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You want your dental clinic to be profitable. There are many ways you can ensure your clinic\’92s profitability. But the biggest way to maximize your profitability is to keep your schedule full. This is because your clinic\’92s appointment schedule affects virtually every other part of your business operations.

Use these 5 dental scheduling tips to put more patients in your chairs.

Schedule Appointments by Procedure

By dividing your day by type of appointment, you can help you and your staff to stay on time. Schedule larger and more complex procedures in the morning where you\’92re not going to be running behind, and hygiene appointments in the afternoon. This way, you\’92re taking advantage of the most productive part of the day.

Use a Wait List

Wait lists are important because they limit the amount of empty chairs in the clinic. When you have a last minute cancellation, you can easily consult the wait list to fill the spot on short notice.

Plan Staff Breaks Strategically

Your dental clinic is most productive when everyone is working. To keep productivity high, stagger lunch and break times so that only one or two people are on break at a time. Using this kind of interval system will allow your clinic to see more patients throughout the day.

Always Confirm Appointments

Make sure your staff confirms appointments with patients ahead of time. This way, if a patient has to cancel, you have more time to fill the appointment slot, and you can reschedule their appointment if need be. Also, clearly define your cancellation policy to limit the number of cancelled appointments.

Dental Recall

Sometimes patients go MIA.  When this happens, dental recall is a great way to bring back to the clinic. Patient Focus can provide your dental clinic with live callers to reactivate dormant patients. Dental recall is an effective way to keep existing patients coming back to your clinic for all their dental care needs. 

A full schedule makes for a productive and profitable dental clinic. Remember these 5 dental scheduling tips next time your schedule is looking bare.

Patient Focus is here to help your practice get more patients in your chairs through dental recall. Discover how you can begin realizing the increased revenue of a reactivated patient database in only 3 Simple Steps.

 

 

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