EP 25: We Need More Haunted Dental Offices

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What do you do with an abandoned dental office nowadays? The answer may surprise you! Benco’s State of Dentistry report was released and we dive into some of their findings. We see lots of growth ahead for dentistry and so do the answers. That’s not a spoiler though so you should still listen to the podcast! </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Quotes</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">“The only ghost you will find here is the ghost of hospitality.”</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">“Our consulting colleagues are needed now more than ever.”</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Dealing with reps: “offices realized where they were on their pecking order, and it was not cool.”</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">On good sterilization techniques: “Dentistry missed an opportunity to say ‘you know we have been doing this since the AIDS epidemic.” </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">“⅓ of the practices reported that their dental lab shut down during the pandemic.” </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">“The patients don’t know what quality of care means” </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">“We will be at Hinman presenting our Trends course.”</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /> <br /></span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Resources from the show:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2021/06/26/photo-former-dental-office-to-become-apartments/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Former dental office to become apartments – Santa Cruz Sentinel</span></a></li> </ul> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.benco.com/ben