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Dental Practice Management Case Study

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Choosing dental practice management software (dpms) may not always be the sole choice of the dental hygienist, yet, it is utilized a great deal by the hygienist. With more than thirty dental practice management software companies to choose from, there is a benefit to developing your own criteria for acquiring the software that will best suit the needs of the practice. This information was presented to a group of first year dental hygiene students currently using Dentrix software. I discussed three dental practice management software companies. After my lecture, the students should be able to discussed what kind of technical support and availability the software has, cost effectiveness of each software and, what needs each software can meet …show more content…

When searching for a new job, most advertisements require the knowledge of a certain dpms. My dental office changed dpms about three years ago. Although I was not an advanced user in the new software, I was familiar with it, which made training for the new software easier.
During my research, I found over thirty dental practice management software companies. The three I discussed were Dentech, Mogo, and EagleSoft. I asked if any of the students had heard of these companies, and a couple mentioned they had heard of EagleSoft. Each of these companies have been operating for more than twenty years.
After reviewing the student evaluations, I am satisfied that my objectives and goals were met. Most of the students mentioned that they had not considered the hours of operation of telephone technical support. This seemed to be important to them. I found this to be interesting, because the majority of my class seemed to be Millennials. The millennial generation is characterized as being more tech savvy.
Some of the students mentioned that my movements were somewhat distracting. One student thought I was sitting during the lecture. I was standing before I begin and throughout the lecture. I did move around some, but, I cannot recall a lecture where the speaker stood in one

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