The Productive Dentist Podcast
The Productive Dentist Podcast
The Productive Dentist Podcast features Dr. Bruce B. Baird, America's Most Productive Dentist, as he shares the wisdom and knowledge he's gained in 30+ years of dentistry to help dentists become more productive and live better lives.
Productive Dentist Podcast

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Episode 164: Mentoring Like a Leader
“In mentorship and in leadership, you have to be someone who walks the talk.” ~Dr. Bruce B. Baird I’ve talked about mentorship on this podcast before, but today I want to talk about how you can take the next step on your leadership journey. I have come to realize that to be a truly legendary...  Read More
Episode 163: Why Insurance Doesn’t Really Work in Dentistry
“What I do is become a consultant for the patient: I tell them what they need, listen to what they want, then deliver.” ~Dr. Bruce B. Baird This question is often the first thing out of a patient’s mouth “What will my insurance cover?”  I won’t sugarcoat it, this is one of the hardest questions...  Read More
Episode 162: Dr. Baird’s #1 Secret for Excellent Dental Communication
“Being able to communicate properly is an essential skill for dentists.” ~Dr. Bruce B. Baird Communication is everything in dentistry. You could be the world’s best clinician but if you can’t communicate with patients, well, it’s game over for you.  I think we can all agree that effective...  Read More
Episode 161: More Dental Management Secrets from Dr. Bruce B. Baird
“It doesn’t matter how good you are if you don’t have people sitting in your chairs.” ~Dr. Bruce B. Baird So, you’re a great communicator with fantastic technical skills? That’s awesome. But none of that matters if you don’t have people in your chairs. I’ve seen this over the years. A dentist has...  Read More
Episode 160: Dr. Baird’s Dental Management Secrets
“Everyone should have the same goal: we’re going to take great care of our patients. That is what is really going to grow your dental practice.” ~Dr. Bruce B. Baird I get asked all the time: “What are the most important things I need to do to run a successful dental practice?” It’s a pretty...  Read More
Episode 159 - Dr. Baird's Dental Leadership hack
“What do you think it does to your team when the first thing they see in the morning is a frowny face?” ~Dr. Bruce B. Baird I’ve told you the story about the smiley face frowny face. When I was a young dentist my team would put a smiley face on the board if I was in a good mood that morning, and a...  Read More
Episode 157 - The #1 Thing That Sabotages Dentists
“I see dentists who learned what they learned and pretty much everything goes downhill after that. ” ~Dr. Bruce B. Baird It doesn’t matter if you’re in your 20s, 30s, 60s, or 70s…it can happen at any time in your career. All of a sudden you start feeling old. That thought process starts creeping...  Read More
Episode 150: LEAKED! What Is the Lampa Dental Group?
“Why did we develop that? Well, people asked. And this is the next step.” ~Dr. Bruce B. Baird When enough people ask for it, we build it. That’s a driving force of PDA. In the past few years, we’ve had a lot of people come to us and ask us what’s next. Well, the next step is driven by the...  Read More
Episode 142: The Ideal Way to Present Financial Options to Dental Patients
“If I can get in relationship with the patient during the exam process, then the financial arrangements are much easier.” ~Dr. Bruce B. Baird I get this question all the time, “What’s the ideal when presenting financial options?” Well, that might not be the right question to ask.  I get it. You...  Read More
Episode 123 - Should I Sell My Dental Practice? (Part 1)
“Why are you selling? You might be right on the cusp of a really valuable practice.” ~Dr. Bruce B. Baird I’ve been talking to a lot of dentists in their mid 30s and 40s who are selling their practices. Now it makes sense for people my age to be selling our practices - we are ready for...  Read More
Episode 115 - Conflict in the Dental Office
“For the good of the patients, the ‘us vs. them’ environment in your office has to be reworked.” ~Dr. Bruce B. Baird It’s a major issue in most offices. The “us vs. them” mentality of the front office and the clinical team. I think we can all agree that we want to have a team where everyone is on...  Read More
Episode 114 – Hiring the Perfect Team
“There is no perfect team. Perfection is limited to a dream.” ~Dr. Bruce B. Baird There is no perfect team. Perfection is limited to a dream. While I used to think that all my problems could be fixed if I had the perfect people to make up my perfect team, now that I’m wiser than I used to be,...  Read More
Episode 113 - Leadership & Mentorship in Dentistry
“When you can get outside of yourself and start focusing on others, you'll notice your job satisfaction and communication with your team gets better.” I’ve always had an entrepreneurial spirit. I’ve always liked making money. When I was 13 or 14 I had a job spraypainting house numbers on...  Read More
Episode 112 - Legendary Dental Leadership
“When you can get outside of yourself and start focusing on others, you'll notice your job satisfaction and communication with your team gets better.” I’ve always had an entrepreneurial spirit. I’ve always liked making money. When I was 13 or 14 I had a job spraypainting house numbers on curbs....  Read More
Episode 111 - Communication in Dental Partnerships
“You need to know about them, you need to have an open door of communication.” I hear this complaint all the time: “Dealing with my partner/associate is difficult.”  I’ve got some personal experience here. I want to start out by saying that early on in my career I wasn’t following the advice I’m...  Read More
Episode 110 – How Do You View Dental CE?
