Practice Management

Dr. Lorne Lavine, founder and president of The Digital Dentist, has more than 30 years invested in the dental and dental technology fields. A graduate of USC, he earned his DMD from Boston University and completed his residency at the Eastman Dental Center in Rochester, N.Y. He received his specialty training at the University of Washington and went into private practice in Vermont until moving to California in 2002 to establish TDD, a company that focuses on the specialized technological and HIPAA needs of the dental community. He can be reached at drlavine@thedigitaldentists.com or 866-204-3398.

Articles

In Part 4 of this series, Lorne Lavine, DMD, discusses the importance of encrypting your data and how consequential not doing so can be to your dental practice. 

‘Authentic Frontier Gibberish’

Company launches platform that automatically manages patient reminder campaigns and updates the schedule when the patient confirms.

Curve Dental’s New Curve GRO Advances Patient Engagement

Videos

Dental Products Report editorial director Noah Levine talks with Ophir Tanz, founder and CEO of Pearl AI, and one of the creators of the Dental Artificial Intelligence Council which seeks to spur AI development in the dental industry.

Charting a Course for Dental Artificial Intelligence: A conversation with Ophir Tanz

An overview of the Weave practice communication solutions which was named a 2020 Cellerant Best of Class Technology Award winner.

Technology Insights: Weave Communications Platform

Mike Uretz is a nationally-recognized Dental software and Electronic Health Records (EHR) expert. Mike has helped hundreds of individual practices and multi-clinic groups properly evaluate and select software vendors and solutions, structure and negotiate pricing and contracts, provide implementation oversight and vendor management. Mike was a member of the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology EHR vendor certification workgroup, and has been a member of various federal and state working committees for EHR business practices and policy. Having been involved with the EHR Incentive program from day one, Mike has helped a number of states, to evaluate and select EHR vendors, structure contracts and agreements, and manage vendor issues. As co-chairman of the Best practices advisory committee for EHR Contracts, Mike has been instrumental in developing standards for structuring vendor contracts and pricing for use by state programs nationwide He is the founder and editorial director of DentalSoftwareAdvisor.com, a trusted and objective online resource on all matters related to dental software. He is also the point person for Advanstar’s coverage of dental EHRs and their evolving role in the dental industry and can be reached by e-mail at mikeu@dentalsoftwareadvisor.com.

Mike Uretz and Mike Fillmore, Dentrix marketing manager, discuss some of the innovative functionality that Dentrix is incorporating to meet the needs of growing practices.

Dentrix focuses on next-generation technology

MMG Fusion CEO Paul Intlekofer explains how his company's 5 time Cellerant Best of Class Technology Award winning ChairFill solution that creates customized communications to bring the best patients to practices at the best time for those practices.

Technology Insights: ChairFill automated communications and scheduling system from MMG Fusion

Dentulu CEO Arash Hakhamian explains his company's teledentistry platform which was recently named a 2020 Cellerant Best of Class Technology Award winner.

Technology Insights: Dentulu teledentistry platform from Dentulu

Method’s cloud-based procurement platform offers a single system to manage all aspects of purchasing products for a practice. 

Solve My Problem: Smoothing Out Inefficiencies With Dental Product and Supply Purchasing

Paul Intlekofer is President of SFP Capital, a VC firm, and CEO of MMG Fusion, LLC, a software company helping dentists manage, market and grow their practice. He holds a BA in economics from Johns Hopkins and a JD/MBA from Maryland. Paul has helped start-ups, emerging companies, and public companies create innovative products and achieve significant growth. Paul was also a founding member of an internet/technology start-up, rdental, LLC, which was ultimately acquired by WebMD, and became WebDDS. Paul started out as an attorney with Venable, LLP.

MMG Fusion built a system for making office growth automatic and staff more productive. 

Automating Practice Tasks Aims to Improve Productivity, Bottom Line

Teledentistry Partnership Connects Vitrudent and Guardian Life

Simplifeye founder and CEO Ryan Hungate, DDS, discusses his company's Amplify live chat service which was recently named a 2020 Cellerant Best of Class Technology Award winner.

Technology Insights: Amplify chat software from Simplifeye

Brant Herman, CEO & Founder of MouthWatch explains the capabilities and uses of the TeleDent software platform which was named a 2020 Cellerant Best of Class Technology Award winner.

Technology Insights: TeleDent from MouthWatch

YAPI co-founder and CEO Dr Gina Dorfman explains her paperless practice management software solution which was recently honored with a 2020 Cellerant Best of Class Technology Award.

Technology Insights: YAPI

Dental Products Report editorial director Noah Levine is joined by dental and EHR software expert, and regular contributor Mike Uretz to discuss his latest article for DPR, the September 2020 cover story: "A digital dental transformation." 

A Digital Dental Transformation: A conversation with Mike Uretz about the future of dental software

Dental software solutions company offering reduced subscription fees for new customers, referring practices.

XLDent Referral program designed to help dentists cut costs

An introduction to MMG Fusion's automated patient communications and scheduling application, Chairfill.

5Ws* MMG Fusion's Chairfill

Kristin Hohman serves as Associate Editor for DPR. 

Dr. Colin Lathrop explains why YAPI practice software was the perfect fit for his start-up practice. 

BOC Winners in Practice: YAPI

An introduction to this dental app providing teledentistry and much more to connect patients and clinicians.

5Ws* Dentulu

Dr. Bobby Soleiman shares his experience using the Dentulu app which recently won a Cellerant Best of Class Technology Award.

BOC Winners in Practice: Dentulu

Special Advertising Content: Vyne CEO and President Lindy Benton discusses how Vyne has grown over the years and its new, consolidated dental division.