Dental Practice Systems

I hope you’re feeling a bit more clarity about open hygiene time in your practice with our six-part series. In this article, let’s look at this issue from both the clinical and the administrative perspective. First, the clinical. In your practice, are the hygienists educating patients throughout the appointment about the reasons for their diagnosed …

Team Communication for Hygiene Appointments- Part 5 Read More »

Here’s part four in our series exploring hygiene open time…let’s talk about software. Thankfully, software companies design their products to be user-friendly. But we can easily get stuck in the rut of becoming too comfortable with software, using it no further than the way we were last trained. Although your team may be able to …

Is Your Software Helping You? Part 4 Read More »

We’re continuing in our six-part series about open hygiene time by taking a close look at how to stabilize your department. As in any practice, the number of hygiene hours must balance with patient need for hygiene care, each month. To determine the number of hours that you supply, count the number of hours that …

Balancing Hygiene Hours and Patient Demand? Part 3 Read More »

Welcome to the second in my six-part series exploring the reasons why you are challenged by hygiene open time. As an owner, you always want to be aware of the Hygiene Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) in your practice. Industry norm is always the goal, but if your practice numbers are not in this range, you …

Know your Hygiene Open Time Key Performance Indicators- Part 2 Read More »

Whenever I speak with a dentist looking to enhance his/her practice performance, their questions usually centre on hygiene open time. Hygiene open time makes up for more than 85% of the challenges dentists face in their practice! Open time can appear as either an isolated problem or a symptom of many other systems that are …

Feeling Challenged by your Hygiene Open Time? Part 1 Read More »