DENTiPRAM- Dental practice management

"I have a single chaired practice. What would the associate dentist do in my clinic?" "I have a two chaired practice and my second chair is hardly used. I don't think associate dentist fits in my clinical setup" "My patients won't allow anyone else to treat them. Associate dentist will be a wasteful investment." The above quotes are the commonly phrased sentences which we hear when the need of associate dentist in a clinic is discussed. The larger centers of course have one or more associate dentists. The dentists who have employed associate dentists for more than a year have this sort of a saying. "Associate dentist is a magic wand. It improved my positioning in clinic and my success rate went up by 20%" " Hiring an associate was a wonderful employment as it gave me an ample time to get out of the routine dentistry and think out of the box" "Dental Associate made my life easier, my family happier and gave me t...

Visions, strategy, goals, achievements. The picture says it all vision is the basis of human enrichment and we all are driven by the vision we have. Vision in this picture is basically the theme of a balanced life with the elements of work and life inculcated into it. Lovely part of the picture is that it is the script of the evolutionary story. Just play with it working from the center and move outwards jotting down your story. Core center:  Vision :  The basic parameters(  6 F)  determining our success Fitness Family Friends Finances Function (Work) Fulfillment After that just jot down the achievements you want to make in all these parameters. The achievement would depend on the goals attained and the goal completion would be needing a strategy to work with.