Seminar Information
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Dr. Dykstra offers seminars on the following:  

 

 

 
 
  1. Digital Radiography - Making it Work for You
  2. Successful Technology Integration - How to Have the Office of Tomorrow…Today! (The Paperless Office)
  3. Practice Management 101
  4. Are You Prepared to Recover from a Disaster?

 

Understanding Digital Radiography

 

Wondering what digital radiography is and how it impacts the dental office?   This seminar will give you an overview of digital radiography, how it works, what the costs and benefits are, and what the different types are.   You will be given a basic understanding of how it affects the doctor, the clinical staff, the front office, as well as your current and prospective patients.   Finally, you will be given the tools to create an action plan to determine how best to integrate digital radiography into your practice.

 

Session Objectives:

  1. Learn what digital radiography is and how it works
  2. Understand how it differs from traditional film.
  3. Learn how it improves patient care and the practice as a whole
  4. Discover the ways it will change the way you practice
  5. Distinguish between the different types so you can make the appropriate choice for your practice   
  6. Understand the costs associated with digital radiography
  7. Learn how much money and time will be saved
  8. Create an action plan for your office

 

 

 

Technology -  The Office of Tomorrow - Today!

The Digital Dental Office

 

It is much more than a paperless office. Learn how all the pieces can create profitability and synergy in your office and help you to organize your practice and your life. Anyone can sell you the pieces, but how do you decide which to purchase and how do you implement the new technology successfully?

 

Session Overview:

In this seminar you will get a clear vision of what "the paperless office" is and is not. The myths concerning digital dentistry will be dispelled. You will leave having seen firsthand how all the pieces integrate to enable you to practice dentistry at a whole new level and set a new standard of care for your patients. You will be given the tools to increase the profitability of your practice while decreasing the stress level of the doctor, the staff, and especially the patients. Learn how to use the technology so the patients will not merely understand their problems, but also ask for needed treatment.

 

Session Objectives:

  • Learn what a digital office is and is not
  • Understand the benefits for the patient, the staff, and the doctor
  • Learn how to develop a new standard of care
  • What are the pieces
  • from A to Z
  • How to design your technology plan
  • Learn the best order of implementation-where is the best place to start
  • Financial jungle
  • H ow to afford the change and understand the return on investment
  • Leading your team through the change process
  • Use technology to improve your business and clinical systems
  • The latest ideas to use your technology in innovative ways

 

 

 

 

How to Chart a Course to the Practice of Your Dreams

Practice Management 101

 

Success is more than money, it is the quality of your life, both in and out of the practice. Session Overview: In this seminar you will develop a clear vision of the type of practice that is right for you. Every practice cannot be and should not be a "cosmetic boutique" or "dental spa." Understand that your practice should reflect who you are as a person, not define who you are. The myths concerning success in dentistry will be dispelled. You will leave with an awareness of how understanding and taking control of the systems in your practice can change everything. You will be given the tools to enable you to turn chaos into organization, thereby increasing the profitability of your practice while decreasing the stress level of the doctor, the staff, and especially the patients.  

 

Session Objectives:

  • Vision
  • How to design the practice of your dreams Leadership
  • How to be the captain of your ship Setting goals
  • Know what port you are sailing toward Understanding your numbers
  • How to navigate through the financial jungle Staff management
  • Strategies to develop   and retain a winning crew Systems
  • They make or break the practice
  • Patients
  • How to bring them on board

 

 

Are you prepared to recover from a disaster?

 

The possibilities that can happen to your practice include fire, flood, earthquake, hurricane, or tornado.

It is a fact of life that the unexpected does happen and not always to someone else.

If the unthinkable happens to you, are you prepared?

 

When the unexpected does happen to you, where does that leave you?

  • Legally if you lose your patient records?
  • Financially if you are not properly insured?
  • Psychologically if you are not covered legally and financially?

 

In this seminar you will learn what you can do to protect yourself, your patients, and your practice.   The essential areas of getting prepared include the following:

  • Inventory how to record what you really have
  • Insurance what you need to know
    • Replacement coverage vs. actual value
    • Leasehold improvements
    • Depreciation
    • Allowances  
  • Record safety electronic vs. paper
  • Develop an office emergency plan

 

After completing this seminar:

  • You will be shocked at what you really own and how much it is worth
  • You will call your insurance companies and raise your coverage limits
  • You will be better prepared to handle any emergency.
  • You will sleep better at night

 


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