عن مذكّرة The ADA Practical Guide to Starting Your Dental Practice:
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Starting Your
Dental Practice
The ADA Practical Guide to

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American Dental Association
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Start your practice right with this revised and updated practical guide from the ADA. Filled with the information you need, from furniture to finances. Get an overview of choosing how and where to open a practice, managing employees and choosing advisers, practice management software, billing and collections, marketing and much more.
Founded in 1859, the American Dental Association is the oldest and largest national dental society in the world. Since then, the ADA has grown to become the leading source of oral health related information for dentists and their patients.

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Career Options for New Dentists.......................................................................................5
Chapter 2: Choosing a Type of Private Practice..................................................................................7
Chapter 3: Selecting a Location............................................................................................................. 15
Chapter 4: Buying a Practice.................................................................................................................. 19
Chapter 5: Dental Office Design........................................................................................................... 23
Chapter 6: Before You Open the Door................................................................................................ 33
Chapter 7: Staffing Your Practice......................................................................................................... 39
Chapter 8: Appointment Control........................................................................................................... 45
Chapter 9: The Dental Record................................................................................................................ 49
Chapter 10: Practice Management Systems and Finances........................................................... 55
Chapter 11: Patient Payment Plans and Collections....................................................................... 61
Chapter 12: Patient Dental Benefits.................................................................................................... 65
Chapter 13: Practice Marketing............................................................................................................ 71
Chapter 14: Laboratory Services.......................................................................................................... 79
Chapter 15: Financial Planning............................................................................................................... 85
Chapter 16: Insurance and lifestyle Issues for the Dentist........................................................... 91
Chapter 17: Specialist Referrals and Practice Advisors................................................................109
Appendix: Professional Ethics...............................................................................................................115
Starting Your Dental Practice
The ADA Practical Guide to