Resources
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Dental Caries Classification: the JADA article is linked here; worth reading!
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Best way to do paperless forms, consents, etc – MedicTalk website or watch this video
Paperless Dentistry website (mostly older information – now rarely updated)111
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“PatientXpress” – the “force multiplier” for the front desk! Patient information at your fingertips when the telephone rings and instant, real time insurance eligibility & benefits!
DentalXChange ClaimsConnect for electronic insurance claims – works with virtually all practice management software
DentalXChange patient statement service – using a professional statements service not only reduces cost and time but increases collections
Invisalign – every GP should be providing Invisalign to his/ her patients; it’s a great service and very profitable
Epson WorkForce ES-400 Color Duplex Document Scanner – about $379 from Amazon; very fast, double sided scanning of multiple sheets; not a flatbed scanner! Scans to pdf format or TWAIN
Lester Dine Clinical Camera $795 – Small, light, point-and-shoot camera that takes great pictures; comes as a “kit” that includes retractors and mirrors.
Dymo Label Printer – for envelopes, appointment cards; very handy; can be “shared” so one printer at front can print appointment cards from all computers in office
Microlux Transilluminator – very hi-tech for only about $300! “Now we don’t have to take so many x-rays!” WOW!
Unlock the PPO – very useful service for start up or established practice wishing to drop or add managed care plans using experience and actual data rather than “close your eyes and pick one.”
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DMI Networking – networks, hardware support, security and HIPAA
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Open Dental – Its biggest advantage is not that it is free; its biggest advantage is that it is priceless when it comes to running a profitable dental practice!
Open Dental Hacks – Our webpage with brief videos showing our favorite ways to use Open Dental to improve your patient care, increase your practice profitability and decrease your stress!
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http://www.useddentalequipment.net/index.html
http://www.cascade-dental.net/
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Guided Implant info: https://www.cad-ray.com/public/main.cfm watch the videos; may not have a cone beam center close to you but may still be able to help
Implants and help: https://blueskybio.com/ “clones” for all major implants that are much less expensive and work just as well; we used them for several years; watch any videos
Oral Radiologists.com: https://www.oralradiologists.com/index.php help with cone beams, pano’s and implant planning / guides11
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Removable prosthetics: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/#search/ebook/1522e03ffedbc402 ebook on removable prosthetics; I use most of the things mentioned in their “kit” but have not used the kit itself
Lester Dine camera and accessories (everything you need for digital clinical photography); $795
Dental Materials and Instruments for Removable Prosthetics: LeeMark Dental11
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Video: Clinical Charting using MS Word
Paperless Dentistry “Free Lunch Counter”
“Some Thoughts on Effective Dental Websites”
Hiring a new person for the front desk
Help for the New Dental Practice
Preventing Missed Dental Appointments
Why a Dental Office Needs a Label Printer
Misused and Underused Procedure Codes
Dental Procedure Codes for Implant Prosthetics
Filling Last Minute Cancellations