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Revised edition of: Practice management for the dental team / Betty Ladley Finkbeiner, Charles Allan Finkbeiner. 8 edition. [2016].
List of contents
Part I: Dentistry as a Business 1. The Business of Dentistry
2. Dental Team Management
3. Patient Management
4. Legal and Ethical Issues in the Dental Business Office
5. Information Technology in the Business Office
6. Business Office Design and Equipment Placement
Part II: Communication Management
7. Working with Dental Office Documents
8. Business Record Storage
9. Written Communication
10. Telecommunications
Part III: Business Office Systems
11. Appointment Management Systems
12. Inventory Systems and Supply Ordering
13. Recall Systems
14. Dental Insurance
15. Bookkeeping Systems and Accounts Receivable
16. Other Financial Systems
17. Infection Control Systems
Part IV: The Workplace
18. Marketing Your Skills
Appendix A: Grammar, Pronouns, Plurals, Spelling
Appendix B: Numbers
Appendix C: Prefixes and Suffixes
Appendix D: Abbreviations
Appendix E: Dental Terminology
Index
About the author
Betty Ladley Finkbeiner is a Faculty Emeritus at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, MI where she served as Chairperson of the Dental Assisting Program for over three decades. She has served as a consultant and staff representative for the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation and as a consultant to the Dental Assisting National Board.
Betty has authored articles in professional journals and co-authored several textbooks. Currently retired, she continues to write, lecture, and provide consultant services in ergonomic concepts to practicing dentists throughout the country.Charles Allen Finkbeiner is a retired Computer Information System instructor at Washtenaw Community College.
