title: Increasing hygiene productivity.
abstract: Dentists have many opportunities to expand the role of dental hygienists and provide patients with better oral health care, while increasing production and profits. But the proper business systems and verbal skills need to be incorporated. You must train hygienists to do all they can do for every patient. Begin with one service and add others, as the hygienists becomes familiar with each one. Set a goal of a 15% increase in production per year for the hygiene department. Clinicians using these strategies have experienced as much as a 100% to 200% increase in hygiene revenue during the first year of incorporating these services. An added benefit is that these dentists often see a substantial increase in dental treatment diagnosis and case acceptance. An effective and efficient hygiene department will often identify and help secure more than 50% of a doctor's production.
authors.forename: Roger P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Levin
mesh_terms: D003756:Dental Hygienists / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004526:Efficiency; D006801:Humans; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D010895:Pit and Fissure Sealants; D011215:Practice Management, Dental / Q000191:economics*; D014073:Tooth Bleaching
chemical_list: D010895:Pit and Fissure Sealants