Productive use of office time.

Anything that takes the dentist away from patients must be addressed and, when appropriate, delegated to others. A practitioner's time is too precious to be doing tasks others can effectively and efficiently perform. Look first to staff members and then to advisers and outsource providers when deciding how to delegate various tasks. Once a practice begins to take administrative responsibilities away from the practitioner, chairside time will increase, patient care and customer service will be enhanced, and the practice will have greater growth potential.