“When I walk into a CE course I challenge myself to not think the same way again. And then I go back to the office with an implementation strategy.” I have a question for you to think about today: Why do you go to CE? What is your goal when you attend a course and what do you hope to take away...  Read More
Episode 109 - Legendary Dental Leadership
“Leadership is a lifetime endeavor. It's not something you just know. But there are a few keys to making it much easier." What I've striven for most of my career is to develop a legacy of legendary leadership. In my opinion, legendary leadership is about training, supporting, and empowering your...  Read More
Episode 108 - Mentoring in Dentistry
“In my opinion, mentoring the young dentist is critical to the long-term success of dentistry." I had the great opportunity recently to sit down with my nephew and a friend of his who are in dental school. They just really blew me away with their questions and interest in the business of...  Read More
Episode 107 – Dental Practice Buy-In
“As you know, being a dental business owner isn’t easy. But it’s human nature for an associate to see a successful dental practice and think ‘Oh, being an owner must be pretty easy.’” I got a question from a listener recently and it’s a really good one: I am a 44-year-old solo doctor. I built my...  Read More
Episode 106 - Love, Respect, and Divorce in Dentistry (Part 2)
“I was under so much pressure that I forgot about the things that were most important in my life, my family.” In Part 1, I shared a little bit about my experience with divorce and dentistry. This is a topic that is hard, but it’s prevalent in our industry. Early in my career, I was sitting in an...  Read More
Episode 105 - Love, Respect, and Divorce in Dentistry
“When I look back on my life, I wouldn’t say I would change anything, but I wish I could have prevented a lot of things from happening.” This is probably the biggest thing that leads to loss of revenue and the ability to retire when you want to. It’s divorce in dentistry. This is a tough one to...  Read More
Episode 103 - Know Your Team
 recently spoke with a doctor who was struggling with his team: he had run through two teams and is on this third in 2 years. You might be wondering the same thing he was: How do I fix my team? The answer is simple, but not always easy: become a better leader. I had to deal with this in my...  Read More
Episode 102 - It’s the Why, Not the What
“Dentists need to do a better job explaining to patients the why behind things happening with their mouth not the what.” When you look at the freedom productivity allows, it all comes down to great case acceptance. Unfortunately, because so many dentists are tied to insurance companies, they have...  Read More
Episode 101 - What's Up with Unemployment?
“In a time where there's a shortage of employees, find the potential team members that have a true love for other people, and train them how to do dentistry." Since the pandemic, a lot of dentists have struggled with keeping and finding good team members. I've been getting a lot of questions...  Read More
Are You Committed?
“It doesn't make you feel good if you're on a diet and cheating on it. You're only cheating yourself. It's the same thing with CE." I'll admit, when I'm not committed to a diet, I cheat. Yes, I'm still doing it, but let's be honest I'm really only cheating myself.  If you're not 100%...  Read More
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