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Top Dental Office Design Tips To Make Space Appear Bigger
By Dr. David Ahearn, DDS, Founder and President of Design Ergonomics
I’m sure that most of us have seen the selective attention video of counting basketball passes and the gorilla. If you haven’t, why don’t you try it on your team at t…
Dental Office Culture Is the Key to Growth at Sala Family Dentistry
In mid-May 2022, Sala Family Dentistry in Reno, NV had its biggest week in more than three decades in business.
Then, the 2022 Best of Reno Awards were announced at a ceremony at the Reno Sparks Convention Center. With more than…
How Much Does It Cost To Build A New Dental Office?
By Dr. David Ahearn, DDS, Founder and President of Design Ergonomics
So, the first, and perhaps obvious answer to this question is that the dollar amount that your new dental office will cost is likely more than you want to hear! And w…
How Do I Even Get Started With My Dental Office Design?
By Dr. David Ahearn, DDS, Founder and President of Design Ergonomics
As dentists, we’re visual. We have a picture in our minds of what we want our dental office to look like. Or a dream of what we hope that someday it could be.
But wor…
Chrissy Cambra’s Path to Managing the Research and Development Team at Design Ergonomics
Chrissy Cambra, Research & Development Manager at Design Ergonomics, has enjoyed an eclectic career, which makes her an ideal person to wrangle the people, products, systems, and client needs to coordinate the development of the pr…
It Takes More Than a Dentist to Make a Dental Office Successful
By Dr. David Ahearn, DDS, Founder and President of Design Ergonomics
I began my study of dental office design over 25 years ago when I realized one fundamental thing … that most dentists think that they are the machine that makes…
Three Proven Ways to Increase Dental Office Capacity Without Building a New Office
A major theme we’re hearing again and again is how many dental practices are at capacity with ops fully booked every single day. While being super busy is seemingly a good thing for a dental practice, for most being at capacity means l…
The Future of Dentistry Discussed by Dr. John Meis and Dr. David Ahearn
The Team Training Institute’s Champions of Dentistry Summit
The Design Ergonomics team attended The Team Training Institute’s 17th annual Champions of Dentistry Summit on April 29-30 in San Diego, CA. We joined hundreds of dentists and…
Scheduling is the most important system in your dental practice
Can we all agree that systems are critical to the success of any business? Systems represent the core of any organization. They’re in place to keep your machine running. There are three core systems to any dental practice: Schedule, Pr…
Mike Grace: From Restaurant Kitchen To Factory Floor
Prior to coming to work at Ergonomic Products, Mike Grace, who is currently Factory Manager at the company, worked in a restaurant kitchen and when not working, he enjoyed playing his bass guitar. What might seem an unusual back…
What are the two key steps to a great dental office design?
By Paul Leonard, Senior Practice Designer
Spoiler alert: Step One is not a dental office Floor Plan.
For your dental office to attract customers at a tremendous rate, it needs the look and feel of a spa, but at the same time it has to…
Your Passion Is Infectious
This is Dr. David Ahearn of Design Ergonomics. I just wanted to make a quick introduction to my friend, David Meerman Scott (or DMS, as we affectionately refer to him here at Design Ergonomics). While DMS and I have a lot of shared int…
A lean dental office needs to understand the 90% Rule
What procedures do you perform 90% of the time? Although you’ve probably never really thought...
Trying to Find Dental Hygienists and Assistants for Your Dental Office? The Hiring Pool is Drying Up.
Hiring, hiring, and hiring. How can you possibly think about dental practice growth when you don’t have enough employees? While patients are returning to dental practices at the highest rate since the start of Covid-19, much of your de…
The Surgilift(TM) Surgical Dental Table and its Application in Dentistry
As procedures and capabilities in practice have become more complex, practitioners have found a greater need for much better organization clinically. Those that manage to control complexity best have a much easier time integrating new…
Dental Office Instruments and Supplies are Either Within Reach, or in a “Warehouse”
There are a few immutable laws in dentistry … and actually in doing anything that is...
Top 5 Ways to Prevent Dentaphobia in Your Dental Practice
During a recent Reboot Practice Jumpstart Training, a sales representative from one of those “Big Three” supply companies, asked me a few questions.
He said, “What’s the deal with those televisions above the patient? Do patients…
Being Promoted Comes With A lot of Responsibility
As Lead Clinical Trainer for the past eight years, I have been dedicated to coaching our nation’s most productive dental practices using Reboot Practice Productivity Solutions, the best clinical training program in the dental industry.…
Is Your Hygiene Department Working With You Or Against You?
From what you put in it to how well you care for it, oral hygiene is vital to the overall health of your patients. I hope we’re all on the same page. What if I said, “A dental hygienist is crucial to the success of any dental practice.…
Sterilizing Dental Instruments: Is It In The Bag or Are You Just Pushing The Envelope?
When you sit down to start a procedure, what do you expect to see? A good dental assistant will have prepared a table for you – a syringe is loaded with the appropriate needle and carpule; instruments lined out perfectly; bur in…
Don’t Be Fooled By “Free Dental Office Designs”
Not all building designers can design a dental practice. And not all dental office designers get it right. In fact, most don’t. There is always some kind of fudged up, discombobulated attempt at making the most out of a space. After th…
When Customer Service Fails, Trust Is Thrown Out the Window
When customer service fails, bad things happen. My story could have ended up a lot worse. I rented a car recently from Dollar Car Rental at Kansas City airport. Now, before you start whispering to yourself, “well, that was probably you…
Last Week, I Witnessed Some Magic: A Dental Practice Merge
Last week, I witnessed some magic. No, it wasn’t David Blaine escaping from a gyroscope. It was watching two completely separate dental practices merge into one, incredible collaboration.
When Dr. Patrick M set out to expand his denta…
Do You Have A Hero? I’d Like To Tell You About Mine
You may have noticed that the blog has been a little quiet the last couple of weeks. On March 18th, my hero passed away. I could say it was sudden but he had been suffering from lung cancer for the last 16 months. It wasn’t supposed to…
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