Are you looking for or open to ideas on ways of increasing productivity in your practice? Because panoramic radiography can be seen as just a large "cost" without factoring in how quickly it literally pays for itself, the question of ROI surfaces regularly in our conversations with offices.

We thought this recent article by Jim Philhower, Dental Economics, February 2014 is a good resource in highlighting several key areas that can be assessed and attention given, including the review of radiography protocols.

3. Review Radiography Protocols
How often do you want your patients to receive X-rays? For bitewings, we almost always hear once a year. What about major films? Is it three years for a panoramic and five years for a full mouth series? If so, why? Once you have established a standard of care for radiography, it is much easier to articulate it to your team and patients. It's simple, but it is one of the biggest reasons that offices do not take radiography to the doctor's standard of care. Most dentists will agree that every new patient should receive a major film, yet rarely do the panoramic and full mouth series X-rays add up to the number of new patients seen in a given year – even when we factor in the new patients who brought a film with them. It adds up. Just one large film missed per day can equate to $25,000 annually. Without a protocol and focus, radiography can easily slip through the cracks.

Panoramic provides complimentary ROI analyses via our website (under each product area) or if you would like a hard copy sent to your office (via mail or email), simply let us know by calling 800-654-2027.

Let's continue the conversation on the topic of those individual characteristics embodied in Panoramic. A few weeks ago we touched on the importance we place on interactivity and how it is intentionally infused into our processes, built with attentive focus on those we serve.

Today's installment centers on probably the most often questioned topic with today's mass migration to digital technology, speciifcally digital imaging: INTEGRATION.

"Will it work with my software?"

"Is your system compatible with my system or what I may choose to use in the future?"

"Do you integrate?"

Our response to these all three of these logical questions is a resounding YES! In fact, we recently assembled a short integration overview to help provide visibility to the wide array of different software suites with seamless compatibility. You can also listen to Dr. Lorne Lavine, The Digital Dentist, discuss how easy it is, with universal TWAIN communication, to connect with your current software!

Questions about what you have in your practice? Not sure how a digital panoramic system would work within the existing in-office set-up? Let us help! We even offer quick connect services to remotely access your system in real-time to demonstrate how easily everything would work in concert.

Experience Panoramic and know we'll look forward to interactively solving your integration questions!

We would like to extend a warm thank you to all those at the Chicago Dental Society for assemling another successful Chicago Midwinter Meeting! It was, as always, a pleasure and an honor for us to be able to participate by interacting with all those who attended the show.

For those who came by to see us, we hope your time spent was worthwhile and we certainly look forward to continuing the conversation with you and your staff about your panoramic radiography needs. Our newly released, exclusive Digital Rental Program caught alot of attention, especially with our having pioneered the concept over 28 years ago when we started!

Please note we are extending exclusive SHOW DISCOUNTS but only for a very limited time, expiring this Friday, February 28th! Feel welcome to contact us at info@pancorp.com or 800-654-2027 for more information about the new Digital Rental option or details on show incentives while they last.

Next up on our road schedule will be the 102nd Thomas P. Hinman Dental Meeting in Atlanta. Opening March 27th and continuing through March 29th, we invite all those in the Atlanta area and those making their way to the show from the surrounding regions, to look for us in BOOTH #1037!