title: Trend indicators: the vital signs of your practice.
abstract: Production in a dental practice can decrease for reasons that are not always apparent. However, regularly reviewing 10 basic dental practice statistics can identify problems and suggest solutions. This article reviews those trend indicators and describes how they can be used to maintain the health of a practice.
authors: Pride Institute, Novato, CA 94949, USA.
authors: James R
authors: JR
authors: Pride
mesh_terms: D000067:Accounts Payable and Receivable; D004526:Efficiency; D006801:Humans; D010361:Patients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011215:Practice Management, Dental; D017748:Time Management