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Publish Date: March 21, 2023

Hygienist

How to Integrate Assisted Hygiene

First thing is first, don’t let assisted hygiene scare off your hygienists. This is

Publish Date: March 16, 2023

Business Intelligence

High IT Costs and Hidden Inefficiencies of Managin...

Is your dental business managed by a local server? Managing your own server requires a significant, ongoing ...
Maximize Dental Business Profitability

Publish Date: March 2, 2023

Business Intelligence

How to Maximize Your Dental Business Profits

What's the best way to maximize your profits? Cut your overhead. It's not always the easiest process, but with a few tweaks you can see a pretty la...

Publish Date: February 27, 2023

Front Desk Best Practices

Digitize Your Patient Forms: Make it Easy for Pati...

Digital patient forms are becoming increasingly popular in dentistry as they offer a convenient way for patients to complete important paperwork fo...

Publish Date: February 15, 2023

Reporting

How Your Dental Practice Can Leverage Technology t...

Dental practice management software typically includes a variety of dashboards and reports to help manage the day-to-day operations of the practice...

Publish Date: January 24, 2023

Front Desk Best Practices

Avoid These 5 Marketing Mistakes When Promoting Yo...

The truth of the matter is you’re a dentist. You may not have taken all those business and marketing classes in school. Bu...

Publish Date: January 16, 2023

Group Practices

The Best Dental Practice Management Software Solut...

Looking for the best dental practice management software for your organization? The right solution makes all the difference in your practice’s ongo...
Automate Your Dental Practice

Publish Date: January 6, 2023

Feature

7 Dental Office Automation Tips to Make Your Pract...

Dental office automation can save you time and money. Automating your everyday processes creates a better experience for both your staff and your p...

Publish Date: December 15, 2022

Curve Hero

Protect Your Dental Business with Permissions & Us...

Caring for patients and growing the business are the primary concerns of a dental prac...

Publish Date: December 14, 2022

Reporting

A Brief Guide to Better Recare

Having a strong recare process is essential to growing your practice. And the health of your patient, as well as the health of your practice, depen...
Optimize processes to eliminate confusing billing and slow scheduling

Publish Date: December 7, 2022

Reporting

The Importance of a Good Dental Practice Managemen...

Your patients always come first. So, how do you optimize your processes to eliminate confusing billing and slow scheduling processes that compromis...
5 Ideas to Show Appreciation for Your Dental Staff

Publish Date: November 18, 2022

Practice Management

5 Ways to Show Your Dental Staff Appreciation for ...

This Thanksgiving we here at Curve thought…”we need to thank the staff.” Which made us think, “we bet dentists and practice owners probably want to...
Best 5 2022 Year-End Reports for Your Dental Practice

Publish Date: November 14, 2022

Reporting

Reports that Dental Managers Need to Pull for Year...

The last quarter of the year is the busiest one. Patients are racing to use up their insurance and you’re trying to juggle appointments. You also h...

Publish Date: October 1, 2022

Reporting

How to Drastically Reduce Costs at Your Dental Pra...

What's the best way to maximize your profits? Cut your overhead. It's not always the easiest process, but with a few tweaks you can see a pretty la...
Transitioning Your Dental Practice to the Cloud

Publish Date: September 16, 2022

Security

How to Transition Your Dental Practice to the Clou...

4 Tips to Help You Move to the Clou...
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Publish Date: August 25, 2022

Reporting

Scheduling Essentials for Dental Practices

  5 Cool Dental Scheduling Tips to Keep Your Practice Efficient  Your schedule is the nucleus of your dental practice...

Publish Date: August 18, 2022

Celebrating Women in Dentistry

Percentage of Female Workforce in Dentistry Teeth know no gender discrimination, but this wasn’t always the case in the field of dent...

Publish Date: August 17, 2022

Reporting

Optimizing Your Dentistry's Revenue Cycle Manageme...

It’s hard to provide excellent patient care and stay on top of revenue cycle management for your dentistry simultaneously. And it doesn't matter if...

