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The Full-Schedule Illusion
Unusable gaps, missed treatment, short appointments and poor placement.
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Your Schedule Is Full. So Why Aren't You Hitting Goal?
How Dental Office Managers Can Look Beyond "We're Booked" and Build a Schedule That Actually Supports the Goal
By Kyle Summerford, 25+ years in dental practice management. Shared with the DOMA community of 26,700+ dental office managers.
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- ✓ The Full-Schedule Illusion
- ✓ Start with what the schedule is supposed to produce
- ✓ Find the Number Behind the Schedule
- ✓ Look at Production Per Visit
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What you'll get from this guide
How Dental Office Managers Can Look Beyond "We're Booked" and Build a Schedule That Actually Supports the Goal
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Start With What the Schedule Is Supposed to Produce
What managers should know before the day arrives: major treatment scheduled, hygiene capacity and known schedule risks.
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Find the Number Behind the Schedule
Available, scheduled, kept and completed appointments, and the procedure mix behind them.
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Look at Production Per Visit
Same number of patients. Very different result.
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Look at Production Per Clinical Hour
Context changes the conclusion, even when the raw production number looks identical.
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Procedure Mix Changes the Day
Limited exams, new patients, major treatment, and follow-ups all carry different production values and serve different purposes.
Meet Kyle Summerford
Kyle has spent more than 25 years in dentistry. He started at the front desk, worked his way up to dental office manager, and became one of the most recognized voices in dental practice management.
As the founder of the Dental Office Managers Alliance, Kyle is focused on helping dental office managers strengthen leadership, systems, communication, team management, and daily operations through practical tools built around the realities of dental practice management.
This guide was created to help managers put the ideas in this guide to work in their own practice, one small change at a time.
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