Dental A Team with Kiera Dent
Dental A Team with Kiera Dent
Dentists, this is your playbook for building a practice that THRIVES rather than just survives! If you're ready to scale, streamline, or simply want to lead like a CEO, we're here to support you with our strategies.
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Achieving True Financial Clarity in Dentistry
Why Financial Clarity in Dentistry Matters Financial clarity in dentistry is one of the most overlooked drivers of success. Many practices focus on production goals and patient volume but neglect the systems that help them understand where their money actually goes. Without that clarity, stress...  Read More
Find Confidence in Your Financials By Doing This
Revamping your financials is as easy as … Kiera shows off her savvy financial skills by sharing what it takes to know what’s being spent in your practice. Her spreadsheet tips will answer such questions as: What can be cut? How can you make sure your overhead is in check? What do you need to...  Read More
Strengthen Financial Health in Your Dental Practice
Financial health in a dental practice determines whether a business thrives or simply survives. When doctors and teams understand their numbers, they can make confident, proactive decisions instead of reacting to financial stress. Clear systems for reviewing profit and loss, tracking overhead, and...  Read More
Plan Your Year-End Bonuses Without the December Stress
Plan Your Year-End Bonuses Without the December Stress Let’s be honest, no one wants to end the year crying over a surprise $20,000 bonus bill or scrambling to pull off a last-minute party. Whether you’re planning a team trip, distributing bonus checks, or organizing a holiday raffle, your year-end...  Read More
The CEO Mindset in Dentistry
Dentistry isn’t just about clinical skills. Owning a practice means you’re also running a multimillion-dollar business, and that requires more than being a great dentist. It requires a CEO mindset. Too often, practice owners fall into the trap of micromanaging. They handle every detail, scheduling,...  Read More
How Consistency Tripled a Practice’s Collections
Collections are one of the most stressful parts of running a dental practice. They fuel payroll, overhead, growth, and ultimately, peace of mind. When collections aren’t consistent, stress levels rise, and it can feel like no matter how much you produce, the money isn’t there to match. At Dental A...  Read More
From Hope to Strategy: Reaching Dental Goals That Last
Why Dentists Miss Their Goals Too often, practices approach dental goals with more hope than strategy. A number gets tossed out, the team is told to “make it happen,” and then everyone waits to see if it sticks. But hope isn’t a system. If you want to consistently hit targets, you need structure,...  Read More
What It Takes to Obtain Financial Freedom
Part 2 of podcast guest Dr. Lauryn Brunclik (of She Slays the Day podcast fame) and her conversation with Kiera. In this follow-up to , the pair discusses seeking other revenue streams to obtain financial freedom. The chat includes fixing your pricing structure, living below your means,...  Read More
Dentistry Career Paths: Fulfillment Beyond the Numbers
Dentists face an important question at almost every stage of their careers: What’s the right career path for me? Do you stay an associate? Buy into a practice? Bring on a partner? Or sell to a DSO? The truth is, there isn’t one “perfect” career path in dentistry. Each choice comes with benefits...  Read More
Mastering Quarterly Meetings in Your Dental Practice
Dentists often set ambitious annual goals but get stuck in the daily grind. The problem? Without structure, it’s hard to keep your team aligned and focused. That’s where quarterly meetings come in. Quarterly meetings create clarity, accountability, and momentum. They help leadership teams identify...  Read More
The Guiding Principle of a Successful Practice Is _________
Kiera shares with listeners how to run quarterly meetings to get clarity, alignment, and accountability. She touches on the creation of 90-day plans, creating a definition of done, and why instilling a traction cadence is so helpful and practical. Episode resources: Transcript: The Dental A...  Read More
FREE End of Year Preparation Checklist for Dentists
The last quarter of the year can make or break your practice. For many dentists, Q4 brings stress, surprise expenses, and a scramble to tie up loose ends. But with the right preparation, you can close out the year celebrating wins instead of worrying about what slipped through the cracks. That’s...  Read More
