The variety and complexity of dental practice management decisions can be overwhelming.

This thought provoking presentation offers an opportunity for practice owners and dental teams to discuss the three key elements that any successful dental practice must master.

Dr. Paul Caselle shares tips, techniques and tools from his 35+ years practice ownership experience to guide the practice owner and team in developing an action plan for success.

1. HIRING: How to Recruit, Interview and Select Staff

• Importance of having and how to create job descriptions
• Utilizing performance evaluations as an educational tool
• The what and why of the employment handbook
• Communication tips for a successful interview process

2. TECHNOLOGY: Evaluation and Implementation

• Understand available technologies and their benefits
• Getting the most from your Practice Management system (DENTRIX)
• Utilizing a patient communication platform to increase revenue
• Creating an implementation plan that ensures return on investment

3. MANAGEMENT: A Leadership Challenge

• Create an empowering vision for the practice
• Explore organization and systems that lead to practice success
• Learn the key metrics for measuring growth

Suggested Format: Up to Half-Day (1-3 hours)
Suggested Attendees: Dentist and Team

Course Handouts Include: Form examples, templates, and other tools/resources to help participants implement new skills and systems when they return to the office.

Increase productivity by offering a wider range of soft tissue and periodontal procedures. You can do it with greater confidence and increased patient comfort using lasers.

Many dentists are reluctant to offer soft tissue procedures because of anticipated complications. Lasers, however, offer the benefits of less bleeding, less pain, and faster healing than traditional methods. As a general practitioner who has utilized lasers in his own practice for over 10 years, Dr. Paul Caselle will highlight how lasers can be used in the dental setting to enhance the patient experience.

Laser concepts will be covered, including how the laser is used to get the desired tissue interaction to achieve treatment objectives. Examples of everyday procedures you can do in your office with lasers will be illustrated so you can comfortably meet your patients’ needs. We will cover restorative dentistry in multiple quadrants, soft tissue procedures such as frenectomy, biopsy, venous lake, periodontal treatment including deep pocket therapy with new attachment, as well as crown lengthening. Cases will share usage of the Waterlase iPlus and Epic Lasers. In addition, treatment of aphthous ulcers, herpetic lesions, and desensitization will be discussed. The attendee will have an understanding of how lasers will increase the value of the patient experience.

Learning Objectives

• Understand basic laser concepts, techniques, and benefits
• Learn how to determine which laser to use for what procedure
• Develop a comfort level to add procedures that you’re not currently offering
• Achieve a new level of excitement for dentistry and an enhanced patient experience!

Suggested Format: Up to Half-Day (1-3 hours)
Suggested Audience: Dentists, Hygienists, Assistants

What solution can you offer patients with spaces or crowded, rotated teeth… other than crowns or veneers? What if you could comfortably and confidently provide an orthodontic solution with consistent results? Or, is the thought of doing orthodontics unfathomable?

In a general practice it is common to see patients who have

• orthodontic relapse and are interested in esthetic correction
• never received orthodontic treatment but are interested now
• rejected crowns and veneers because treatment is too aggressive / invasive
• crowded teeth, making adequate homecare difficult and leading to tooth decay and periodontal problems

In this content-rich presentation, Dr. Caselle illustrates orthodontic treatment modalities and systems that eliminate much of the uncertainty of treatment and can actually make limited orthodontic treatment fun and rewarding. You don’t need to be an orthodontist to do the treatment we’re talking about!

Learning Objectives

• Understand the variety of orthodontic system options available
• Learn the why and how of limited orthodontics and what cases to avoid
• Recognize the communication skills required for meeting patient needs
• Learn how to present treatment options and manage patient expectations
• Identify the items to include in your patient informed consent form
• Discuss additional treatment modalities to offer in-house, such as root canal therapy and in-office fabrication of crowns
• Understand basic laser concepts , techniques and benefits to treat soft tissue abnormalities which occur as a result of orthodontic treatment
• Achieve a new level of excitement for dentistry and an enhanced patient experience!

Suggested Format: Up to Half-Day (1-3 hours)
Suggested Audience: Dentists, Hygienists