Video references from Clients

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Video 1 - Doctor Allan Ringard from Napa, California has been a client since 1999. In this 11 minute video, he and his team walk us through the process they went through in deciding on a hygiene consultant and talk about what the program has meant for their office.

Video 2 - Jim Dumolin, who has advised many dentists through his financial and practice management program, Masterplan Alliance, has referred over 300 of his clients to Advanced Hygiene Concepts.  In this three minute video, he explains his rationale, as well as the success his clients have had with the program.

Video 3 - Doctor Robert Warren, from Anchorage Alaska has been a client since 1999, and continues to have incredible results.  In this one minute video, he explains how AHC helped his practice turn around his hygiene department..

Video 4 - Doctor Gary Imm, from Westminster Maryland has been a client since 2000, and is extremely happy with our program.  In this one minute video, he talks about his feelings.

Video 5 - Doctor Jeff Clay, from Shady Spring, West Virginia implemented our program in late 1997, and has been enjoying excellent results ever since.

Click here to download a partial client list - doctors who are willing to share their AHC experience with you.

Click here to see results in 20 offices throughout the country.

 

Valerie and Linda were recently featured in an episode of Health Journal Television, hosted by Alexander Haig and Christian Sager, who is CEO of the Pankey Dental Foundation.  Click here to view the 8 minute segment.

 

 

Text Case Studies

Case 1
A mature practice, (20+ years) treating 2500 patients with 4 operatories:
Before our training, this practice had 4 hygiene-days per week, producing monthly hygiene revenue of $10,138. While treating the moderate levels (4 quadrants) of periodontal disease in-office, the hygienists referred their most advanced cases to specialists. Our customized program of training, (3-day in-office, one follow-up day, phone support,) structured the early- stage periodontal disease diagnosis, treatment planning and billing. It also established a system of chart re-activation and long-term continuing-care. Since completing our training, the hygiene practice has doubled its hygiene days, and now generates $39,276 per month in hygiene production with a case acceptance rate of 98%.
Increase $29,138 monthly or 287%

Case 2
A 15 year-old practice with 1300 patients:
The hygienist told us, "I know that we can do a better job of controlling periodontal disease. We've attended soft tissue management seminars, but the implementation is difficult and our team isn't involved. It just hasn't worked as well as I know it can. It's my responsibility to make changes, but we're only doing a few of the things we learned and we aren't getting results." This practice was generating $9,307 in hygiene revenue per month from 5 hygiene-days per week. Our training focused on treatment planning, office communication and training. When we finished, the hygienists understood case presentation and the successful treatment of periodontal disease. This 3-operatory practice (8 patients a day per hygienist, 7 hygiene-days per week) now averages $21,698 in hygiene production each month with a case acceptance of 98%.
Increase $12,391 monthly or 133%
 

Case 3
A progressive 2000-patient practice, using the latest technology:
In 1993 this office -- the majority of its team had been with the practice 15 years -- generated $10,395 in hygiene revenue a month with 6 hygiene-days a week. While the team worked with the latest equipment in a beautifully redecorated environment, its procedures were the same ones it had used for years. Because the hygienists felt uneasy addressing periodontal disease, (they felt the patients perception would be: this happened "all of a sudden") we tailored our training toward addressing the comfort levels of team. We provided the communication skills, case presentation techniques, financial consultations and billing information to make the transition smooth and comfortable for both team and patients. Our implementation process was designed to "ease" patients into needed periodontal care, lest they think it had "suddenly come out of the blue." The result is a happy practice, currently producing an average of $21,912 in hygiene production per month with a case acceptance rate of 97%.
Increase $11,517 monthly or 111%
 

Case 4
An efficient 10 hygiene-day-per-week practice, with 6 operatories:
Having 2700 patients, this $20,000-per-month hygiene revenue practice had openings in hygiene. In addition, its existing periodontal program wasn't efficient. The hygienists realized that they were addressing periodontal disease at a more moderate level because they weren't comfortable with discussing early treatment. The front office was unclear how to bill insurance in the earlier stages. They also had a high level of cancellations and failures. Our training fine-tuned their skills, teaching them to feel at ease treating periodontal disease at all levels. They learned to schedule productive, stress-free days, while reducing their cancellations and failures. The office size and schedule (7 patients per day) dictated that we target certain patients for current treatment, while "planting seeds" in the rest that they should begin treatment in 3 months. The team increased its hygiene-days to 12, while each hygienist continued seeing 7 patients per day. As a result, the practice's monthly hygiene revenue increased to $32,000.
Increase $12,000 monthly or 60%

Client Comments

Dentists who work with Advanced Hygiene Concepts find their practices growing, often beyond our own projections. Here's what just a few of our satisfied clients have to say.

"Advanced Hygiene Concepts is the best in house consulting program I have ever worked with in 20 plus years of practice. Using the excellent systems they have developed we have taken what was already a very proactive hygiene program and made it state of the art. Advanced Hygiene Concepts allows us to offer optimal care for the patients and excellent rewards for the practice."
    Dr. David Potts, Libertyville, IL

"Hiring Advanced Hygiene Concepts was the best thing I ever did, and the reason that my hygienists average $1000 to $1200 per day, not to mention the restorative dentistry that they help me sell. Both of my hygienists love the program and how it makes them feel about their jobs and careers."
    Dr. Scott Dahlquist, Salt Lake City, UT

"We have had the Advanced Hygiene Concepts in-office training with healthier, more stable patients, happier hygienists, and increased productivity. If you feel you have any upside potential in your hygiene department, it's a no-brainer to have these professionals give you a systematic approach to make it happen."
    Dr. Dan Clader, Montrose, CO

"In just two and a half days, Advanced Hygiene Concepts showed us how to adapt our perio program to treat our patients' individual needs. We saw an immediate increase in our hygiene production! They are a great team and are always there if we have questions."
    Betsy Pearson, Office Coordinator
    Ted Morgan, D.D.S., Gorham ME

"I have been a full time hygienist for the past twenty two years. Advanced Hygiene Concepts has given me a "re-birth" into my hygiene skills. They have motivated me to improve my patient oral health education and to have my patients take responsibility for their own oral health. Due to this approach, our hygiene department has doubled its production. In doing so, I have felt not only good about my patients accepting the necessary treatment they need, but also the financial benefits to our practice. On closing, it is with gratitude, to them, for enlightening me to the tools needed for education and success."
    Pat Worcester, RDH, Pompano Beach, FL

"I feel like I learned so much and came away with a feeling of being renewed and recommitted to making our practice what it should be."
    Diane Grady, Hygienist, Monterey, CA

Click here to see a recent evaluation of our program by Dr Ross Hildebrand of Great Bend, KS 
Click here to see an evaluation by one of Dr Hildebrand's team members. 
Click here to read an email from Dr Chris Bowman of Charlotte, NC
Click here to read recent emails from Crown Council members regarding AHC
Click here to read an email from  a CPA who recommends Advanced Hygiene Concepts to his clients.
Click here to read an email from Dr John Frerich of Marshall, MN to Dr Marcos Ortega of San Diego California recommending our program - by the way, Dr Ortega hired AHC in 2002 and is still an active client.
Click here to read an email from Dr Dan Hopper of Rocklin CA who has been a client of AHC since 1999.
Click here to read an email from Dr Bruce Hutchison of Centreville, VA
 

Call us today to find out how we can help you build a more profitable hygiene department.

 

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