Author: Sherri Merritt

Continuing education is something that all dental professionals do every year.  There are continuing education classes that your team members will attend each year as well.  How do you utilize the information gained in these courses?  How do you implement it into the practice?  In addition, are you training your team regularly to increase their knowledge base and skillset outside of continuing education courses that you all attend?  There should

A major concern I see in practices I have been in is doctor interruption.  It seems prevalent in most practices, and a huge concern in many.  When is it appropriate to interrupt the doctor and how can we avoid it? When a dentist is in with a patient, it should be uninterrupted time to focus on that patient.  This is the reason we make appointments for patients, so they get

We all know there is a dental practice on every corner.  In fact, there are some really great dental practices on every corner.  So, in a world where people have multitudes of practices to choose from, what is going to make them choose you?  Patients don’t come to a dental practice just for the services you provide, they come because of how you treat them and how you and your

How often do you incorporate new technologies into your dental practice and how do you decide which technology to incorporate next?  There is a technology that is so versatile, any practice would benefit from incorporating and using it daily…the T-San by Tekscan.  I have personally worked in practices that use the T-Scan as well as have clients that have added it and have seen a huge return on their investment! 

The key to getting rich fast is having a team that is completely invested in the success of your practice. The consultants at Bryant Consultants believe If you want to create a culture and environment where your team is fully invested in your success, invest in them! People want to know that you genuinely want to invest in them and to see them succeed. And they want to feel this

As a consultant, I am often asked by clients or practice owners how they can engage their associates to think and act like an owner. This is a great question! Here are a few ways you can make that happen as an owner One way you can get your associate to think like this is to have weekly meetings to discuss concerns or issues you see in the office and