The dental industry is currently tackling an unprecedented challenge - severe staffing shortages. In fact, over the next five- to eight-years dental practices will compete to hire a smaller pool of available team members. This crisis is not only hindering the provision of essential dental services but also placing an enormous burden on existing personnel.
In any profession, time management is a crucial skill to master. This is especially true for dental professionals, who must juggle keeping up with the latest treatment techniques while ensuring that their patients are getting the best possible care. In this blog post, we will explore some tips and tricks on how to make the most of your time in your dental practice.
In today’s world, technology has become an integral part of our lives and businesses. It can help us do things faster and more efficiently; however, it also presents challenges that can slow down the workflow or even prevent us from achieving our goals.
For most dental practices, most of the effort and attention in the realm of business improvement are directed toward the quality of care provided. This can take the form of investment in new equipment, the hiring of dentists with particular skill sets, or the training of existing staff.
You could say an IT system is not as fundamental to dentists as a dental chair is. And yet without a functional IT infrastructure, your dental practice’s ability to serve your patients becomes severely impaired. Lacking a solid IT system limits your staff’s productivity and compromises the security of your patients’ data.
Thanks to technology, dental practices have vastly improved patients' quality of care. Innovations are embraced to enhance dental care and provide patients with the best experience possible.
Here are five of the most promising technology trends in dentistry:
3D Printing
There's so much that dentists can do with a powerful, time- and cost-saving technology like 3D printing.
Field engineers have busy schedules - with unforeseen occurrences happening every day. In this article, we’ll get answers from our field engineer, Victor Hanson, on what he encounters on a given day, and how technology can play a role in keeping him on track from the first appointment of the day to the very last - ensuring clients are well taken care of.