Good morning and happy Thanksgiving week! Hopefully you have a great week planned to head into the holiday weekend. Personally, Thanksgiving is always my favorite as it’s nice to spend a few days with the family without presents, just football and food. It also is my work anniversary (17 years) so it is a reminder of how fortunate I am to work with the best customers in the country. Lots of good stuff coming up as we head into the end of the year.
First off, the year-end rush is already happening with equipment. I’ve recently received a couple calls about people wanting to get things in by the end of the year. Currently, we can make the majority of it happen, but it’s getting tighter with manufacturing and install. There is also wonderful financing for most of our larger manufactures, including 5.95% for up to 60 months or 0% for 12 months.
Cape Girardeau and Southeast MO Drs. We will be having a small meeting to recap DS World information, including DS Core, Connect “end of life”, Primescan 2, printing retainers, digital denture update, and new materials. It will be at Wings Etc, from 6pm to 8pm on Tuesday, December 10th. Dinner and drinks included and there won’t be a charge to attend.
(On another note, Vince Sciore was just interviewed by our Patterson internal magazine for his extensive knowledge of pucks and multi-unit cases. Its a nice testament to how hard he’s worked to stay cutting edge with his knowledge.)
Next, recently I met with a rep from Precision dental who is the Director of Dental Placement in regard to offices looking for associates. A unique thing about her is she doesn’t charge until she actually places somebody in your office. This is unique as many charge a upfront fee. If you’d like me to make an introduction, I’d be happy to do so.
Moving on, we plan to have a small over the shoulder Solea introduction at the branch on Friday, December 20th from 9am-11am. Following, there will be lunch for everybody at Sybergs in the Valley. We also will be discussing the new Perio Guide, which will take 5-10 mm pockets down by 50%. The added production with Solea has been (personally) eye opening as I am normally pretty cautious with new technology.
We just got a new Sinsational smile unit delivered to our branch, so if you are looking for a really easy, in-office, 20-minute whitening system, we’d be happy to come in the office and whiten a couple of team members.
Some quick items:
Candid has been a really hot topic the last couple week. Dr. Ben Miraglia has an interesting webinar on the Clear Aligner Ecosystem or this one is really good for busy practices and streamlining workflows and comes with 1 on demand CE credit. Can also do lunch and learns.
Zircad Prime is BACK IN STOCK.
Looking for new surgical instruments? TBS is offering 0% financing for 12 months (not normal for merchandise)
IV Solutions. Inventory is still low, but we are receiving shipments. ETA for full recovery is “end of December or later.”
MTL Zirconia is offering buy 15, get 5 on blocks through the end of the year.
Need new handpieces. Kavo is offering a 3+2 or a 2+2 on air driven and electric handpieces (Black Friday Special)
Dental Learning has a 2 CE credit course titled, “From Fluorides to Peptides… Stop watching early caries lesions… Act now!” If this sounds interesting to you, assistants or hygiene, I can drop off a booklet at your office.
Signups have already started for the mastermind mixer in January. Many have received mailers also so wanted to share a link to sign up.
The Kerr Hands on Endodontic course is filling up quickly and is always a popular course to attend. If you’d like to go, I’m happy to cover the cost with a credit on your account. More info HERE.
This is a bit of a slower week, so if there is anything I can do to help please let me know. Otherwise have a wonderful Thanksgiving Break!
Thanks,
Matt
314-497-0272