Dental Office Practice

Practice Management for the Dental Team

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT FOR THE DENTAL TEAM is a complete procedures manual designed to provide step-by-step instructions on how to perform most office procedures in the dental office. Each chapter includes teaching tools that allow the student to participate in the learning experience. Because of the authors' separate experiences, one in dental assisting and dental assisting education, the other in office systems and business management education, this book is not only a thorough training manual for dental assistants, but an excellent reference for dental students and new practicing dentists. It is an excellent teaching manual for the dental assistant being trained on the job!

• Emphasizes the importance of the business assistant in the modern dental practice and dentists' utilization of business assistants to effect successful patient management and business procedures

• Complete procedures manual designed to provide step-by-step instructions on how to perform most office procedures in the dental office

• Organized into three parts: Business Managmenet, Communications Management, and Business Office Systems, plus a chapter about how to market your skills

• Working forms are included in the back of the book. Examples include: sample checks, deposit slips and W2 tax statement, appointment book sheets, incident report of exposure, and job application form.

• Front Office Practice CD-ROM packaged with text thoroughly addresses all aspects of the dental practice. Instructs students and members of the dental team in the use of office bookkepping systems.

Legal And Ethical Considerations For Dental Hygienists And Assistants

Dental hygienists and dental assistants need to be aware of current accepted legal processes related to such issues as infection control, insurance, malpractice, liability, and negligence. LEGAL AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR DENTAL HYGIENISTS AND ASSISTANTS provides them with strong theoretical and philosophical information concerning the legal, ethical, and management dilemmas that face the entire dental health team. Real-life examples with expert commentary and follow-up questions illustrate legal situations the dental hygienist or assistant may face.

A Philosophy of the Practice of Dentistry

Cash or Credit? A Nuts and Bolts Guide to Effective Credit Management

Whether your practice is plagued by uncollected bills, high delinquency and low cash flow, or you experience general frustration over money matters or need constructive help for improving the quality of life in your practice, this easy-to-read book is for you. Recovery from financial havoc wreaked by poor accounts receivable management is possible, and what practice wouldn't benefit from a healthier system of credit management? Zuelke takes the mystery and aggravation out of accounts receivable and dispels credit management myths with a step-by-step guide to a healthy cash flow for your practice. This timely book explains why credit is necessary and when credit is essential, focusing on helping dental professionals effectively evaluate patients' bill-paying credibility without jeopardizing the well-being of the dental practice.

Successful Practice Transitions

There comes a time in every practitioner's life when he or she must transfer the practice to an associate, an heir or a buyer, and recoup the value locked within the practice he or she has worked so hard to build. Dr. Griggs provides an overview of how planning for this process, known as "transitioning" the step-by-step fashion, he explains how to build associateships, partnerships, mergers, buy-ins, and how to best understand key considerations involved in the purchase or sale of any practice. Readers learn to: maximize and enhance practice value as they continue their career, enhance practice profitability through practice mergers, locate the best associate, merger and purchase candidates.

Infection Control and Management of Hazardous Materials for the Dental Team

Indiana Univ., Indianapolis. Brandon/Hill Allied Health first-purchase selection for dental auxiliary students on the basic concepts, specific procedures, and current regulations related to infection control. Halftone illustrations. Softcover. DNLM: Infection Control, Dental--methods.

Opening a Dental Practice (Dental Economics)

Dental Charting: A Standard Approach

This comprehensive resource is the only one of its kind dedicated exclusively to dental charting techniques. The standard approach is proposed because different methods are used and taught. Dental charting procedures are designed and illustrated using three types of coding systems: anatomic, geometric, and numeric. Photographs and radiographs of each restoration and condition are included to provide an accurate visual representation of the information being charted. Information on forensics and computerized dental charting, and dental charting flash cards are available as on-line companions.

Medical Insurance Manual for Dentists: Maximizing Reimbursements (Dental Economics (Pennwell Pub))

Dentists lose millions of dollars each year because they don't know how to properly file for medical insurance. This book teaches dentists how to understand and add medical insurance payments to dental insurance. Rose Nierman, a nationally known insurance consultant, provides a thorough hands-on approach with examples and suggestions that will teach staffs how to successfully collect medical insurance for restorative and cosmetic procedures covered under medical contracts. This informative book will make you a better business person and increase your profits by teaching you how to: complete a detailed consultation checklist; understand pre-qualification techniques; read insurance codes, forms, and documents; write appeal letters; and file the necessary information to receive maximum payment.

Knowing the Numbers: Gain and Retain Control of Your Practice