It has come to my attention after speaking with many dental practice owners and teams that one of the biggest struggles their team has is overcoming their fear of selling to patients.
Both the dentist and their team have this same struggle.
But what is selling really?
The definition of selling:
- give or hand over (something) in exchange for money.
You definitely are giving your patients a diagnosis, treatment and care for exchange of money.
I also found this definition:
- persuade someone of the merits
The Problem lies here
You all know that after the patient receives their dental diagnosis, treatment and care that the patient pays a fee.
This is straight forward.
But the patient often needs to be persuaded on the merits of the treatment and care before they say yes, go ahead and then pay the fee.
Persuading Patients is key
The act of persuading patients I believe is where dentists and their teams fall down and get scared, They believe they are now selling to their patients. They get this in their heads!
Guess what?
When you speak to your patients about the benefits and consequences of the dental treatment and care they need, you are persuading them.
You are getting your patients to analyse and think so that they can make the very best decision.
You are selling.
You are persuading your patients on the merits of the treatment they need and this is ……
wait for it……
In their best interest.
I too struggled with selling or persuading patients of the merits of treatment and care.
I had managed to persuade patients that going ahead with treatment was in their best interest yet I struggled with this as though I was doing something wrong.
I was also confused.
I was telling patients the truth and patients were making appointments and going ahead with treatment but I felt like I was doing something wrong!
Once I realised that selling or persuading patients was a good thing I did a complete back flip.
I then went home at night when I failed to sell/persuade patients of the merits of treatment and care and they made no appointment and realised I had failed these patients.
I had now realised that selling/persuading my patients was a good thing and I had a duty of care to do my best for my patients every single time.
The turning point
This turning point is an important part of understanding the outcome of helping patients.
If you are not selling/persuading your patients to say yes to an appointment and to say yes to treatment, then you have failed them in a big way.
So the next time you feel you are selling to your patients then know that you are doing the very best for your patients.
Selling is not a bad word.
Selling is helping and caring for your patients.
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