Publish Date: May 31, 2022

Patient Engagement

7 Tips to Increase Patient Volume at Your Dental P...

Getting new patients and retaining old ones is one of the most crucial aspects of running a dental practice. If you don't know how to increase pati...
How Dentists Are Handling the Great Resignation

Publish Date: May 18, 2022

Feature

The Great Resignation’s Impact on Dentistry

And How to Better Position Your Practice for Success The Great Resignation
Dental Practice KPIs

Publish Date: April 13, 2022

Reporting

5 Dental Practice KPIs You Should Be Tracking

Key performance indicators (KPIs) are crucial for your practice. Much in the same way you evaluate the health of your patients, tracking metrics an...

Publish Date: January 14, 2022

Feature

Stress-Reduction Strategies for the Modern Dental ...

The hiring scales have tipped in favor of the employee. Record low unemployment and tough competition for workers mean today’s employees know they ...
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Publish Date: December 9, 2021

Front Desk Best Practices

5 Dental Practice Management Fixes for Common Stre...

Some things in life are easy. Dental practice management is not typically known as one of them.
Dental Staff Recruitment: 4 Ways to Enhance Your Recruitment Strategy

Publish Date: November 4, 2021

Feature

Dental Staff Recruitment: How to Fill the Gap

Many dental practices are feeling the staffing pinch. According to a
Curve Dental and Rock 'n Roll

Publish Date: October 21, 2021

Curve Hero

Curve Dental and Rock and Roll

If you visit the Curve Dental website, you’ll come across the “

Publish Date: October 7, 2021

Charting

Curve Imaging and Charting Software Retains Dental...

The dental field is very competitive, with offices seemingly located on most every corner, especially in highly populated areas.  Building a p...

Publish Date: September 9, 2021

Feature

Why Running a Practice on a Single Platform Makes ...

There are many software options available for dental practices. The majority of them require add-ons to provide the functionality needed to run a d...

Publish Date: August 24, 2021

Feature

3 Best Practices for Digital Marketing in Dental P...

COVID-19 is leaving an indelible mark on the healthcare industry, including the dental sector. Compared to the same period in 2019,

Publish Date: July 15, 2021

Curve Hero

Cybersecurity: Don’t Be Scared, Be Prepared

In the fall of 2020, a joint Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), FBI, and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) C...

Publish Date: May 27, 2021

Curve Hero

Q&A with Kristen Smith: Director of Customer Servi...

  Curve Dental’s Data Conversion Recipe...

Publish Date: March 25, 2021

Front Desk Best Practices

4 Awesome Benefits of Dental Office Communication ...

Patients aren’t just looking for dentists with excellent clinical skills. They also expect friendliness, empathy, and an adequate understanding of ...

Publish Date: February 18, 2021

Curve Partners and Integrations

The Key to Switching Dental Practice Management So...

Dr. Chris Salierno, owner of Broad Hollow Dentistry and Chief Editor of Dental Economics, half-kidded that the magnitude of changing software is li...

Publish Date: February 4, 2021

Security

How Curve Stacks Up Against Paper Dental Records

Mark Blount, VP Marketing - Curve Dental Happy New Year! As we race towards the quarter-mark of the 21st Century, I find it intriguing th...

Publish Date: January 13, 2021

Front Desk Best Practices

Curve Dental Advances Patient Engagement with the ...

Publish Date: January 7, 2021

Reporting

12 Ways to Increase Productivity in Your Dental Of...

What if you could get more time to focus on patients while
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Publish Date: December 10, 2020

Front Desk Best Practices

How COVID-19 Has Changed the Dental Staffing Model

The workplace had begun going virtual well before COVID-19 arrived on our shores. Lightning fast internet, hot spots, online software, and video co...

Publish Date: November 19, 2020

Front Desk Best Practices

How to Get Staff to Adopt New Technology

Adopting new technology is a piece of cake, right? After all, everyone loves change, especially moving their entire practice and workflows to new s...

Publish Date: October 15, 2020

Curve Hero

Why More Than Ever Dental Practices Are Switching ...

