Sponsored Content - Interview: A Leading DSO’s Approach to New Associate “Onboarding” & Continuing Education

Mark Binford, CEO of The Institute for Pediatric Dentistry interviewed Craig Copeland, DMD, Clinical Director of Community Dental Partners of Denton, TX. 

MB: Community Dental Partners has clearly embraced pediatric dentistry as an area of focus. Why is that?

CC: We are well aware that pediatric dental disease is reaching near epidemic proportions in this country. Here in Texas, 40 percent of four-year-olds have some form of caries. Our mission statement is built around helping children..... [Read More]

Sponsored Content - How To Dominate All Your Locations in Google

Owning and managing a DSO can be both exciting and daunting. It can also be quite expensive to market each of your locations online. One of the most common approaches is Google AdWords. Unfortunately Google will charge you per click (or call) whatever they want, which can get very expensive. Along with that is what has been researched and referenced to as “fake traffic” by bots, which can dramatically increase your costs and you won’t even know why.

Studies have shown that AdWords drives approximately 10% of website traffic. So, that leaves 90% on the table that you could be getting with the right approach..... [Read More]

Chicago – A Tale of Two Types of Dentistry

At some point in the near future, organized dentistry will have to finally accept the fact that dental support organizations and the group practice of dentistry are becoming the norm instead of the exception. While we are not there yet, the industry will get there, and much quicker than most anticipate. Crushing student debt, shifting generational career and life goals, and patient demand for convenient, one-stop dentistry, fueled by the infusion of capital into the dental sector, are accelerating the growth of the DSO/group practice model....... [Read More]

ADSO’s Annual Summit Provides Unlimited Networking Opportunities

The ADSO Annual Summit is rapidly approaching, but there is still time to register. It will take place in Orlando, FL at the Walt Disney World Swan Hotel.  The Association of Dental Support Organizations  has reserved the entire hotel, thereby providing numerous networking opportunities.  The event runs from Tuesday, March 7th to Friday, March 10th.

The agenda: ..... [Read More]

Pacific Dental Services Foundation and Sugar Land Modern Dentistry Partner to Provide Dental Care to Special Needs Community

Sugar Land Modern Dentistry is partnering with The Pacific Dental Services Foundation® to unveil a new special needs clinic which will offer dentistry, dental education, and resources to children with special needs, including Cerebral Palsy, Downs Syndrome, and Autism, etc. (Please see Open House details below.) Sugar Land is the first of many practices, all funded by the PDS Foundation, which will be converted to accommodate the treatment of the special needs community.  PDS Foundation's goal for 2017 is to add three more centers, with the long term plan to have one in each of the 17 markets PDS currently supports...... [Read More]