Procedures
5 Tips for Reducing Office Overhead Costs
Running a dental practice can get expensive—especially when small expenses go unnoticed with the staff’s attention focused on providing exceptional dental care. But over time even the smallest expenses can add up and increase overhead costs to make your practice less...
Are You Listening Yet? 7 Interesting Podcasts for Dental Professionals
Have you joined the podcast craze yet? Instead of tuning to your favorite station or streaming music through their phone, many people are turning to Podcasts on their morning commutes or as a way to wind down after a stressful day. And with thousands to choose from on...
Doing Good Together: Feed My Starving Children Mobile Pack 2018
Since our earliest days in the industry Dental City has recognized the importance of giving back. From a 25 year strong partnership to support the needs of a local domestic shelter to annual donations to the DTA and supplies sent for mission trips around the world,...
No Better Surprise: Young Dad Gets a Makeover That Leaves Him Smiling for First Time in Years
Dillon Moore, a young father from Texas, spent years hiding his teeth—even his young children had never really seen him smile. A quick perusal of his social media pages showed the same unwillingness to share the damaged and decayed teeth he had kept a secret for so...
Confidence is Key: Win Patients Over by Being the Expert in the Room
No matter the role you play on your dental team when you’re with a patient they trust you to take care of their dental needs without hesitation. That could be something as simple as helping them fill out a new patient form in the reception area to walking them through...
Chance Encounters: How One Wedding (and Wedding Party) Wouldn’t Have Been Possible Without Dental City
We’re taking a break from our regularly scheduled educational and informative content to share a story a little bit different this week—hopefully it brings a smile to your face and gets your week off to a great start! At Dental City we try our hardest to make our time...
3 Simple Ways Insurance Companies Deny Claims (And How to Avoid Them)
We’re pretty sure there are few things in life less enjoyable than dealing with the mysterious world that is insurance companies. With regulations and red tape galore, even submitting the simplest claim for your patients can lead to headaches and—even worse—denied...
Have Some Thoughts on Fluoride? CDC Says Now’s the Time to Share Them
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have submitted a request for formal comments on a proposal of an operational control range for the fluoride concentration in community water systems. Community...
6 Steps for Winning Over New Patients at Their First Appointment
I think every dental professional would agree that it’s always exciting to get a new patient into your practice. However, just getting that new patient through the door isn’t enough. You’ve got to continue to woo them through their first appointment so that their...
Hope for Opioid Alternatives: House Approves Legislation to Simplify Approval Process for Some OTC Pain Medications
By now it’s no secret that the dental industry is working diligently to be part of the solution to the current opioid crisis in America. As we mentioned in a previous article there are over 2 million known cases of opioid addiction in the U.S. and some of those cases...
Practice Safety: Are You Handling Your Biohazard Waste Correctly?
As anyone who’s spent any time in the dental field knows, dentistry isn’t all pearly white smiles. Helping patients maintain a healthy mouth and teeth means performing procedures that can result in a variety of biohazard s like blood, tissue, sharps and more. It’s all...
One Dentist’s Mission to Make Oral Moisturizers Safer for Patients
Chances are you have patients who suffer from xerostomia or dry mouth. This chronic issue plagues 30% of the U.S. population, particularly the aging population. You’ve probably heard from patients in your office how they struggle with the negative effects of low...