When COVID-19 hit the United States, it didn’t pull any punches. US News and World Report’s September 2020 article, “

Publish Date: September 24, 2020

Curve Partners and Integrations

How Teledentistry is Reshaping the Dental Industry

Q & A with Dr. Vilas Sastry, CEO, Teledentistry.com

Publish Date: September 2, 2020

User Experience

The Right Practice Management Software Can Be a Ga...

In football, a great quarterback can elevate the performance of the entire team. An effective “field general” runs the offense, calls audibles, and...

Publish Date: August 21, 2020

Reporting

Curve Hero's BI: The Future of Dental Practice Ana...

Dentists who make the switch to Curve Hero typically come from server-based solutions. Many are most excited about the level of partnership Curve D...

Publish Date: August 5, 2020

Front Desk Best Practices

The Lost Art of Customer Support

Your highest priority is delivering an outstanding patient experience. That means providing excellent care and treatment and ensuring that the enti...

Publish Date: July 22, 2020

Curve Hero

How Curve Dental is Improving the Lives of Pediatr...

A pediatric dentist’s work can be incredibly rewarding and equally challenging. Cooperation from the little tyke can be a few minutes (or seconds!)...

Publish Date: July 2, 2020

Reporting

What Are Best Dental Practice Management Software ...

You train your staff to deliver the best possible experience for your patients. You stress how important it is to be empathetic, helpful, and suppo...

Publish Date: June 24, 2020

The Power of One

Crocs. Spanx. Michelin. Roku. Gorilla Glue. Select Comfort. Curve Dental. So, what do these companies have in common? They’ve resisted the temptati...

Publish Date: June 12, 2020

Reporting

How to Tell True Cloud-Based Software from Cloud P...

How to Tell True Cloud-Based Software from Cloud Pretenders

Publish Date: June 4, 2020

Curve Partners and Integrations

System Integration is Essential for Dental Practic...

Whether it is the introduction of new equipment, new technology, or new clinical materials, practicing dentistry has always been dynamic. The same ...

Publish Date: May 20, 2020

Reporting

Cloud-Based Dental Software Can Make All the Diffe...

There is no question that the mandatory shutdown resulting from COVID-19 has had a profound impact on the dental industry. Practices have done ever...

Publish Date: May 5, 2020

Imaging

Curve Dental Announces Strategic Partnership with ...

MMG Fusion Completes Integration with Curve Dental  ...

Publish Date: April 29, 2020

Feature

Technology and the Modern Dental Practice

COVID-19 has impacted dental practices in myriad ways. From shut-downs to limiting appointments to emergencies to establishing new protocols for en...

Publish Date: April 15, 2020

Taking Measure During COVID-19

Taking Measure During COVID-19

Publish Date: March 17, 2020

Product Development

Data-Driven Design & Product Development

At Curve Dental, our goal is to meet and, whenever possible, exceed the needs of our customers. To achieve this goal, we ...

Publish Date: February 18, 2020

Reporting

Why Your Practice Deserves More from Your Practice...

As any successful dental practice knows, your patients come first, so why keep them waiting with confusing billing processes and slow scheduling? E...

Publish Date: February 5, 2020

Curve Hero

How the Cloud Offers Cyber Security For Your Denta...

"Month-long email hack on Ohio Dental insurer impacts patient data.”

Publish Date: January 22, 2020

Business Intelligence

Dental Work-Life Balance | Curve Dental

Mastering the Work Life Balancing Act 

Publish Date: January 8, 2020

Security

RIP Windows 7

Protect Your Practice 

Publish Date: December 6, 2019

Curve Partners and Integrations

Curve Dental Announces Strategic Partnership with ...

Partnership Helps
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Publish Date: November 27, 2019

Curve Dental Announces Integration with Weave

Solution Simplifies Dental Practice Communications, Delivers Better Patient Care

Publish Date: November 19, 2019

Curve Dental Enables Prescriptions to be Sent from...

