Why the Traditional Method of Running an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Practice is no Longer Effective and Competitive When it Comes to Dental Implant Services

Two Simple Approaches to Make Your Practice’s Daily Operation Excellent:

1) Categorizing Implant Patients by Procedures

Creating an operationally excellent implant practice is very difficult when a daily schedule is not set based on defined parameters such as nature of the procedures. One of the easiest ways to create a smooth and predictable patient flow during the day is categorizing implant procedures into 5 categories.

Non-Esthetic Zone Implant Surgeries: Canine-to-molar region that does not require any kind of soft and hard tissue management.

Esthetic Zone Implant Surgeries: May involve some level of hard and soft tissue management

Multiple Implants Placement Up to a Quadrant: This does not involve total occlusal rehabilitation

Full Arch Reconstruction: All-ON-4 (Nobelbiocare) , TeethXpress (Biohorizons), Revitalize (Zimmer)

Value-Added Services: Hard and soft tissue engineering, scanning and digital impression, delivering transitional prosthesis

2) Categorizing the Implant Patient’s Needs Cycle Based on Operational Excellence

On demand: Emergency patients, trauma patients who are good candidates for immediate implant placement

Scheduling based on request: Straightforward implant surgeries based on delayed load protocol

Completely customized Visits which require extra time, staff involvement and planning: Immediate load therapy such as: All-ON-4 (Nobel Biocare) , TeethXpress (Biohorizons), Revitalize (Zimmer)

Steps to Implement Operational Excellence:

• Adopt and implement newer business models
• Vision and mission to achieve Operational Excellence
• Have a strategy and measuring system in place (measuring patient and employee satisfaction, not only profit)
• Put in place efficient processes and constantly improve them

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