Introducing DenTyme: Part 1 Reduce overhead and save money

One of the main inspirations that led business lawyer and dental hygienist Karen Ergus to establish Dolphin Development Group (DDG) was her vision to provide cost-friendly, practical and highly effective ways to help fellow dental professionals bring their businesses to the highest level possible through all avenues such as legal guidance, marketing and practice management. This has led to DDG’s biggest endeavour yet, the virtual chairside assistant DenTyme.


Curious about the benefits of the new, revolutionary digital application DenTyme? This series of blog posts will introduce you to the Dolphin Development Group’s biggest endeavour yet–what the app offers, how it works, and why it will provide you with the tools to change your dental practice for the better.

While other business improvement tools and programs exist, such as one-on-one coaching, digital courses, and seminars, the costs can quickly add up and sometimes you don’t even get the results you need. Also, sometimes in-person consultation and meetings are just not practical or possible.

One of the most frustrating paradoxes new dental professionals, and pretty much all business professionals, have to deal with is the fact that oftentimes you need money to make money. As contradictory as that sounds, it’s the truth. There are just so many overhead expenses that exist before you can even open the doors to your business. Hiring coaches, legal experts, and business consultants are all a part of that.

With DenTyme, we strive to reach dentists, dental office managers, and all professionals in the dental industry who are looking to maximize efficiency, quality of care and profits at their practice in a much more affordable way. The revolutionary app delivers acute real-time provider performance analysis, continuous learning resources, accountability tracking, standard of care, and productivity and efficiency tools all at the tip of your fingers via tablet or smartphone.

So, still wondering if it’s worth it? Well, let’s look at the actual numbers. According to Consultant Journal, hiring a general business consultant can cost you anywhere from $80-$100 per hour. If the consultant is specialized in a specific field, such as a dental consultant, it will cost even more than that. Considering you would likely require weeks of coaching, depending on what your situation is, this will easily accumulate to thousands of dollars.

In contrast, DenTyme includes everything a consulting service would provide but in a highly accessible format, at any time you need to access it, at a fraction of the price. It is also geared specifically to dental professionals, so everything in the app is specialized and specific to what you need to run a dental office efficiently and successfully. DDG founder Karen Ergus, who conceptualized and developed the app, will also guide you one on one on how to use the application and will work with you to tailor it to your specific needs and concerns.

In the next blog post, we’ll discuss how DenTyme uses data-driven analysis to evaluate performance levels at your practice and highlight issues.

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