Author Archives: Dental Stores

Benefits of using ACH in your Dental Practice

With advances in technology, paper checks have become a thing of the past. Businesses must spend time at the bank to deposit these checks and wait for them to clear. Customers must remember their check book and to pay their bills on time. Luckily, there is a better way, ACH payments – widely known as eChecks. ACH payments can save your practice up to 70% vs standard credit card processing fees. Continue reading

5 Easy Ways to Motivate Your Team

Let’s face it – happy employees will be more productive employees. But how do you motivate your front office and back office to work hard and help your business grow? Great news! Motivating your employees doesn’t have to take a ton of effort – in fact, it might just be a few minutes each day to say “hello”. However, note that with change may come some resistance from team members – which can mean a bigger problem. Continue reading

Most of Us Eat Our Chocolate Bunnies Ears First

With Easter coming up this weekend, researchers say there is a disturbing epidemic of rabbit auricular amputations. In layman’s terms – biting off the ears of our chocolate Easter bunnies.

Each year Americans spend over $18 B in Easter related expenses. A good portion of that goes to chocolate and candy filled baskets that will ultimately result in another cavity. In fact, 92% of Easter baskets included sugar packed treats for the kids – with 91M chocolate bunnies expecting to be sold this year alone! Continue reading

Prebiotics vs. Probiotics – What’s the difference?

Your mouth contains millions of microscopic organisms; some good, some not so good. Each one serves a purpose. But when certain bacterial colonies flourish more or less than they should, it can contribute to an increased risk of oral diseases (like tooth decay and periodontitis,) infections like thrush, or even bad breath.   Continue reading

Top 4 Problems with Running a Dental Practice

If you talk to any dentist that owns their own practice, chances are that they’ll tell you college taught them how to become a great dentist, but nothing about what it takes to run a competitive business. Continue reading