Episode 207

How to Get Patients in the Door and Keep Them There with Mike Buckner

Host: Gary Takacs | Published Date: January 6, 2016 | Listening Time: 0:54:04

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Many dental offices today struggle with patient retention. This often is reflected in very weak hygiene departments with a low % of patients involved in regular re-care. Gary often states that a strong hygiene department leads to a strong practice! To help you master patient retention Gary interviews his friend Mike Buckner.

Running Time: 54:04 minutes

In this interview Gary and Mike discuss; the three ways you can grow your practice, how technology help you communicate more efficiently with your patients, the history of email and text communication with patients and state-of-the-art systems available today, why Healthgrades needs to be a review site on your radar screen, a brilliant strategy to fill last minute open appointments and how you can use data mining to fill your schedule. You will Love Mike’s knowledge and his passion for helping Dentists Thrive!

Mike’s website: www.solutionreach.com

Mike’s email address: mikeb@solutionreach.com


Gary Takacs

Gary Takacs Gary became a successful practice owner by purchasing a fixer-upper practice and developing it into a world-class dental practice. He is passionate about sharing his hard-earned insights and experiences with dental practices across the globe.

As a dental practice coach, Gary provides guidance for dental professionals on how to create a healthier practice style that lets them deliver excellent patient care while reducing depending on insurance.

More importantly, Gary’s insights are not just based on theory – as a co-owner of a dental practice, he has first-hand experience in making this transformation from a high-volume and low-fee insurance model to a fee-for-service approach that is more sustainable and promotes a patient-centric and financially healthy dental practice, and he is dedicated to sharing this knowledge with other dental practitioners via the popular Thriving Dentist Show!
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