Dental Consultants Can Give Practitioners Their Lives Back

Some dentists shy away from the notion of hiring dental consultants out of fear of what they’ll find. Concerned that more work will result and that recommendations from dental office management teams will actually cost them more money, they decide to trudge forward doing what they’ve always done. If a dentist wants to supercharge a practice and regain a little “me time” in the process, getting over the shyness is a must.

Good dental practice management techniques recommended by top dental consultants might result in change, but it’s almost always for the best. When a skilled dental consultant is brought in to help streamline a practice, a few things should result:

More efficient time management – Good dental consultants can show their clients how to streamline their practices to get the biggest bang for their buck. Money and time both are wasted in dental practices. Getting a little of both back is feasible.

Better focusing of a practice – Dentists don’t have to do it all to enjoy a healthy and solid flow of patients. Dental consultants can show clients how to specialize in the areas they really enjoy while letting others handle the cases that don’t really appeal.

More efficient use of money – Some expenditures in a dental practice are uncalled for. Dental consults can help clients find these and eliminate them from a budget.

Better patient care – There is nothing that says operating a dental practice in a leaner, meaner fashion to generate more income means that patient care needs to slide. This is especially so when a dental consultant helps a practice focus in on the cases it handles the best.

The end result of bringing in good dental consultants should be a stronger bottom line and a leaner expense column. It should also mean a more profitable organization that gives a dental team and its employees plenty of income without having to work seven days a week.

Proper Dental Practice Management Results In Big Rewards

There is more to running a dental office than just treating patients. While topnotch, friendly and compassionate patient care should be the number one priority, there is more to a professional venture than just its patients. If the right dental practice management techniques are brought into play, the number two and three priorities can easily be financial and personal.

One of the best ways to make all three priorities come together without one hampering the other is to seek out a good dental consultant to help. While hiring a consultant can seem like a scary prospect, the reality is this move can be worth a small fortune in rewards.

The biggest things dental consultants bring to the table include:

An outsider’s eye – Dental practice management consultants bring a fresh perspective to an operating practice. These skilled professionals are better able to see what is being done and what can be done better. Since the best dental consultants in the field are often dentists themselves or have the right background, they can spot things basic management consultants will not be able to understand.

Field knowledge – Dental practice management consultants understand the industry and the concerns of practitioners. They are uniquely positioned to make recommendations to streamline a practice while keeping patient care as the top priority.

Proven results – Good dental office management consultants generally have a number of success stories under their belts. Since they understand both the field and good management techniques, they know what needs to be done to turn a practice around and make it a moneymaker without sacrificing patient care and quality of service.

Hiring a consultant to help with dental office management can result in a streamlining of operations for the better. When making things flow more smoothly matters, but so does patient care, dental consultants are often worth their weight in gold.

Dental Management

If you could wave a magic wand and have your practice just how you wanted it, what would it look like?

Would your production be up by 10%? 50%? 200%? Would you be more relaxed and confident in the office? Would you cut back your hours?

I have taken my practice from a dead start to $600,000/yr, then to $1.5 Million/yr then $3 Million and right up to $6 Million a year! I have taken my personal productivity from $200/hour to over $1000/hour.

I have taken my work load from 7 days a week to 6, 5, 4, 3 and now 2 days a week.
I have cut out seeing kids, perio and ortho. Now I just do the things I love to do.

Plus, I still own 100% of the practice. I am not someone who used to do it or never did it. This is current material that works today in a typical middle class neighborhood.

I have studied the material of the top management experts, both dental and non-dental. I have tried everything. I have made every possible mistake. I have had key staff leave at the worst possible time. I have had associates try to steal their patient list. I have taken on way more debt than I needed to. I have hired the wrong people. I have been ripped off.

But after awhile, and a lot of trial and error, you get a good read on what works. Bit by bit you learn how to protect yourself from the bad stuff, and increase the good stuff.

So; you’ve waved your magic wand. What’s better in your dental practice now than it was before?

Are you earning more money? Robert Kiyosaki the author of Rich Dad/Poor Dad says there are problems of not enough money and problems of too much money, but the problems of too much money are far better. Money gives you options. That is the main reason more is better. Options like the kind of house, car, schools for your kids, vacations, investments, retirement, etc.

How about your work schedule? Do you have time for the really fun stuff in your life? Do you ever have time to do just nothing? Time to think? Time to read? Time to catch up on that pile of journals beside your desk?

What about your health? Do you have time to exercise? To read about what you should eat and do to stay healthy? Are you under a lot of stress? Do patient demands create anxiety in you? I know a dentist you worked all day wearing his heart rate monitor and his heart rate was off the scale almost all day.