maxill's Dental Blog
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February 15, 2022
There is a current and robust trend to embrace all-natural products from what we eat, what we put in and, on our bodies, and lately, what we use for oral hygiene home care. We, as consumers, assume that natural products are better for our health and the environment. The vast array of dental products on store shelves along with internet and television advertisements flood our patients with the latest and greatest products....
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February 01, 2022
Dental professionals spend numerous hours a day dental practices reprocessing dental instruments. We open the box of sterilization pouches, fill them with instruments and send them to the heat and pressure of our autoclaves. How much thought do we put into that little plastic and paper bag?
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January 26, 2022
Sterilization process challenging is not a new concept. It’s important for any industry that operates a sterilizer to develop a thorough quality assurance sterilization monitoring program. Notice how I called it a sterilization monitoring program. Sterilization testing is a disjointed task in many dental offices because it is not viewed as its own system within IPAC.
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January 18, 2022
Dental professionals know that patients that use tobacco products of any kind have a higher risk of oral health issues such as oral and throat cancers, chronic gum disease, tooth decay, tooth abrasion, stains, bad breath, dry mouth, impaired taste and smell, and mouth sores that do not heal.
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December 16, 2021
The cost of operating a dental office is staggering, and one sizeable investment is in dental handpieces. Choosing and investing in quality dental burs and handpieces increases productivity, reliability and reduces chair time for patients, making dental treatment less stressful. Handpieces are compressed-air driven, use newer electric technology, or are battery-powered, as in cordless prophy handpieces. Proper maintenance and sterilization practices provide years of service and guarantee patient safety.
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December 08, 2021
Before being an RDH, I was a CDA and then a CPDA for 4 years. I oversaw ordering burs, sterilizing burs, and storing them in bur blocks in an official bur drawer. These were the years where a loose unpackaged sterile burs in a bur block was acceptable in infection prevention and control.
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December 01, 2021
I remember my trips to the dentist as a child and looking at the dental bur blocks on the counter. I remember thinking there were so many and hoping they did not have to use the giant ones on me. At the time, of course, I did not realize that there were so many types of burs.
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November 11, 2021In sport, a huddle is an action of a team gathering, usually in a tight circle, to strategize, motivate or celebrate. It’s a tactic that is commonly used in American and Canadian football. the offensive team's huddle is almost always led by the quarterback, and the defensive huddle is typically led by one of the linebackers.
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August 10, 2021
Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, Google and what’s this TikTok everyone’s talking about? In 2021 there’s no shortage of platforms you can reach new potential clients on, but which ones will be the most valuable to your practice and where are your marketing dollars best spent?
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August 10, 2021
Before the pandemic, marketing your dental practice online was critical to its success.
Fast forward to today and I don’t know how your practice could survive without it!
There are plenty of digital marketing tactics to employ and each have varying levels of effort, time and commitment.
The digital marketing strategies you use (or don’t) will ultimately affect the success of your business.
In this blog we’ll cover three free digital marketing tactics that you can implement today!
Online Visibility
Online visibility is primary to all digital marketing strategies and can be achieved most easily through a