages of transition of location. Their experience helps me focus on the importance of location improvement throughout your career. 1) NEW PRACTICE SET-UP Rent usually

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on linkedin Download the PDF version now! Dentists, like most other professionals, often become complacent in the location in which they are working. The community changes but their practice remains the same. The first thing they know is that the practice does not relate to the community and

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on linkedin Download the PDF version now! How does your practice look? Many practitioners have had their practice with no significant change month-to-month and year-to-year – and it does get old and tired. If your leasehold improvements are 20 years old without any major refurbishing you probably fall

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on linkedin Download the PDF version now! Quite often when I speak to groups of dentists I talk about ratios in a dental practice. Today I am writing about Billing Ratios so that you can compare your practice to them. First to set some of the parameters: The

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on linkedin Download the PDF version now! When we valuate practices, we are continually surprised by the lack of formal procedures surrounding the backup and retention of computer information. Just about all practices backup their computers every night but the similarity ends there. Too often the backup tapes