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Samples from The Nectar Connection
| Title: Making A Connection with Patients |
In an effort to make personal connections with our patients, our office has a bulletin board in the reception area where we...
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| Title: Holding Lingual Retainers in place for bonding |
When we bond lingual retainers we place floss threaders through...
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| Title: Initial Contact with Dentist |
When a new young dentist comes to town, I try to be one of the first specialists into his/her new office even though...
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| Title: Using dual monitors at check |
We use a dual monitor at patient check outs to allow the patient/parent to view the available...
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| Title: Warped Retainers |
It gets hot here in the summer, so we sometimes have to deal with acrylic retainers that have warped when left in a hot car, or inadvertently sent through the washer and dryer. Other patients have "sterilized" their retainers in boiling water after retrieving them from the dumpster. In any case, there is a fairly simple method of restoring these to normal...
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| Title: Charitable Donations Letter |
Dear <organization name>
There are thousands of worthwhile charitable organizations and events in the greater Atlanta area, and we are requested to become financially involved with one or two different organizations on a daily basis. However, as we are sure you can understand, it is impossible to sponsor all of ...
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| Title: Health Insurance Co-Pay |
During our recent study club discussion regarding health insurance premiums, it appeared that most if not all Doctors were "capping" their contribution at a certain dollar level - usually between $100 - $200/month.
When I returned home, I checked with my agent and ...
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| Title: High Impact Prize Idea |
For anyone looking for a special "high impact" prize for a contest, you might consider the Chopper Bike. It was so cool to have a Schwinn Sting-Ray back in the '60s and '70s. Now the company is trying ...
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| Title: Four Tasks |
A Cree Native American storyteller and teacher told me: "According to my tradition, from the beginning of creation, every morning, when the sun comes up, we are each given four tasks by our Creator for that day.
"First, ...
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| Title: A master in the art of living |
A master in the art of living
draws no sharp distinction
between his work and his play,
his labour and his leisure,
his mind and his body,
his education and his recreation ...
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| Title: Marketing Idea |
For the past three years we have purchased Victoria's Secret Lotion to give to our referring dentists and staff. We called the offices, found out ...
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| Title: Removing Herbst/MARA Crowns |
The easiest way to remove the stainless crowns on a Herbst or MARA is to use a crosscut bur and make a cut from the mesial buccal gingival margin up over the ...
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| Title: INCREASING DENTAL REFERRALS |
LUNCH & LEARNS
In an effort to continue to maintain a good relationship with our referring dentists and increase referrals from others, we like the "tried & true" Lunch & Learn concept. It's a rare opportunity for the staff of both offices to ...
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| Title: Team Moral |
We have a "Go Girls" contest in our office for the staff. Anyone on the staff can submit a kind of thank you to other staff members in the go girl box. Clinicians thank each ...
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| Title: Glass Ionomer Cleanup |
After cementing a band with glass ionomer cement, I remove most of the liquid cement with a ...
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| Title: New Starts |
We obtain "free" frosty ice cream coupons from our local Wendy's and enclose the coupons in each new start take-home bag. The patients really love this special treat after ...
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| Title: The Power of Your Word |
Once upon a time, there was a wise old woman who had the ability to heal the wounded and ensure the success of almost any endeavor by the judicious use of the power of her word. It was also rumored amongst those that had heard of her powers that she refused to teach her secret to anyone for fear they might ...
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| Title: Thanking School Secretaries and Teachers |
For the past several years, during early May, our office orders several gourmet popcorn canisters filled with 3 varieties of popcorn (including chocolate drizzled caramel - a big hit) from a local popcorn vender. We then ...
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| Title: Referral Gifts |
... offers a wide array of unique, hearty Hawaiian flowers. The are shipped overnight and arrive ready to arrange. We placed an order out of curiosity; they were beautiful. We have decided to ...
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| Title: Deband Congratulations |
Help make debands fun & reinforce referrals:
After debanding a patient, take a digital picture of them with your doctor. Print the picture on a glossy white magnet ...
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| Title: The Power of Persuasion |
A Yale University study determined the 12 most persuasive words in the English language. Here they are starting with the most powerful: 1. you, 2. money, 3. save, 4. new, 5. results, 6. easy 7. ...
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| Title: POS Positively Outrageous Service |
Through conversation with each patient, as we learn what is going on in their lives, be it activities, sports, achievements or sometimes even difficulties. We personalize a ...
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| Title: The Perfect Wax Bite |
During our initial consultation I have the doctor take a pink wax bite. It not only implies that we have ...
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| Title: Marketing |
Popcorn and cola / candy baskets at deband for patients. We place microwave popcorn in a red and white popcorn box at a ...
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| Title: Clinical Asymmetry Diagnosis |
When presented with a subdivision type malocclusion, I use a mouth mirror placed across the cusp tips of the first premolars and then ...
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| Title: Annual Staff Retreat |
With the complexity and busyness of successful orthodontic practices these days, a time to re-group and re-focus for doctor and staff is essential. Consider an annual staff retreat. It is offsite, usually at a ...
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| Title: Patient Fun / Marketing |
One of the most talked about things in my practice is flavored gloves. Even new patients come in having heard about our flavored gloves, so it is kind of an internal marketing tool. The gloves are ...
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