PROVO, Utah, November 19, 2019 - Curve Dental today announced the release of enhanced functionality for ePrescribe, a module within the Curve Cloud...
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Publish Date: September 27, 2019

User Experience

You Are In Control With Our Perio Charting Update

When we decided it was time to rebuild our Perio Charting module, the first thing we...
Recare_Referral_Treatment_Plan_Dashboards

Publish Date: August 20, 2019

Reporting

Introducing Recare, Referral and Treatment Plan Da...

We are excited to announce we’ve added six new Operational dashboards to Curve Business Intelligence. These dashboards give actionable insights...
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Publish Date: July 25, 2019

Rabbits and Hackers: A Cautionary Tale

It’s summer, and for many, that means it’s time to plant a lush garden, filled to the brim with your favorite vegetables. Imagine working hard day ...
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Publish Date: June 12, 2019

Payments

More Control Added to Statements and Licenses

At Curve Dental, we believe our customers should be in control, which is why we love receiving feedback and suggestions from our offices! We read a...
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Publish Date: April 10, 2019

Business Intelligence

You Don't Need a Crystal Ball to Forecast Your Pra...

Have you ever measured how effective the management of your practice collections is? Does your current software system offer a way to even compile ...
BI dashboard

Publish Date: March 28, 2019

Curve Dental Redefines Practice Management Softwar...

OREM, Utah, March 28, 2019 /P...
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Publish Date: March 20, 2019

Reporting

Introducing Curve Business Intelligence

Invoices, payments, and appointments. Oh my! How are you supposed to make sense of all of the data that you take in on a daily basis? In today’s wo...
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Publish Date: March 12, 2019

Are you getting paid for the work you’ve done?

Did you know that you risk losing $.80 for every $1.00 that goes beyond 90 days past due?
happy-dentist-computer

Publish Date: February 20, 2019

Ease of Use & Training

Let’s take a moment to evaluate your current dental software. Keeping up with day-to-day tasks can be challenging and stressful, but you have...
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Publish Date: February 14, 2019

Advanced Search for Improved Searching Efficiency

With thousands of patients to sift through, using only limited information to search will provide you with way too many results to navig...
the-cloud

Publish Date: February 7, 2019

Why You Need Cloud-Based Dental Software (Not On-P...

If your practice operates using a server, you’re probably aware of the 
NewStatements_Blog

Publish Date: January 30, 2019

Customization and Messaging on New Statements

When we went live with our new statement design, the feedback was very positive, and there wer...
Doctors Watching Demo

Publish Date: January 24, 2019

Front Desk Best Practices

The Hidden Benefits of Change

We know that making changes in your practice can be met with 
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Publish Date: December 19, 2018

Front Desk Best Practices

Curve Dental and Bluefin: A Winning Security and P...

Healthcare Data Breaches are on the Rise According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for ...
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Publish Date: December 13, 2018

Curve Hero

Is your practice ready for 2019?

As we approach the new year, let’s take a look back at the performance and quality of your practice management soft...

Publish Date: November 26, 2018

Curve Hero

Medicaid Alphabetical Tooth Ordering

As per new re...
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Publish Date: November 20, 2018

Curve Hero

Format Online Dental Forms | Curve Dental

Plain text. It says everything you need to know in the name. Plain. Now, I don’t know about you but it's pretty bla...
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Publish Date: October 9, 2018

Curve Hero

Understanding the Total Cost of Managing Your Own ...

When you decide to invest in server-based practice management software for your practice, you might be focused on i...
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Publish Date: October 2, 2018

Curve Hero

Administrative Password Reset Feature

Protecting patient data and privacy is a complex problem but it starts with keeping good security habits. One of the most effective habits we can b...

Publish Date: September 27, 2018

Curve Hero

Natural Disasters and the Impact on Your Practice

You can’t predict a natural disaster, but you can plan for it.
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Publish Date: September 19, 2018

Front Desk Best Practices

Organize Your Patient Files With Curve's Custom Fo...

