Investment Grade Practices: A Dentist Podcast

Investment Grade PracticesTM are designed to give you the lifestyle you enjoy today, while building an asset for tomorrow. Victoria Peterson, SsD helps dentists build practices that they love today while building value to secure their future.

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“I always say I’ll find a way or make a way.” - Dr. Katie Lee

Brief Overview of the Episode

Dr. Katie Lee’s philosophy of care was shaped long before she opened Collective Health Society.

After a severe ATV accident in high school led to years of reconstructive surgery, broken teeth, oral infection, systemic inflammation, and serious health complications, she learned firsthand that the mouth is not separate from the body.

That experience eventually pushed her beyond traditional dentistry.

Today, Dr. Lee leads a 15,000 square foot integrated medical-dental facility in Centennial, Colorado where dental care, airway treatment, biological dentistry, IV therapy, wellness providers, and education all work together under one roof.

This conversation is about more than a practice model. It is about what becomes possible when your philosophy of care drives your business design.

What This Episode Reveals

A practice becomes unrestricted when the doctor stops building around reimbursement and starts building around belief.

Dr. Lee shares how Collective Health Society was designed to solve the gaps patients fall through when dentistry and medicine stay disconnected.

She explains why early intervention matters, why saliva and microbiome testing change the conversation, and why waiting for visible damage is not the same as being conservative.

Victoria and Dr. Lee also explore how airway, hormones, inflammation, periodontal risk, and systemic health are forcing dentistry into a larger leadership role.

What You’ll Learn
• Why Dr. Lee believes dentists may become the new primary care leaders
• How oral bacteria and inflammation can affect systemic health before major dental destruction appears
• Why biological dentistry requires a different mindset than mechanical dentistry
• How airway issues can show up in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women
• Why Dr. Lee built Collective Health Society with dental, medical, wellness, airway, and education spaces under one roof
• How storytelling, SEO, and provider relationships replaced generic marketing in her growth strategy
• Why team alignment matters when a doctor’s philosophy of care goes beyond the traditional model

If This Sounds Familiar

You know there is more to dentistry than fixing teeth.
You see patterns in your patients that do not fit inside a six-month cleaning model.
You want to diagnose earlier, treat more comprehensively, and build a practice where your team understands the why behind the care.

And you may be asking the harder question:

What would my practice look like if I stopped designing it around limitations?

Next Steps

Dr. Katie Lee will be the keynote speaker at Unrestricted in Centennial, Colorado on September 10th and 11th.

Attendees will tour Collective Health Society and see firsthand how philosophy of care, clinical systems, team alignment, and business model design come together in one integrated facility.

If you are ready to rethink what your practice can become, this episode is a powerful place to start.

Patients do not always doubt the dentistry. They doubt what they cannot feel yet.

At Unrestricted, you will step back, look at the quality of your revenue, and build a more intentional path forward for your practice. Because when your diagnosis, communication, and team alignment are clear, patients can make confident decisions before pain becomes the reason they finally say yes.

Learn more and reserve your spot: Attend Here