Are You Becoming The CEO Dentist
If you’re a dentist who owns your practice, you already hold the title of “CEO.” But wearing the title and living the role are two very different things. The real CEO dentists aren’t stuck in the day-to-day. They lead with vision. They empower their teams. They scale without sacrificing their time,...  Read More
Dental CEOs 101
Is running a dental practice the most stressful part of your life? Does hiring and retaining the right people seem impossible? Do you question whether dentistry was the right choice for you? Kiera reflects on DAT’s recent CEO Dentist Webinar, including what dental leadership ideally looks like —...  Read More
How One Practice Scaled from $3.2M to $5M Without Burning Out
On the surface, this practice was doing well. Strong revenue, a steady team, and loyal patients. But growth had hit a ceiling. The owner had ambitious goals, yet like many dentists, they were caught in the common trap: wanting expansion without sacrificing time, health, or the culture they’d worked...  Read More
Your Collections Will Skyrocket With This Advice
Tiff and Dana take a close look at a practice that wanted to get a handle on its growth. They discuss knowing numbers inside and out, forming a growth plan, keeping your team involved in any expansion. Episode resources: Transcript:   The Dental A Team (00:00) Hello Dental A Team listeners. I...  Read More
Is Your Practice Healthy?
Re-releasing a DAT listener favorite! Kiera is all about key performance indicators in this episode, and why they’re important. When framing KPIs as the vitals of your practice, it makes a lot more sense! Some of Kiera’s favorite KPIs are … - Production (net, not gross) - Collection (at least...  Read More
The Scorecard That Keeps Your Practice Healthy
Let’s face it: you didn’t become a dentist to crunch numbers all day. But if you want a thriving, sustainable practice, tracking the right KPIs is non-negotiable. KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) are more than just stats. They’re the pulse of your business. And if you don’t measure what matters,...  Read More
4 Strategies That Lead to Real Work-Life Balance
Dentistry is demanding. Between running a business, leading a team, and providing exceptional patient care, it’s easy to feel like your practice is running you. If you’re constantly on the go, working late, or missing out on life outside the office, you’re not alone. But here’s the truth:...  Read More
Have You Googled Your Practice?
Dr. Len Tau, aka the Reviews Doctor, is on the podcast. With Kiera, he goes into the most critical nuts and bolts of making sure your practice stands out (or at least keeps pace with) online reviews amid AI. He explains jargon terms like ranking power and factors and velocity of reviews, whether...  Read More
The Secret Sauce to Hiring
Kiera and Kristy talk listeners through the patience of the hiring process, with specific attention to understanding training capacity, establishing onboarding expectations, utilizing available resources — and what to do when you do all this already, and it still doesn’t seem to work. Episode...  Read More
Marketing Advice Your Practice Can’t Do Without
Dental A Team’s marketing mastermind Eve joins Tiff on the pod to discuss the top marketing strategies that can be easily implemented in your practice. They touch on social media, offline marketing, retention, and more. Episode resources: Transcript: The Dental A Team (00:01) Hello Dental A...  Read More
Smart Hiring Strategies in Today’s Dental Market
Hiring in dentistry has become one of the most difficult challenges practices face today. Whether it’s finding hygienists, assistants, or strong front office team members, many practices are feeling the squeeze of a competitive and limited market. The good news: with the right mindset and approach,...  Read More
Which Is Better: Paying Employees Based Off Production or Collections?
Tiff and Kristy discuss the ongoing challenges of hiring, including how incentives and mentalities have shifted over the past five years — and what you, as someone hiring, can do about it. Part of the discussion includes the pros and cons of how to pay team members. Episode resources: ...  Read More
Office Autopsy: How to Know If You’re Producing Enough
Kiera and Kristy break down a few reasons why your practice might not seem (or might not be, period) to have any money. They touch on how to find your profit point, knowing your debt, staying on top of collections and AR, and more. Episode resources: Transcript: The Dental A Team (00:00)...  Read More
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