Sometimes, I look at all of the papers on my desk and mentally prepare myself for the game of Three-card Monte that...
Measurement-Tools

Publish Date: September 5, 2018

Curve Hero

Measurement Tools For Curve Image

We all know that radiographs and other images are a critical tool in diagnosis and treatment planning. While you ca...
Get-My-Data-Header

Publish Date: August 30, 2018

Curve Hero

Upgrade For Curve Hero’s Get My Data Feature

At Curve Dental, we don't hold your data hostage. You've always had a way to download your practice's data to ...
Whos-On-Deck-from-Scheduler

Publish Date: August 8, 2018

Front Desk Best Practices

Access Who’s On Deck From Scheduler

Earlier this year, we released our new 
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Publish Date: July 30, 2018

Curve Hero

Quality Software Begins with Quality Talent

Quality is a big focus for us when building practice management software at Curve Dental. The same attention to qua...
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Publish Date: July 27, 2018

Curve Hero

New Prescriptions Role Added for Increased Control

In our ongoing commitment to improving security, we created a new role to control access to the Prescriptions modul...

Publish Date: July 24, 2018

Curve Hero

Signature Line Available On Treatment Plan Printou...

Every time I employ my signature, it looks like I’m writing in 
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Publish Date: June 25, 2018

Curve Hero

Read-Only Scheduler Now Available For Curve Hero

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Publish Date: June 25, 2018

Curve Hero

Orange Summit: Ask 2 Practices, Get 3 Opinions

  I find it very inspiring to read the works of the great authors so it should come as no surprise that this blog post just seemed to ...

Publish Date: June 8, 2018

Reporting

Dental Billing with Itemized Adjustments Now Avail...

I'm happy to announce the release of an exciting new feature: the ability to itemized your adjustments before ...

Publish Date: May 25, 2018

Curve Hero

Curve Dental and Review Wave Announce Integrated M...

Curve Dental’s Management System Now Providing Seamless Integration with Review Wave’s Marketing Automation Platform  
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Publish Date: May 1, 2018

Reporting

The All New Playbook Basic Dental Dashboard

I love nothing more than looking through pages and pages of reports, sorted by all types of variables, collated and compiled together into an alpha...
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Publish Date: April 27, 2018

Curve Hero

Getting to Know the Design Team at Curve Dental

Have you ever participated in beta testing for a new feature in Curve Hero? How about chatted with someone named “J...
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Publish Date: April 6, 2018

Curve Hero

On the Road Again - ADSO Summit 2018, Austin, TX

Another day, another airport! Big changes are happening in the business of dentistry. The industry is consolidating and shifting towards group prac...
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Publish Date: March 26, 2018

Curve Hero

Dental EOB Vs. ERA Dental Process: All About the D...

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Publish Date: March 6, 2018

Curve Hero

Engaging Customers for a Better Dental Experience

In the past few months you may have noticed we have been asking our users to fill out surveys in the Curve Hero
Access Revised Account Statements in Reports

Publish Date: March 6, 2018

Curve Hero

Revised Account Statements For Everyone

Curve Dental is proud to announce that our newly revised account statements are now in the hands of everybody! We have listened to our custome...
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Publish Date: February 20, 2018

How to Add An Area Of Interest To A Dental Image

In our continued journey to expand Curve Image functionali...
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Publish Date: February 5, 2018

Reporting

Custom Payment Reports Include Payment Creator Inf...

Our custom payment reports now have the ability to report on both the full name of the user in the system who created the payment, as well as the d...
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Publish Date: January 15, 2018

Reporting

Denti-Cal Claims & Resubmission Turnaround Documen...

Not all electronic insurance claims systems work seamlessly together. Sometimes there are special needs that need to be addressed separately outsid...

Publish Date: November 3, 2017

Curve Hero

Curve Dental Announces Release of Custom Fields Fe...

In the landscape of practice management software features, one of the most highly requested is the ability to create custom fields. We recognized t...
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Publish Date: October 2, 2017

Dental Hours of Access Gives Peace of Mind

Our customers have wanted the ability to set the hours when staff members can access Curve Hero for some time. Res...
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