Practice Management, Dental
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Using competencies to improve dental practice management education.

29 Sep 2009 The ADEA Competencies for the New General Dentist contain a significant number of practice management-related competencies. To date, these have been taught primarily in a lecture format in the third and fourth years of the dental curriculum. ... Read more...

[Optimizing the relational aspects of orthodontics: the foundations of successful cooperation]

2 Sep 2009 As practicing professionals it is essential that orthodontists should think carefully about their status of care givers and their relationships with their patients. In doing this, they should analyze the dynamics of the impact of their therapeutic ... Read more...

Differences in characteristics of California dentists who employ dental hygienists and those who do not.

30 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: Dental hygienists can increase dentists' productivity, yet nationwide, one-third of dentists do not employ a hygienist. The profession needs more information on the characteristics of these dentists and their reasons for not employing ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Practice Management, Dental'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Dental sleep medicine: the "new porcelain veneer"? 29 Sep 2009
• Use of technology in the orthodontic practice: a day in the life. 29 Sep 2009
• Using competencies to improve dental practice management education. 29 Sep 2009
• [Optimizing the relational aspects of orthodontics: the foundations of successful cooperation] 2 Sep 2009
• The business side of dentistry. 30 Aug 2009
• Strategies for a more successful 2009. 30 Jul 2009
• Differences in characteristics of California dentists who employ dental hygienists and those who do not. 30 Jul 2009
• Dentists' experience with low-income patients benefiting from a public insurance program. 30 Jul 2009
• Giving raises in a tough economy. 30 Jul 2009
• Treating more than just symptoms: current solutions for the economy. 30 Jul 2009
• Growing disbelief. 9 Jul 2009
• Job satisfaction of dental practitioners before and after a change in incentives and governance: a longitudinal study. 8 Jul 2009
• RM matters: war of words. 29 Jun 2009
• Production per chair: the key to achieving greater efficiency. 29 Jun 2009
• Advice questioned. 29 Jun 2009
• Credit crunch dentistry. 29 Jun 2009
• Associateships fail, but yours can be successful. 29 Jun 2009
• Personal and practice goal-setting: what's on your horizon? 29 Jun 2009
• Restricted duties due to a medical condition. 29 Jun 2009
• Bureaucracies in collision. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Practice Management, Dental'

Definition: The organization and operation of the business aspects of a dental practice.

Descriptor UI: D011215

Alternative terms: Practice Management, Dental; Dental Practice Management; Management, Dental Practice;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N04.452.758.708.300;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: DF: PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DENT