Date: April 7, 2021
Category: Regulations
In early 2018, we published a post on this blog about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and dental websites. In that post we explained that the Americans with Disabilities Act, enacted in 1990, was meant to apply to physical barriers only, but there were growing calls for it to be made applicable to websites. Read More
Date: August 31, 2020
Category: Company News
We have a new tool for our clients—the Infinity Dental Web virtual smile consultation app. Even before the coronavirus pandemic there have been large increases in virtual patient care. A report published by the American Medical Association over a year ago reported exponential increases in the use of telemedicine. The pandemic has vastly accelerated that Read More
Date: May 29, 2020
Category: Client News
Week 11 after the shutdown from COVID-19 pandemic is the fourth week of the return to seeing patients in many states. Last week showed a huge surge in appointment requests, which has tapered off somewhat this week but continues strong. Last week’s appointment requests were 143% of normal. This past week our data shows patient-initiated Read More
Date: May 22, 2020
Category: Client News
It’s week 10 from the recommended restrictions of dental practice issued by the American Dental Association (March 17) due to COVID-19 and the third week from the return to seeing patients that happened in many states on May 1. After large increases when we reported April 30 and May 7, there was a tapering off Read More
Date: May 15, 2020
Category: Client News
We’re calling this week 9 from the start of the hit dental practices took from the COVID-19 pandemic shut-down. A week ago we were close to normal for appointment requests initiated by patients, at 98% of normal. This past week there is a little tapering off of that level, and we’re at 90% of normal. Read More
Date: May 8, 2020
Category: Client News
It was March 17 when the American Dental Association recommended that, due to the coronavirus pandemic, dental practices limit themselves to emergency treatment only. That had a profound impact on our clients across the country, some of whom temporarily closed their practices. It also had a psychological impact on patients. This data is a measure Read More
Date: May 1, 2020
Category: Client News
It is now 6 1/2 weeks since the American Dental Association recommended dental practices limit themselves to emergency treatment only and we are, for the third week in a row, seeing an increase in the number of appointment requests. This past week the increase was substantial—we are now seeing patient-initiated appointment requests rising to a Read More
Date: April 24, 2020
Category: Client News
We are now halfway through week 6 after the announcement of the American Dental Association recommending pretty much the shutting down of dental practices across the country, in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and we are in the second week of seeing a slight uptick in the numbers of appointments being requested by patients. The Read More
Date: April 17, 2020
Category: Client News
We are now halfway through the fifth week from March 17 when the American Dental Association recommended that we limit dental care to non-elective procedures in response to the coronavirus pandemic. And for the first time we are seeing a significant uptick in appointment requests coming from patients. Appointment requests are now down only 55% Read More
Date: April 11, 2020
Category: Client News
We are now four weeks after the initial recommendation of the American Dental Association to limit dental care to non-elective procedures, given in response to the coronavirus pandemic. And this past week there has been a slight further downturn in appointment requests. In weeks one through three, appointment requests were down from 64% to 67%. Read More
