The Flaws in Financing
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General Dentist
Audience -
Free
Cost -
1 CE Credit
Credits -
Self-Instructional
Method -
August 15, 2023
Released -
August 15, 2026
Expires
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Course Description
Patient acceptance of treatment and strong office staffing remain the most essential factors of success for any dental practice. Despite our best efforts, maintaining a consistent practice team in the current marketplace is a big challenge, while financing of treatment cases for patients continues to be undercut by insurance. This course examines new technology and software platforms that help address these issues along with effective non-surgical solutions for hesitant patients.
Learning Topics
- Identify patient and practice challenges to patient acceptance of treatment
- Demonstrate how artificial intelligence can improve productivity and aid in diagnosis
- Assess the difference between the average dental practice vs elite in patient acceptance
- Identify the newest software and platforms for patient financing and office staffing
Course Details
- Course Fee: Free
- Credits: Catapult Education designates this continuing education activity for 1 credit
- Method: Self-Instructional
- Audience: General Dentist
- AGD Subject Code: 149, 490, 550, 730
Meet the instructor
Sam Shamardi, DMD
Dr. Sam Shamardi is an established leader, educator, clinician, author, and dental entrepreneur. He has a passion for providing solutions to significant unaddressed problems for dental professionals via educational programs and his faculty position at Harvard while providing transformative changes for the periodontal health of his patients.
Dr. Shamardi earned his DMD at Tufts University, where he served as Class President for 4 years, and his Periodontal certificate at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology and Implant Surgery and practices full-time in Boston while teaching part-time at the Harvard Division of Periodontics for the last decade.
Dr. Shamardi lectures nationally and internationally on a wide array of topics including but not limited to periodontics/hygiene, hearing loss in dentistry, financial and practice management, and innovations in dentistry.
He has been recognized as a dental entrepreneur for his revolutionary EarAid product, has published numerous articles, and is the author of The Financial Survival Guide for Dentists.
In his spare time, he enjoys traveling and spending time with his dog Luna, and is an avid supporter of his favorite team Real Madrid.
Patrick Jones - Course author
Course contents
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Catapult Education received commercial support from Prexion, Perio Protect, Pearl, Cloud Dentistry for this presentation. Dr. Sam Shamardi received an honorarium from Prexion, Perio Protect, Pearl, Cloud Dentistry for the time involved in preparing and delivering this presentation. Catapult Education delivers clinically relevant continuing dental education programs which address the needs and preferences of our audience and provides them with the knowledge and confidence to integrate new techniques, practice management and treatment options into their respective practices. Catapult Education is committed to ensuring the content quality, objectivity and scientific integrity of all continuing education courses. Instructors are advised to support clinical recommendations with scientific research-supported data whenever possible and to disclose any conflict of interest between them and any corporate organization offering financial support or grant monies for this CE activity. Instructors are advised, where appropriate and if relevant to the subject matter of the presentation, to mention a variety of different product choices so as to present a balanced view of all therapeutic options available and promote improvements in oral healthcare free from commercial bias.
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