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 119 - Dental Opportunities in Uncertain Times
“I feel so blessed to be where I am that it makes me sad that so many people are unhappy in dentistry.” ~Dr. Bruce B. Baird It’s been disheartening seeing what’s going on in Europe in recent weeks. But one thing current news has made me really think about is how thankful and blessed I am to be...  Read More
Episode 118 - Hiring in Dentistry: Skill or Personality?
“My preference is to hire people based on personality. With the right personality, the skills and systems can be taught.” ~Dr. Bruce B. Baird What criteria do you use to hire people in your dental office? Do you hire people who have a lot of experience? I used to do that. But if you’re the type of...  Read More
Episode 117 - Excellence in Dentistry
“I think we all want perfection, but what we should really be aiming for is excellence.” ~Dr. Bruce B. Baird I want to do the best restorations I can do. I want to take care of patients in an uncommon way. I want to run my practice with excellence as the guide. I want to go above and beyond the...  Read More
Episode 116 - Governing Your Emotions
“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 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 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 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
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
Do You Deserve a Tip?
“Is your office serving patients so well that they deserve a tip?” On a recent trip to the Maldives, my wife and I experienced truly exceptional customer service from Qatar airline. In fact, the service was so good, that as we were exiting the plane, my wife asked me, “Are we supposed to tip...  Read More
Training Your Team
"I just don't have time to train my team." I hear this all the time. But that's like a pro football team never taking time to practice. If you want to produce at the highest levels in dentistry, you've got to have a team that is amazingly trained, and trained the way YOU want things to be done....  Read More
Episode 92 - Dental Maturity
How mature are you in your practice of dentistry? I’m not talking about how mature of a human being you are but where are you as a dental practice owner and clinician. Here’s an example: you can be the most highly skilled technician and not be able to get your patients to say yes to treatment....  Read More
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